Ventas Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:VTR)

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

Ventas declared a -- dividend on Monday, September 23rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, October 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.7925 per share on Friday, October 11th. This represents a yield of 4.4%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 30th. View Ventas' Dividend History.

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) posted its earnings results on Friday, July, 26th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.58 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.96 by $0.38. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $950.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $931.16 million. Ventas had a return on equity of 4.78% and a net margin of 13.34%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up .9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.46 EPS. View Ventas' Earnings History.

Ventas is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Ventas.

Ventas will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, October 25th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Ventas issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Friday, July, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.80-3.86 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.84.

14 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Ventas' shares. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $76.00. On average, they expect Ventas' share price to reach $68.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Ventas.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ventas in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 11 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ventas.

Media headlines about VTR stock have trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing 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 media sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Ventas.

Ventas saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 6,890,000 shares, an increase of 20.2% from the August 30th total of 5,730,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,800,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.8 days. Currently, 1.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Ventas' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Ventas include American Tower (AMT), Public Storage (PSA), Welltower (WELL), Weyerhaeuser (WY), HCP (HCP), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Host Hotels and Resorts (HST), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), CubeSmart (CUBE), EPR Properties (EPR), Life Storage (LSI), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR) and Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Ventas investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), The Coca-Cola (KO), Realty Income (O), AbbVie (ABBV), Welltower (WELL), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI) and Altria Group (MO).

Ventas' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (0.29%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.17%), Hexavest Inc. (0.15%), Strs Ohio (0.13%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.12%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.09%). 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 Resolution Capital Ltd, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, CWM LLC, Hexavest Inc., Strs Ohio, Rothschild Investment Corp IL and Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL. Company insiders that have sold Ventas company stock in the last year include Debra A Cafaro, Gregory R Liebbe, James D Shelton, John D Cobb, Robert D Reed, Robert F Probst and T Richard Riney. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ventas.

VTR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Brookstone Capital Management and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $71.99.

Ventas has a market capitalization of $26.82 billion and generates $3.75 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $409.46 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.07 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]