Las Vegas Sands (LVS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Las Vegas Sands Corp., together with its subsidiaries, develops, owns, and operates integrated resorts in Macao and Singapore. It owns and operates The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, the Londoner Macao, The Parisian Macao, The Plaza Macao and Four Seasons Hotel Macao, Cotai Strip, and the Sands Macao in Macao, the People's Republic of China; and Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The company's integrated resorts feature accommodations, gaming, entertainment and retail malls, convention and exhibition facilities, celebrity chef restaurants, and other amenities. Las Vegas Sands Corp. was founded in 1988 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $49.18 to $49.94
• 50-Day Range: $39.41 to $53.61
• 52-Week Range: $36.62 to $55.65
• Volume: 3.20 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.79 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $36.19 billion
• P/E Ratio: 24.71
• Dividend Yield: 1.60%
• Price Target: $58.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Las Vegas Sands Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Las Vegas Sands scored higher than 90% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 37th out of 288 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Las Vegas Sands has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.77, and is based on 10 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Las Vegas Sands has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 17.60%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Las Vegas Sands are expected to grow by 17.60% in the coming year, from $2.33 to $2.74 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Las Vegas Sands is 24.71, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 134.38.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Las Vegas Sands is 24.71, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 18.99.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Las Vegas Sands has a PEG Ratio of 1.26. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Las Vegas Sands has a P/B Ratio of 9.23. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.61% of the float of Las Vegas Sands has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Las Vegas Sands has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Las Vegas Sands has recently increased by 10.56%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Las Vegas Sands pays a meaningful dividend of 1.67%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Las Vegas Sands does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Las Vegas Sands is 39.60%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Las Vegas Sands will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.20% next year. This indicates that Las Vegas Sands will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.32

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.61% of the float of Las Vegas Sands has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Las Vegas Sands has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Las Vegas Sands has recently increased by 10.56%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.93

News Sentiment

Las Vegas Sands has a news sentiment score of 0.93. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.62 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Las Vegas Sands this week, compared to 11 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 10 people have searched for LVS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

9 people have added Las Vegas Sands to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 29% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Las Vegas Sands insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $7,670,592.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.20% of the stock of Las Vegas Sands is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 39.16% of the stock of Las Vegas Sands is held by institutions.

LVS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have LVS shares performed this year?

Las Vegas Sands' stock was trading at $49.21 at the start of the year. Since then, LVS stock has increased by 1.4% and is now trading at $49.91.
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How were Las Vegas Sands' earnings last quarter?

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The casino operator reported $0.44 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.09. Las Vegas Sands's revenue was down 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

Is Las Vegas Sands buying back stock?

Las Vegas Sands' board authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, October 18th 2023, which allows the company to buy back $2,000,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could reacquire up to 5.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Does Las Vegas Sands have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of Las Vegas Sands: Cotai Strip Lot 2 Apart Hotel (Macao) Limited, Las Vegas Sands LLC, LVS Dutch Finance C.V., LVS Dutch Holding B.V., LVS (Nevada) International Holdings Inc., Marina Bay Sands Pte. Ltd., MBS Holdings Pte. Ltd., and more.

Who are Las Vegas Sands' major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of Las Vegas Sands include State Street Corp (2.06%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.88%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.26%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.18%). Insiders that own company stock include Miriam Adelson, Charles D Forman and Robert G Goldstein.
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How do I buy shares of Las Vegas Sands?

Shares of LVS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of Las Vegas Sands own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Las Vegas Sands investors own include BlackRock (BLK), Broadcom (AVGO), ServiceNow (NOW), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Meta Platforms (META) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 10/23/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 11/13 Dividend: 11/05/2024
• Dividend Payable: 11/13/2024
• Today: 11/20/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 1/22/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Hotels & motels
• Sub-Industry: Casinos & Gaming
• Current Symbol: NYSE:LVS
• CUSIP: 51783410
• CIK: 1300514
• Web: www.sands.com
• Phone: (702) 923-9000
• Fax: 702-414-4884
• Employees: 38,700
• Year Founded: 2004

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $58.00
• High Stock Price Target: $75.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $47.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +16.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.77
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $2.02
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 24.71
• Forward P/E Ratio: 21.42
• P/E Growth: 1.26
• Net Income: $1.22 billion
• Net Margins: 13.29%
• Pretax Margin: 18.48%
• Return on Equity: 44.26%
• Return on Assets: 8.11%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 3.09
• Current Ratio: 0.90
• Quick Ratio: 0.89

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $10.37 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.49
• Cash Flow: $3.77 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.24
• Book Value: $5.41 per share
• Price / Book: 9.23

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 725,030,000
• Free Float: 716,326,000
• Market Cap: $36.19 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.11