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

Vector Group's stock was trading at $11.29 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, VGR stock has decreased by 20.9% and is now trading at $8.93. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

Vector Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Vector Group.

Vector Group Ltd (NYSE:VGR) released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February, 28th. The company reported $0.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.06 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $439.60 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $451.60 million. Vector Group had a negative return on equity of 17.55% and a net margin of 5.30%. Vector Group's revenue for the quarter was down 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.22 earnings per share. View Vector Group's earnings history.

Vector Group declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 9th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Monday, March 30th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 8.96%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 18th. View Vector Group's dividend history.

Media coverage about VGR stock has trended somewhat negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative news 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Vector Group earned a media sentiment score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutVector Group.

Vector Group saw a decline in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 10,543,200 shares, a decline of 23.0% from the February 27th total of 13,690,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,220,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.6 days. Currently, 8.7% 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), British American Tobacco (BTI), Altria Group (MO), 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), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET) and Johnson Controls International (JCI).

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

Vector Group's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Renaissance Technologies LLC (6.83%), State Street Corp (2.24%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.88%), Capital Research Global Investors (1.69%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.08%) and Advisors Asset Management Inc. (1.05%). 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 Mason Street Advisors LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Man Group plc, Geode Capital Management LLC, Advisors Asset Management Inc., Arizona State Retirement System, and Guggenheim Capital LLC. 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 activity for Vector Group.

VGR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital Research Global Investors, Insight Folios Inc, First Trust Advisors LP, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Bank of Montreal Can, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, State Street Corp, and Acadian Asset Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Vector Group.

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One share of VGR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $8.93.

Vector Group has a market capitalization of $1.32 billion and generates $1.90 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $100.97 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.70 on an earnings per share basis. Vector Group employs 1,418 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]