Brokerages Set Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) Target Price at $94.00

Shares of Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) have been assigned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seventeen analysts that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and fourteen have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $94.75.

VTR has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Scotiabank upped their price target on Ventas from $93.00 to $95.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Thursday. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $110.00 price target on shares of Ventas in a research report on Tuesday. Mizuho upped their price target on Ventas from $87.00 to $94.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 4th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $93.00 price target on shares of Ventas in a research report on Monday, February 9th. Finally, UBS Group upped their price target on Ventas from $85.00 to $93.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, May 4th.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Walter C. Rakowich sold 1,152 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.20, for a total value of $103,910.40. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 28,349 shares in the company, valued at $2,557,079.80. This represents a 3.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 0.53% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S lifted its holdings in Ventas by 97.7% in the third quarter. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S now owns 36,713 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,570,000 after acquiring an additional 18,146 shares during the last quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group lifted its holdings in Ventas by 3.6% in the third quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 2,487,572 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $170,946,000 after acquiring an additional 85,340 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Ventas by 2.5% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 73,598,827 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $5,151,182,000 after acquiring an additional 1,802,515 shares during the last quarter. Krilogy Financial LLC acquired a new position in Ventas in the third quarter valued at approximately $919,000. Finally, Aberdeen Group plc lifted its stake in Ventas by 8.3% during the third quarter. Aberdeen Group plc now owns 1,580,923 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $109,985,000 after purchasing an additional 120,825 shares in the last quarter. 94.18% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Ventas Price Performance

NYSE:VTR opened at $88.07 on Friday. Ventas has a 12 month low of $61.76 and a 12 month high of $91.06. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $85.27 and a two-hundred day moving average of $81.78. The company has a current ratio of 0.25, a quick ratio of 0.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.95. The firm has a market cap of $42.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 160.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 0.74.

Ventas (NYSE:VTR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.12 by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $1.65 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.59 billion. Ventas had a net margin of 4.25% and a return on equity of 2.09%. Ventas’s revenue for the quarter was up 22.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.84 earnings per share. Ventas has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.820-3.890 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Ventas will post 3.86 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Ventas Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 16th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be given a $0.52 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.4%. Ventas’s dividend payout ratio is 378.18%.

About Ventas

Ventas, Inc (NYSE: VTR) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that specializes in healthcare-related real estate. The company acquires, owns and manages a diversified portfolio of properties serving the healthcare continuum, including senior housing communities, skilled nursing facilities, medical office buildings, life science and research centers, and other properties leased to healthcare providers and operators. Ventas generates revenue through long-term leases, property management and selective development activities focused on meeting the real estate needs of the healthcare sector.

Ventas’ business model combines property ownership with active asset management and capital markets activity.