Vector Group Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:VGR)

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

Vector Group announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 29th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 17th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Friday, September 27th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 13.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 16th. View Vector Group's Dividend History.

Vector Group Ltd (NYSE:VGR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 7th. The company reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.19. The company had revenue of $538.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $494.50 million. Vector Group had a negative return on equity of 19.73% and a net margin of 4.55%. The firm's revenue was up 11.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.19 EPS. View Vector Group's Earnings History.

Vector Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 6th 2019. 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 coverage about VGR stock has trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Vector Group earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Vector Group.

Vector Group saw a drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 18,580,000 shares, a drop of 5.4% from the August 15th total of 19,650,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,150,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.6 days. Currently, 16.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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), Johnson Controls International (JCI), Mondelez International (MDLZ) and Mattel (MAT).

Vector Group's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.07%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Tuttle Tactical Management (0.04%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.04%), Rothschild Investment Corp IL (0.04%) and Moody National Bank Trust Division (0.01%). 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 North Star Investment Management Corp.. Company insiders that have sold Vector Group company stock in the last year include Bennett S Lebow, Howard M Lorber and Phillip Md Et Al Frost. View Insider Buying and Selling for Vector Group.

VGR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Tuttle Tactical Management, Pacer Advisors Inc., Fox Run Management L.L.C., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Rothschild Investment Corp IL, Moody National Bank Trust Division and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. 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 $11.59.

Vector Group has a market capitalization of $1.71 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]