Ventas Stock Forecast, Price & News

Ventas' stock was trading at $37.96 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, VTR stock has increased by 28.0% and is now trading at $48.58.
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17 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ventas in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Ventas stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in VTR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6,978 employees have rated Ventas CEO Larry J. Merlo on Glassdoor.com. Larry J. Merlo has an approval rating of 37% among Ventas' employees. This puts Larry J. Merlo in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Ventas is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 18th 2021.
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Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November, 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.75 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.03. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $918.94 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $891.61 million. Ventas had a net margin of 10.49% and a return on equity of 3.88%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.96 EPS.
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Ventas announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 11th. Stockholders of record on Monday, January 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.45 per share on Wednesday, January 20th. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 31st.
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Ventas pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.69%. Ventas does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Ventas is 46.75%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Ventas will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.06% next year. This indicates that Ventas will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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17 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Ventas' shares. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $55.00. On average, they expect Ventas' share price to reach $44.78 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.8%.
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Some companies that are related to Ventas include American Tower (AMT), Public Storage (PSA), Welltower (WELL), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Extra Space Storage (EXR), HCP (HCP), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), Life Storage (LSI), Rayonier (RYN), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA) and PotlatchDeltic (PCH).
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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), The 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."

Ventas' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%), Busey Wealth Management (0.03%), Capital Investment Advisors LLC (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%) and Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd (0.01%). 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 Beacon Financial Group, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Thomasville National Bank, Wambolt & Associates LLC, Cypress Capital Group, Pacer Advisors Inc., Summit Financial Wealth Advisors LLC, and Pineno Levin & Ford Asset Management Inc..
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VTR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pendal Group Limited, Capital Investment Advisors LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Sheets Smith Wealth Management, Weather Gauge Advisory LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Kovack Advisors Inc., and NuWave Investment Management LLC.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of VTR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.58.

Ventas has a market capitalization of $18.20 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 516 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 87-483-6827 or via email at [email protected]