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: $57.11 to $57.74
• 50-Day Range: $41.75 to $56.72
• 52-Week Range: $30.18 to $57.74
• Volume: 3.13 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.60 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $39.61 billion
• P/E Ratio: 29.14
• Dividend Yield: 1.73%
• Price Target: $59.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Las Vegas Sands Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Las Vegas Sands scored higher than 79% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 83rd out of 291 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: 2.4 / 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 2.75, and is based on 10 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Las Vegas Sands has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 12.31%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Las Vegas Sands are expected to grow by 12.31% in the coming year, from $2.60 to $2.92 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Las Vegas Sands is 29.14, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.69.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Las Vegas Sands is 29.14, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 17.90.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Las Vegas Sands has a PEG Ratio of 2.13. 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 17.38. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.54% 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 2.8, 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 decreased by 16.08%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Las Vegas Sands pays a meaningful dividend of 1.78%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Las Vegas Sands has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Las Vegas Sands is 50.51%. 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 34.25% 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

4.54% 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 2.8, 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 decreased by 16.08%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.30

News Sentiment

Las Vegas Sands has a news sentiment score of 1.30. 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 1.00 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 22 news articles for Las Vegas Sands this week, compared to 17 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 13 people have searched for LVS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -41% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

10 people have added Las Vegas Sands to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 233% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Las Vegas Sands insiders have not sold or bought any 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 $51.36 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, LVS shares have increased by 12.3% and is now trading at $57.7020.

How were Las Vegas Sands' earnings last quarter?

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 23rd. The casino operator reported $0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.26. The business's revenue was up 15.0% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Is Las Vegas Sands buying back stock?

Las Vegas Sands' board initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, April 23rd 2025, which allows the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could reacquire up to 8.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Does Las Vegas Sands have any subsidiaries?

Las Vegas Sands subsidiaries include these companies: 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 others.

Who are Las Vegas Sands' major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Las Vegas Sands include Vanguard Group Inc. (6.27%), State Street Corp (2.24%), ARGA Investment Management LP (1.46%) and Invesco Ltd. (1.44%). Insiders that own company stock include Miriam Adelson, Charles D Forman and Robert G Goldstein.
View institutional ownership trends.

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.

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: 7/23/2025
• Record date for 8/13 Dividend: 8/05/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 8/13 Dividend: 8/05/2025
• Dividend Payable: 8/13/2025
• Today: 8/28/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/22/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: GAMING
• Sub-Industry: Casinos & Gaming
• Current Symbol: NYSE:LVS
• CIK: 1300514
• Web: www.sands.com
• Phone: (702) 923-9000
• Fax: 702-414-4884
• Employees: 40,300
• Year Founded: 2004

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Las Vegas Sands: $59.00
• High Price Target: $69.00
• Low Price Target: $50.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +2.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 16 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.98
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 29.14
• Forward P/E Ratio: 22.19
• P/E Growth: 2.13
• Net Income: $1.45 billion
• Net Margins: 12.16%
• Pretax Margin: 16.74%
• Return on Equity: 55.37%
• Return on Assets: 7.89%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 6.53
• Current Ratio: 1.22
• Quick Ratio: 1.21

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $11.30 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.51
• Cash Flow: $4.39 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.15
• Book Value: $3.32 per share
• Price / Book: 17.38

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 686,450,000
• Free Float: 678,217,000
• Market Cap: $39.61 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.08