NYSE:VTRVentas Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ventas' stock was trading at $37.96 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, VTR stock has decreased by 7.9% and is now trading at $34.95. View which stocks have been most 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, July 24th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Ventas.

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May, 8th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.97 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.89 by $0.08. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $969.85 million. Ventas had a net margin of 19.80% and a return on equity of 7.26%. The firm's revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.35 earnings per share. View Ventas' earnings history.

Ventas announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 20th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be given 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 9.07%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 31st. View Ventas' dividend history.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Ventas' stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $72.50. On average, they expect Ventas' stock price to reach $46.79 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 33.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ventas.

News headlines about VTR stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ventas earned a media sentiment score of -1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutVentas.

Ventas saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,040,000 shares, an increase of 8.1% from the March 31st total of 6,510,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,980,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.4 days. Approximately 1.9% of the company's stock are sold short. 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.21%), State Street Corp (6.72%), APG Asset Management US Inc. (5.00%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.63%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (3.40%) and Invesco Ltd. (2.40%). 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 Federated Hermes Inc., Invesco Ltd., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Capital International Investors, Raymond James & Associates, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Janus Henderson Group PLC, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Company insiders that have sold Ventas company stock in the last year include Debra A Cafaro, John D Cobb, and T Richard Riney. View insider buying and selling activity for Ventas.

VTR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cohen & Steers Inc., Eminence Capital LP, Camber Capital Management LP, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Prudential PLC, Advisor Group Holdings Inc., and BlackRock Inc.. 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 $34.95.

Ventas has a market capitalization of $13.04 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]