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 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.31%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 31st. View Ventas' Dividend History.

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) released its quarterly 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 earned $983.16 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $935.43 million. Ventas had a net margin of 12.73% and a return on equity of 4.59%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.99 EPS. View Ventas' Earnings History.

Ventas is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ventas.

Ventas will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 20th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

17 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Ventas' stock. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $74.00. On average, they anticipate Ventas' share price to reach $64.78 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.4% 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 3 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ventas.

Press coverage about VTR stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ventas earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Ventas.

Ventas saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 6,440,000 shares, an increase of 13.4% from the December 31st total of 5,680,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,290,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company's stock 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), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Host Hotels and Resorts (HST), 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), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) and Pfizer (PFE).

Ventas' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (6.69%), FMR LLC (3.54%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.90%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.31%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.00%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.83%). 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 State Street Corp, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., FMR LLC, Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC, Presima Inc., Prudential Financial Inc. and Westpac Banking Corp. 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 and T Richard Riney. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ventas.

VTR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lasalle Investment Management Securities LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Echo Street Capital Management LLC, Brookfield Public Securities Group LLC, River Road Asset Management LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC and Toronto Dominion Bank. 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 $59.75.

Ventas has a market capitalization of $22.27 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]