NYSE:VTR - Ventas Stock Price, Forecast & 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 decreased by 19.9% and is now trading at $30.39. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ventas in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 11 hold ratings, 1 buy rating and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Ventas.

Ventas is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 24th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Ventas.

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 20th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.03 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.92 by $0.89. The real estate investment trust earned $996 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $977.88 million. Ventas had a net margin of 11.18% and a return on equity of 4.08%. The business's revenue was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.96 EPS. View Ventas' earnings history.

Ventas announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 20th. Stockholders 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 10.43%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 31st. View Ventas' dividend history.

Ventas issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 20th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.56-3.69 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.72.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Ventas' shares. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $74.00. On average, they anticipate Ventas' share price to reach $61.91 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 103.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ventas.

News headlines about VTR stock have been trending extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ventas earned a coverage optimism score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories 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 impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutVentas.

Ventas saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 7,430,000 shares, an increase of 20.6% from the February 13th total of 6,160,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,830,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days. Currently, 2.0% of the company's stock are sold short. View Ventas' Current Options Chain.

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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), AbbVie (ABBV), The Coca-Cola (KO), Realty Income (O), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Altria Group (MO), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) and Pfizer (PFE).

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

Ventas' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (6.69%), FMR LLC (3.54%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.02%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.90%), Capital International Investors (1.72%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.31%). 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 State Street Corp, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., FMR LLC, Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC, Presima Inc., and Standard Life Aberdeen plc. Company insiders that have sold Ventas company stock in the last year include Debra A Cafaro, John D Cobb, and T Richard Riney. View insider buying and selling activity for Ventas.

VTR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Lasalle Investment Management Securities LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Echo Street Capital Management LLC, Brookfield Public Securities Group LLC, River Road Asset Management LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., and Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $30.39.

Ventas has a market capitalization of $11.33 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. 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]