NYSE:VTRVentas Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ventas' stock was trading at $37.96 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, VTR stock has increased by 9.4% and is now trading at $41.52.
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17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ventas in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings, 1 buy rating and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Ventas is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 23rd 2020.
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Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August, 7th. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.42) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.67. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $943.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $949.32 million. Ventas had a return on equity of 3.88% and a net margin of 10.49%. The company's revenue was down .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.58 earnings per share.
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Ventas declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.7925 per share on Tuesday, April 14th. This represents a $3.17 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.63%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 31st.
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17 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Ventas' shares. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $72.00. On average, they anticipate Ventas' share price to reach $44.81 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.9% from the stock's current price.
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Press coverage about VTR stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news 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 daily sentiment score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.
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Ventas saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 10,940,000 shares, an increase of 53.7% from the April 30th total of 7,120,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,680,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 2.9% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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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), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AbbVie (ABBV) and Pfizer (PFE).

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

Ventas' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.83%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (1.04%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.59%), Prudential PLC (0.54%), Cbre Clarion Securities LLC (0.45%) and Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.42%). Company insiders that own Ventas stock include Debra A Cafaro, Gregory R Liebbe, James D Shelton, John D Cobb, Robert D Reed, Robert F Probst and T Richard Riney.
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VTR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Raymond James & Associates, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., UBS Group AG, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., and Victory Capital Management Inc..
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VTR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cbre Clarion Securities LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Prudential PLC, Cibc World Markets Corp, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Duality Advisers LP, and Principal Financial Group Inc..
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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 $41.52.

Ventas has a market capitalization of $15.49 billion and generates $3.87 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $433.02 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.85 on an earnings per share basis. Ventas employs 500 workers across the globe.

The official website for Ventas is 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]