Ventas (VTR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) is a premier real estate investment trust (REIT) specializing in properties for the healthcare sector. The company’s core focus areas include seniors housing communities, medical office buildings, life science and innovation campuses, and skilled nursing facilities. Through long-term operating leases, sales-leasebacks and joint ventures, Ventas provides capital solutions to best-in-class operators and developers, enabling them to deliver quality care and services.

With a diversified portfolio spanning the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, Ventas partners with leading healthcare and senior living providers to support growing demand for modern, amenity-rich environments. The company’s assets range from independent living and assisted living communities to state-of-the-art research hubs and outpatient medical campuses. Ventas’ geographically balanced footprint helps mitigate local market fluctuations while serving a broad demographic of seniors, patients and medical professionals.

Since its founding in 1998, Ventas has grown through disciplined acquisitions, strategic dispositions and value-creating joint ventures. The company has established a reputation for proactive portfolio management—optimizing asset performance, redeploying capital into high-growth subsectors and nurturing long-term operator relationships. Over the years, Ventas has refined its investment approach to emphasize sustainable building practices, innovative design and patient-centric environments that meet evolving regulatory standards and demographic trends.

Led by Chair and Chief Executive Officer Debra Cafaro, Ventas is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Under her leadership, the company has cultivated a strong corporate culture marked by governance rigor, financial discipline and a focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives. Ventas continues to leverage its healthcare real estate expertise to support the changing needs of aging populations and the expansion of medical research and care delivery networks.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $62.46 to $63.22
• 50-Day Range: $62.49 to $70.04
• 52-Week Range: $51.57 to $71.36
• Volume: 1.33 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.88 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $28.40 billion
• P/E Ratio: 190.70
• Dividend Yield: 3.05%
• Price Target: $72.90
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Ventas Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Ventas scored higher than 90% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 475th out of 2,763 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Ventas has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 8 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Ventas has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.53%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Ventas are expected to grow by 8.53% in the coming year, from $3.40 to $3.69 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Ventas is 190.70, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.54.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Ventas is 190.70, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 20.06.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Ventas has a PEG Ratio of 2.27. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Ventas has a P/B Ratio of 2.44. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.90% of the float of Ventas has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Ventas has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Ventas has recently increased by 2.37%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Ventas pays a meaningful dividend of 3.05%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Ventas has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Ventas is 581.82%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Ventas will have a dividend payout ratio of 52.03% next year. This indicates that Ventas will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Environmental Score: -2.06

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.90% of the float of Ventas has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Ventas has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Ventas has recently increased by 2.37%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.38

News Sentiment

Ventas has a news sentiment score of 1.38. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.67 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 17 news articles for Ventas this week, compared to 14 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

8 people have searched for VTR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 167% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added Ventas to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Ventas insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $7,832,135.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.80% of the stock of Ventas is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

94.18% of the stock of Ventas is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

VTR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have VTR shares performed this year?

Ventas' stock was trading at $58.89 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, VTR shares have increased by 6.9% and is now trading at $62.93.

How were Ventas' earnings last quarter?

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 30th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.84 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.82 by $0.02. The business's revenue was up 13.2% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

How do I buy shares of Ventas?

Shares of VTR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Ventas own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Ventas investors own include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), NVIDIA (NVDA), Chevron (CVX), Exxon Mobil (XOM), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Meta Platforms (META).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 4/17 Dividend: 3/31/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 4/17 Dividend: 3/31/2025
• Dividend Payable: 4/17/2025
• Last Earnings: 4/30/2025
• Record date for 7/17 Dividend: 6/30/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 7/17 Dividend: 6/30/2025
• Today: 7/04/2025
• Dividend Payable: 7/17/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/30/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: REIT - EQTY TRUST - OTHER
• Sub-Industry: Specialized REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:VTR
• CIK: 740260
• Web: www.ventasreit.com
• Phone: (877) 483-6827
• Fax: 302-655-5049
• Employees: 450
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $72.90
• High Stock Price Target: $78.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $65.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +15.8%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.33
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 190.70
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.51
• P/E Growth: 2.27
• Net Income: $81.15 million
• Net Margins: 2.80%
• Pretax Margin: 0.80%
• Return on Equity: 1.36%
• Return on Assets: 0.56%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.10
• Current Ratio: 0.32
• Quick Ratio: 0.32

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.92 billion
• Price / Sales: 5.77
• Cash Flow: $3.12 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 20.15
• Book Value: $25.82 per share
• Price / Book: 2.44

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 451,300,000
• Free Float: 447,688,000
• Market Cap: $28.40 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.87