Ventas Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ventas in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" Ventas stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in VTR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Ventas is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 14th 2021.
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Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 18th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.73 by $0.44. Ventas had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.88% and a net margin of 10.49%. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.03 EPS.
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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 increased by 40.2% and is now trading at $53.23.
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Ventas declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 11th. Stockholders of record on Monday, January 4th will be given a dividend of $0.45 per share on Wednesday, January 20th. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.38%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 31st.
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Ventas pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.41%. Ventas does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Ventas is 46.75%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Ventas will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.06% next year. This indicates that Ventas will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Ventas updated its first quarter 2021 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 18th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.66-0.71 for the period.

17 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Ventas' shares. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $58.00. On average, they anticipate Ventas' stock price to reach $45.39 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.7%.
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20 employees have rated Ventas CEO Debra A. Cafaro on Glassdoor.com. Debra A. Cafaro has an approval rating of 89% among Ventas' employees.

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

Ventas' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.85%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (5.43%), FMR LLC (4.22%), Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (2.28%), Northern Trust Corp (1.86%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.44%). 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.
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VTR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Principal Financial Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Prudential PLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Russell Investments Group Ltd., and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Ventas company stock in the last year include Debra A Cafaro, Gregory R Liebbe, and Robert F Probst.
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VTR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, FMR LLC, BlackRock Inc., Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, and Morgan Stanley.
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Shares of VTR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of VTR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $53.23.

Ventas has a market capitalization of $19.94 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 516 workers across the globe.

The official website for Ventas is www.ventasreit.com.

Ventas is headquartered at 353 N. CLARK STREET SUITE 3300, CHICAGO IL, 60654.

Ventas' mailing address is 353 N. CLARK STREET SUITE 3300, CHICAGO IL, 60654. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 87-483-6827 or via email at [email protected]