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. Since then, VTR shares have 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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 20th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.03 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.92 by $0.89. The real estate investment trust earned $996 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $977.88 million. Ventas had a return on equity of 4.08% and a net margin of 11.18%. The company's quarterly 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 earnings per share. View Ventas' earnings history.

Ventas declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 20th. Investors 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 yield of 10.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 31st. View Ventas' dividend history.

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

17 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Ventas' shares. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $74.00. On average, they expect Ventas' stock 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.

Media headlines about VTR stock have trended negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ventas earned a coverage optimism score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage 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 impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutVentas.

Ventas saw a increase in short interest during 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 daily volume of 2,830,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Approximately 2.0% of the company's shares are short sold. 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 bought 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]