NYSE:VTR - Ventas Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Ventas declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, December 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.7925 per share on Monday, January 13th. This represents a $3.17 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.39%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 31st. View Ventas' Dividend History.

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October, 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.94 by $0.71. The real estate investment trust earned $983.16 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $935.43 million. Ventas had a return on equity of 4.59% and a net margin of 12.73%. Ventas's revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.99 earnings per share. View Ventas' Earnings History.

Ventas is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 14th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ventas.

Ventas updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Friday, October, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.81-3.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.85.

17 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Ventas' shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $74.00. On average, they anticipate Ventas' share price to reach $64.78 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ventas.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ventas in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 13 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ventas.

News coverage about VTR stock has been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Ventas earned a news impact score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Ventas.

Ventas saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,440,000 shares, an increase of 13.4% from the December 15th total of 5,680,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,310,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.8 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's shares are short sold. 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), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), EPR Properties (EPR), Life Storage (LSI), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR) and Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA).

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), AbbVie (ABBV), Realty Income (O), Altria Group (MO), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

Ventas' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.08%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Pensionfund DSM Netherlands (0.03%), Resource America Inc. (0.03%) and AE Wealth Management LLC (0.02%). 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 Manning & Napier Group LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Cypress Capital Group, Clean Yield Group, Wedbush Securities Inc., Ingalls & Snyder LLC and Thomasville National Bank. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Hamilton Wealth LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Resource America Inc., Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and AE Wealth Management LLC. 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 $58.81.

Ventas has a market capitalization of $21.92 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]