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. Investors 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 5.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 31st. View Ventas' Dividend History.

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) announced its earnings results on Friday, October, 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.71. The real estate investment trust earned $983.16 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $935.43 million. Ventas's quarterly revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.99 earnings per share. View Ventas' Earnings History.

Ventas is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ventas.

Ventas will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 20th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

17 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Ventas' stock. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $74.00. On average, they expect Ventas' share price to reach $64.78 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.4% 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 3 sell ratings, 12 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 neutral recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Ventas earned a daily sentiment score of 0.2 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 media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Ventas.

Ventas saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 6,440,000 shares, an increase of 13.4% from the December 31st total of 5,680,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,290,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Ventas' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Ventas include American Tower (AMT), HCP (HCP), Chesapeake Lodging Trust (CHSP), Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), Corecivic (CXW), CubeSmart (CUBE), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), EPR Properties (EPR), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Hersha Hospitality Trust (HT), Hospitality Properties Trust (SVC) and Host Hotels and Resorts (HST).

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), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) and Pfizer (PFE).

Ventas' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (6.69%), FMR LLC (3.54%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.90%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.31%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.00%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.83%). 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, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., FMR LLC, Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC, Presima Inc., Prudential Financial Inc. and Westpac Banking Corp. 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 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 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., Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC and Toronto Dominion Bank. 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 $59.75.