Las Vegas Sands Stock Forecast, Price & News

Las Vegas Sands' stock was trading at $48.63 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LVS stock has increased by 16.4% and is now trading at $56.62.
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19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Las Vegas Sands in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Las Vegas Sands is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 3rd 2021.
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Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 21st. The casino operator reported ($0.67) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.44) by $0.23. The casino operator had revenue of $586 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $633.36 million. Las Vegas Sands had a negative net margin of 12.67% and a negative return on equity of 12.97%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.75 earnings per share.
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Las Vegas Sands declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 29th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 18th will be given a dividend of $0.79 per share on Thursday, March 26th. This represents a $3.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 17th. This is a positive change from Las Vegas Sands's previous quarterly dividend of $0.77.
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19 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Las Vegas Sands' shares. Their forecasts range from $47.00 to $63.00. On average, they expect Las Vegas Sands' stock price to reach $55.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.2%.
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Las Vegas Sands saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 15,400,000 shares, an increase of 17.4% from the October 31st total of 13,120,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,840,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days. Currently, 4.7% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Las Vegas Sands include MGM Resorts International (MGM), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Penn National Gaming (PENN), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Scientific Games (SGMS), International Game Technology (IGT) and Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Las Vegas Sands investors own include AT&T (T), Alibaba Group (BABA), Bank of America (BAC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), The Walt Disney (DIS), Tesla (TSLA), Intel (INTC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

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

Las Vegas Sands' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (2.48%), State Street Corp (1.88%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.73%), Boston Partners (0.60%), Allianz Asset Management GmbH (0.50%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.41%). Company insiders that own Las Vegas Sands stock include Kathleen Bender Patton and Lawrence A Jacobs.
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LVS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, DAVENPORT & Co LLC, Zeke Capital Advisors LLC, State Street Corp, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, and Epoch Investment Partners Inc..
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LVS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Aspex Management HK Ltd, Boston Partners, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Polar Asset Management Partners Inc., Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Victory Capital Management Inc., Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, and Neuberger Berman Group LLC.
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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 $56.62.

Las Vegas Sands has a market capitalization of $43.25 billion and generates $13.74 billion in revenue each year. The casino operator earns $2.70 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.26 on an earnings per share basis. Las Vegas Sands employs 50,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Las Vegas Sands is 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.