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. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.78%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 16th. View Las Vegas Sands' Dividend History.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The casino operator reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.75. The casino operator had revenue of $3.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.30 billion. Las Vegas Sands had a net margin of 13.86% and a return on equity of 37.04%. Las Vegas Sands's revenue for the quarter was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.77 earnings per share. 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 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives 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 a possible upside of 5.9% from the stock's current price. 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 positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Las Vegas Sands earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the casino operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Las Vegas Sands.

Las Vegas Sands saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 8,240,000 shares, a drop of 20.7% from the December 31st total of 10,390,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,990,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.8 days. Approximately 2.5% of the company's stock 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), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), International Game Technology (IGT), 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), Netflix (NFLX), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Walt Disney (DIS), Tesla (TSLA) and Gilead Sciences (GILD).

Las Vegas Sands' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.11%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.05%), M&G Investment Management Ltd. (0.04%), Advisors Capital Management LLC (0.04%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.03%) and Artemis Investment Management LLP (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, California Public Employees Retirement System, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, W.E. Donoghue & Co. LLC, Janney Capital Management LLC, CWM LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Hennessy Advisors Inc.. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including New York State Teachers Retirement System, M&G Investment Management Ltd., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Arizona State Retirement System, Usca Ria LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and State of Michigan Retirement System. 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 $64.41.

Las Vegas Sands has a market capitalization of $49.47 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.