NYSE:VTR - Ventas Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Ventas announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, December 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.7925 per share on Monday, January 13th. This represents a $3.17 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 31st. View Ventas' Dividend History.

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) posted its earnings results on Friday, October, 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.23 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.71. The real estate investment trust earned $983.16 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $935.43 million. Ventas had a return on equity of 4.59% and a net margin of 12.73%. Ventas's revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.99 earnings per share. View Ventas' Earnings History.

Ventas is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 14th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ventas.

Ventas updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Friday, October, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.81-3.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.85.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Ventas' shares. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $74.00. On average, they anticipate Ventas' share price to reach $66.32 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ventas.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ventas in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ventas.

News headlines about VTR stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press 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 five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ventas earned a coverage optimism score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Ventas.

Ventas saw a drop in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 6,010,000 shares, a drop of 8.2% from the October 31st total of 6,550,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,040,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Ventas' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Ventas include American Tower (AMT), Public Storage (PSA), Welltower (WELL), Weyerhaeuser (WY), HCP (HCP), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Host Hotels and Resorts (HST), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), EPR Properties (EPR), Life Storage (LSI), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP) and Rayonier (RYN).

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

Ventas' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (7.25%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.83%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.49%), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.34%), Unigestion Holding SA (0.32%) and Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (0.29%). Company insiders that own Ventas stock include Debra A Cafaro, Gregory R Liebbe, James D Shelton, John D Cobb, Melody C Barnes, Robert D Reed, Robert F Probst and T Richard Riney. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ventas.

VTR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Resolution Capital Ltd, SG Americas Securities LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, River Road Asset Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Flippin Bruce & Porter Inc. and CWM LLC. Company insiders that have sold Ventas company stock in the last year include Debra A Cafaro, Gregory R Liebbe, James D Shelton, John D Cobb, Robert D Reed, Robert F Probst and T Richard Riney. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ventas.

VTR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Presima Inc., Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., Alberta Investment Management Corp, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Mackay Shields LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ventas.

Shares of VTR 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 VTR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.50.

Ventas has a market capitalization of $20.69 billion and generates $3.75 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $409.46 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.07 on an earnings per share basis. Ventas employs 500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Ventas.

The official website for Ventas is http://www.ventasreit.com/.

Ventas' mailing address is 353 N. CLARK STREET SUITE 3300, CHICAGO IL, 60654. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 877-483-6827 or via email at [email protected]