NYSE:VTR - Ventas Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Ventas declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, December 10th. Investors 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 yield of 5.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 31st. View Ventas' Dividend History.

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October, 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.23 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' 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 net margin of 12.73% and a return on equity of 4.59%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business 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 issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Friday, October, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.81-3.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.85.

15 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Ventas' stock. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $74.00. On average, they expect Ventas' share price to reach $66.32 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.0% 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 trended negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ventas earned a media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Ventas.

Ventas saw a drop in short interest during the month of 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 presently 2.9 days. Approximately 1.6% of the company's 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), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR) and Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA).

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), Realty Income (O), AbbVie (ABBV), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Welltower (WELL), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Altria Group (MO) and Enterprise Products Partners (EPD).

Ventas' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 purchased 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 $56.21.

Ventas has a market capitalization of $20.95 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]