NYSE:VGR - Vector Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Vector Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VGR."

Vector Group declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 5th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Monday, December 30th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 12.02%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 16th. View Vector Group's Dividend History.

Vector Group Ltd (NYSE:VGR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The company reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.13 by $0.10. The firm earned $504.79 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $526.50 million. Vector Group had a net margin of 5.83% and a negative return on equity of 21.00%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 1.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.15 EPS. View Vector Group's Earnings History.

Vector Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Vector Group.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vector Group in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Vector Group.

Media headlines about VGR stock have been trending negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Vector Group earned a coverage optimism score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Vector Group.

Vector Group saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 12,580,000 shares, a decline of 16.7% from the November 28th total of 15,100,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,230,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 10.2 days. Approximately 10.5% of the company's stock are sold short. View Vector Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Vector Group include Philip Morris International (PM), Altria Group (MO), British American Tobacco (BTI), mCig (MCIG) and White Fox Ventures (AWAW).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Vector Group investors own include AbbVie (ABBV), Chicago Bridge & Iron (CBI), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), KKR & Co Inc (KKR), Philip Morris International (PM), Altria Group (MO), AT&T (T), Johnson Controls International (JCI) and Mondelez International (MDLZ).

Vector Group's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), 6 Meridian (0.03%), Rothschild Investment Corp IL (0.03%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own Vector Group stock include Bennett S Lebow, Howard M Lorber and Phillip Md Et Al Frost. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Vector Group.

VGR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rothschild Investment Corp IL, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, AE Wealth Management LLC and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Vector Group company stock in the last year include Bennett S Lebow and Phillip Md Et Al Frost. View Insider Buying and Selling for Vector Group.

VGR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AdvisorShares Investments LLC, Peterson Wealth Management and 6 Meridian. View Insider Buying and Selling for Vector Group.

Shares of VGR 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 VGR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.31.

Vector Group has a market capitalization of $1.97 billion and generates $1.87 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $58.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.55 on an earnings per share basis. Vector Group employs 1,555 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Vector Group.

The official website for Vector Group is http://www.vectorgroupltd.com/.

Vector Group's mailing address is 4400 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, MIAMI FL, 33137. The company can be reached via phone at 305-579-8000 or via email at [email protected]