StockNews.com’s equity research analysts started covering Ventas on Thursday by publishing a research report distributed to customers and investors (NYSE: VTR).
The shares of the real estate investment trust have been rated “sell” by the brokerage firm,” which indicates that they should be sold.
The most recent earnings report made available to the general public by Ventas (NYSE: VTR) was made available on February 9.
The actual earnings per share generated by the REIT for the quarter came in at $0.11, which was $0.83, below the average estimate of $0.72 per share. Ventas had a net margin that was in the red by 1.15 percent, and the return on equity for the company was in the red by 0.45 percent.
Even though market watchers anticipated that the company would bring in revenue for the quarter totaling $1.04 billion, the company brought in revenue totaling $1.05 billion. Compared to the previous year’s results for the same quarter, the company’s earnings per share came in at $0.73.
Annually, the company saw a 2.8% increase in the percentage increase in quarterly revenue from the previous year.
According to the projections of research analysts, Ventas will bring in 2.99 cents per share in profits for the current fiscal year.
On Thursday, shares of NYSE: VTR started trading at $46.15 each when the market opened.
The value of the company’s simple moving average is $49.47 for both the 50-day and the 200-day periods, but it is only $45.55 for the most recent period.
The current, quick, and debt-to-equity ratios all come in at the same value of 0.62, while the debt-to-equity ratio sits at 1.20.
During the previous year, the lowest price of Ventas was $35.33, while the highest price was $64.02 for the same period.
The company has a market capitalization of $18.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -384.58, a price-to-earnings-to-growth ratio of 4.17, and a beta coefficient of 1.19.
These metrics indicate that the company is trading at a significant discount on its earnings potential.
Recent studies on the stock have been authored by several equity research experts and published recently.
The most recent events are the primary focus of these papers.
In a research note released on Monday, January 9, Raymond James raised their price target on Ventas shares from $46,000 to $55,000.
The note was published about the company’s stock.
Despite this modification, Raymond James continues to advise clients to “outperform” the stock they are investing in.
In a research note published on November 23, Morgan Stanley upgraded their rating on Ventas stock from “equal weight” to “overweight” and raised their price objective on the stock from $44.50 to $45.00.
Additionally, they raised their price objective on the stock from $44.50 to $45.00. KeyCorp lowered their price objective for Ventas shares from $56.00 to $55.00 in a research note published on February 1.
Despite this change, they continued recommending “overweight” positioning on the stock.
In a research report made public on Friday, December 2, Mizuho lowered its price target on Ventas shares from $61.00 to $60.00.
The report was about the company.
Last but not least, Royal Bank of Canada downgraded the “outperform” rating they had previously assigned to Ventas shares and decreased their price objective for the stock from $60.00 to $56.00 in a published research note on November 23. One financial advisor has suggested selling the stock, two market analysts have suggested keeping stock, and nine market analysts have suggested purchasing the stock.
The company is currently regarded as having a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy,” Its average price target is $56.27, as indicated by the data from Bloomberg.com.
Debra A. Cafaro, who serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Ventas, sold 32,932 shares of the company’s stock on Thursday, February 2.
As a result of the sale of the shares, the total revenue generated was $1,736,833.68, and the average price paid per share was $52.74 (USD).
As a result of the successful completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 863,555 shares of the company, the total value of which is approximately $45,543,890.70. On the Securities and Exchange Commission website, there is a document that can be viewed that provides an in-depth summary of the transaction in its entirety (SEC).
The current percentage of shares held by company insiders is 1.30 percent of the total number of shares outstanding.
During the most recent period, institutional investors and hedge funds have transacted in VTR share ownership.
During the first three months of the year, Fairfield Bush & Co invested in Ventas worth $41,000. U.S.
Bancorp DE increased the proportion of Ventas stock owned by 21.1% over the year’s first three months. U.S.
Bank DE has increased its holdings in the real estate investment trust by 2,356, bringing the total number of shares it owns in the REIT to 13,542, with a value of $837,000.
This increase was because U.S.
Bank DE has recently been expanding its business.
Panagora Asset Management INC increased the amount of Ventas stock owned by 90.0% over the year’s first three months.
As a result of the most recent acquisition of 9,563 additional shares during the most recent quarter, Panagora Asset Management INC now owns 20,191 shares of the real estate investment trust.
These shares have a value of $1,247,000 and make up the company’s real estate investment trust portfolio.
During the first three months of 2018, Raymond James Trust N.A.
Made an investment in Ventas stock that was worth 270 thousand dollars. Finally, during the first three months of this year, Vontobel Holding Ltd increased the percentage of Ventas shares it owned by 6.0 percentage points.
In its portfolio, Vontobel Holding Ltd now has 14,712 shares of the real estate investment trust, which have a value of $924,000 due to the purchase of 835 additional shares during the most recent fiscal quarter.
The vast majority of the company’s stock is owned by large financial institutions, which account for 91.28 percent of the total.