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 given a dividend of $0.7925 per share on Monday, January 13th. This represents a $3.17 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.30%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 31st. View Ventas' Dividend History.

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 20th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.96 EPS. View Ventas' Earnings History.

Ventas is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 24th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ventas.

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 earnings per share estimate of $3.72.

17 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Ventas' shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $74.00. On average, they anticipate Ventas' stock price to reach $64.78 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.3% 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 trended neutral on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive 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 gave media stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Ventas.

Ventas saw a increase in short interest in 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 short-interest ratio is presently 2.8 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the stock 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), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Host Hotels and Resorts (HST), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), Life Storage (LSI), EPR Properties (EPR), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP) 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), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) and Pfizer (PFE).

Ventas' stock is owned by many different of 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, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., FMR LLC, Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC, Presima Inc., Standard Life Aberdeen plc and Prudential Financial Inc.. 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 bought 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 Geode Capital 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 $59.81.

Ventas has a market capitalization of $22.29 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]