Ventas (VTR) Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ventas in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" VTR shares.
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10 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Ventas' shares. Their VTR share price forecasts range from $47.00 to $55.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $51.08 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.3% from the stock's current price.
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Ventas' stock was trading at $45.05 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, VTR stock has decreased by 6.5% and is now trading at $42.13.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 2nd 2023.
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Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) released its earnings results on Thursday, February, 9th. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.11) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.83. The real estate investment trust earned $1.05 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.04 billion. Ventas had a net margin of 1.81% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 0.76%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 2.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.73 EPS.
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Ventas announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 13th. Shareholders of record on Monday, October 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.45 per share on Thursday, October 12th. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.27%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 29th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Ventas (NYSE:VTR) stock in their portfolio include Principal Real Estate Active Opportunities ETF (BYRE), Residential REIT ETF (HAUS), Fidelity Real Estate Investment ETF (FPRO), JPMorgan Realty Income ETF (JPRE), iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF (REZ), WisdomTree New Economy Real Estate Fund (WTRE), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Real Estate ETF (EWRE) and Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Real Estate ETF (RSPR).

Ventas (NYSE:VTR) pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.27%. VTR has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 947.42%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, VTR will have a dividend payout ratio of 56.25% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Ventas issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.92-$3.02 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.00. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

20 employees have rated Ventas Chief Executive Officer Debra A. Cafaro on Glassdoor.com. Debra A. Cafaro has an approval rating of 89% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Ventas investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Realty Income (O), Coca-Cola (KO), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Cisco Systems (CSCO), AbbVie (ABBV), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Pfizer (PFE).

Ventas trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VTR."

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One share of VTR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.13.

Ventas (NYSE:VTR) has a market capitalization of $16.95 billion and generates $4.13 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $-47,450,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.19 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 451 workers across the globe.

Ventas' mailing address is 353 N. CLARK STREET SUITE 3300, CHICAGO IL, 60654. The official website for the company is www.ventasreit.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (877) 483-6827, via email at sarah.whitford@ventasreit.com, or via fax at 302-655-5049.