NYSE:VTRVentas Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ventas' stock was trading at $37.96 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, VTR shares have decreased by 31.1% and is now trading at $26.14. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ventas in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 11 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, April 24th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Ventas.

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 20th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.03 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 analyst estimates of $977.88 million. Ventas had a return on equity of 4.08% and a net margin of 11.18%. Ventas's quarterly revenue was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.96 earnings per share. View Ventas' earnings history.

Ventas declared 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 dividend yield of 12.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 31st. View Ventas' dividend history.

Ventas updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.56-3.69 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.72.

17 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Ventas' stock. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $72.50. On average, they expect Ventas' share price to reach $56.79 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 117.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ventas.

News stories about VTR stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ventas earned a news impact score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news 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 the latest news aboutVentas.

Ventas saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 7,430,000 shares, an increase of 20.6% from the February 13th total of 6,160,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,830,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days. Approximately 2.0% 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), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), HCP (HCP), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Host Hotels and Resorts (HST), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), Life Storage (LSI), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Rayonier (RYN), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA) and Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO).

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

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

Ventas' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), Pensionfund DSM Netherlands (0.04%), Pensionfund Sabic (0.02%), Thomasville National Bank (0.01%) and Park National Corp OH (0.00%). 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pensionfund Sabic, Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Park National Corp OH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, 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 $26.14.

Ventas has a market capitalization of $9.75 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]