Ventas (VTR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR) is a leading S&P 500 real estate investment trust focused on delivering strong, sustainable shareholder returns by enabling exceptional environments that benefit a large and growing aging population. The Company's growth is fueled by its senior housing communities, which provide valuable services to residents and enable them to thrive in supported environments. Ventas leverages its unmatched operational expertise, data-driven insights from its Ventas Operational InsightsTM platform, extensive relationships and strong financial position to achieve its goal of delivering outsized performance across approximately 1,400 properties. The Ventas portfolio is composed of senior housing communities, outpatient medical buildings, research centers and healthcare facilities in North America and the United Kingdom. The Company benefits from a seasoned team of talented professionals who share a commitment to excellence, integrity and a common purpose of helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $62.54 to $63.75
• 50-Day Range: $53.76 to $65.33
• 52-Week Range: $39.33 to $65.64
• Volume: 2.95 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.41 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $25.85 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 2.88%
• Price Target: $61.11
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Ventas Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Ventas scored higher than 84% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 252nd out of 955 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Ventas has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 8 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Ventas has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 5.35%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Ventas are expected to grow by 5.35% in the coming year, from $3.18 to $3.35 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Ventas is -329.30, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Ventas is -329.30, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Ventas has a PEG Ratio of 2.82. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Ventas has a P/B Ratio of 2.64. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.37% of the outstanding shares of Ventas have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Ventas has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Ventas has recently increased by 26.13%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Ventas pays a meaningful dividend of 2.82%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Ventas does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Ventas will have a dividend payout ratio of 53.73% next year. This indicates that Ventas will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Environmental Score: -2.06

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.37% of the outstanding shares of Ventas have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Ventas has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Ventas has recently increased by 26.13%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.91

News Sentiment

Ventas has a news sentiment score of 0.91. 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 0.71 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 14 news articles for Ventas this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

18 people have searched for VTR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 6% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 4 people have added Ventas to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -20% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Ventas insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $4,526,464.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.00% of the stock of Ventas is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

94.18% of the stock of Ventas is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

VTR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have VTR shares performed this year?

Ventas' stock was trading at $49.84 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, VTR shares have increased by 25.5% and is now trading at $62.57.
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How were Ventas' earnings last quarter?

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 1st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.79 by $0.74. The business's revenue was up 8.6% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did Ventas' stock split?

Shares of Ventas reverse split on the morning of Saturday, January 1st 2000. The 59.99-68.5 reverse split was announced on Saturday, January 1st 2000. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the closing bell on Tuesday, August 18th 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the reverse split would have 88 shares after the split.

Who are Ventas' major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Ventas include Czech National Bank (0.02%), SG Americas Securities LLC and Park Avenue Securities LLC. Insiders that own company stock include Debra A Cafaro, Robert F Probst, Peter J Bulgarelli, Walter C Rakowich and Gregory R Liebbe.
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How do I buy shares of Ventas?

Shares of VTR 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 Ventas own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Ventas investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Realty Income (O), Coca-Cola (KO), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 7/18 Dividend: 7/01/2024
• Dividend Payable: 7/18/2024
• Last Earnings: 8/01/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 10/17 Dividend: 10/01/2024
• Today: 10/03/2024
• Dividend Payable: 10/17/2024
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/07/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Real estate investment trusts
• Sub-Industry: Specialized REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:VTR
• CUSIP: 92276F10
• CIK: 740260
• Web: www.ventasreit.com
• Phone: (877) 483-6827
• Fax: 302-655-5049
• Employees: 450
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $61.11
• High Stock Price Target: $71.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $47.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -3.7%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($0.19)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.97
• P/E Growth: 2.82
• Net Income: $-40,970,000.00
• Net Margins: -3.33%
• Pretax Margin: -4.59%
• Return on Equity: -1.63%
• Return on Assets: -0.63%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.36
• Current Ratio: 0.58
• Quick Ratio: 0.58

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.50 billion
• Price / Sales: 5.83
• Cash Flow: $3.25 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 19.55
• Book Value: $23.72 per share
• Price / Book: 2.68

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 413,150,000
• Free Float: 400,726,000
• Market Cap: $26.23 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.36