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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.39%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 31st. View Ventas' Dividend History.

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) issued 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 had revenue of $983.16 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $935.43 million. Ventas had a net margin of 12.73% and a return on equity of 4.59%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.99 earnings per share. View Ventas' Earnings History.

Ventas is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 14th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ventas.

Ventas issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Friday, October, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.81-3.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.85.

17 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets 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 10.2% 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 2 sell ratings, 13 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ventas.

News stories about VTR stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ventas earned a coverage optimism score of -1.7 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 press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Ventas.

Ventas saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,440,000 shares, an increase of 13.4% from the December 15th total of 5,680,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,310,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.8 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the company 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), Host Hotels and Resorts (HST), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), EPR Properties (EPR), Life Storage (LSI), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR) 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), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

Ventas' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.08%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Pensionfund DSM Netherlands (0.03%), Resource America Inc. (0.03%) and AE Wealth Management LLC (0.02%). 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 Manning & Napier Group LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Cypress Capital Group, Clean Yield Group, Wedbush Securities Inc., Ingalls & Snyder LLC and Thomasville National Bank. 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, Robert F Probst 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 Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Hamilton Wealth LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Resource America Inc., Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and AE Wealth 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 $58.81.

Ventas has a market capitalization of $21.92 billion and generates $3.75 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $409.46 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.07 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]