NYSE:LVS - Las Vegas Sands Stock Price, Forecast & News

Las Vegas Sands trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LVS."

Las Vegas Sands declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.77 per share on Thursday, December 26th. This represents a $3.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.43%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 16th. View Las Vegas Sands' Dividend History.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The casino operator reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.75. The casino operator had revenue of $3.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.30 billion. Las Vegas Sands had a return on equity of 37.04% and a net margin of 13.86%. The company's revenue was down 3.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.77 EPS. View Las Vegas Sands' Earnings History.

Las Vegas Sands is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Las Vegas Sands.

Las Vegas Sands will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Las Vegas Sands' shares. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $80.00. On average, they expect Las Vegas Sands' stock price to reach $68.22 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Las Vegas Sands.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Las Vegas Sands in the last year. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Las Vegas Sands.

Media stories about LVS stock have been trending very positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Las Vegas Sands earned a news impact score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the casino operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Las Vegas Sands.

Las Vegas Sands saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 8,240,000 shares, a drop of 20.7% from the December 15th total of 10,390,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,150,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days. Approximately 2.5% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Las Vegas Sands' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Las Vegas Sands include MGM Resorts International (MGM), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Penn National Gaming (PENN), International Game Technology (IGT), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), Scientific Games (SGMS), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI) and MTR Gaming Group (MNTG).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Las Vegas Sands investors own include AT&T (T), Alibaba Group (BABA), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Bank of America (BAC), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Gilead Sciences (GILD), NVIDIA (NVDA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Intel (INTC).

Las Vegas Sands' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Advisors Capital Management LLC (0.04%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.03%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.03%), Janney Capital Management LLC (0.03%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%) and Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware (0.03%). Company insiders that own Las Vegas Sands stock include Kathleen Bender Patton, Lawrence A Jacobs and Robert G Goldstein. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Las Vegas Sands.

LVS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Janney Capital Management LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc., NEXT Financial Group Inc, Penn Davis Mcfarland Inc. and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Las Vegas Sands company stock in the last year include Kathleen Bender Patton and Lawrence A Jacobs. View Insider Buying and Selling for Las Vegas Sands.

LVS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Advisors Capital Management LLC, KAMES CAPITAL plc, DNB Asset Management AS, Sciencast Management LP and Inlet Private Wealth LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Las Vegas Sands.

Shares of LVS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LVS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.45.

Las Vegas Sands has a market capitalization of $53.34 billion and generates $13.73 billion in revenue each year. The casino operator earns $2.41 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.32 on an earnings per share basis. Las Vegas Sands employs 51,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Las Vegas Sands.

The official website for Las Vegas Sands is http://www.sands.com/.

Las Vegas Sands' mailing address is 3355 LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD SOUTH ROOM 1A, LAS VEGAS NV, 89109. The casino operator can be reached via phone at 702-414-1000.