NYSE:VTRVentas 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 (WHO). Since then, VTR shares have decreased by 1.8% and is now trading at $37.29. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ventas in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 9 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, July 24th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Ventas.

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) issued its earnings results on Friday, May, 8th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.89 by $0.08. The real estate investment trust earned $1.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $969.85 million. Ventas had a return on equity of 7.26% and a net margin of 19.80%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.35 EPS. View Ventas' earnings history.

Ventas announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 20th. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 8.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 31st. View Ventas' dividend history.

16 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Ventas' stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $72.00. On average, they anticipate Ventas' stock price to reach $44.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ventas.

Media coverage about VTR stock has trended neutral recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ventas earned a news sentiment score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Ventas.

Ventas saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 14,100,000 shares, an increase of 28.9% from the May 31st total of 10,940,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,610,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days. Currently, 3.8% of the shares of the company 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), Coca-Cola (KO), Realty Income (O), AbbVie (ABBV), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Altria Group (MO), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

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

Ventas' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.15%), Pensionfund DSM Netherlands (0.03%), Pensionfund Sabic (0.02%) and Thomasville National Bank (0.01%). Company insiders that own Ventas stock include Debra A Cafaro, Gregory R Liebbe, James D Shelton, John D Cobb, 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 Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, and Pensionfund Sabic. View insider buying and selling activity for Ventas.

VTR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Reinhart Partners Inc., and Thomasville National Bank. 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 $37.29.

Ventas has a market capitalization of $13.91 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.

The official website for Ventas is 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]