Ventas Inc (NYSE: VTR)’s stock price has decreased by -1.33 compared to its previous closing price of 42.24. However, the company has seen a -5.29% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. Zacks Investment Research reported 2024-04-12 that A favorable demand in senior housing, backed by an expected rise in senior citizens’ population is likely to support Ventas (VTR). However, dependence on a few tenants and high interest rates are woes.
Is It Worth Investing in Ventas Inc (NYSE: VTR) Right Now?
VTR has 36-month beta value of 1.28. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 2 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 14 as “hold,” and 4 as “sell.”
The public float for VTR is 400.38M, and currently, short sellers hold a 1.59% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of VTR on April 17, 2024 was 2.48M shares.
VTR’s Market Performance
VTR stock saw a decrease of -5.29% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -1.88% and a quarterly a decrease of -15.54%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.22%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.03% for Ventas Inc (VTR). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -3.29% for VTR stock, with a simple moving average of -7.31% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of VTR
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for VTR stocks, with Evercore ISI repeating the rating for VTR by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for VTR in the upcoming period, according to Evercore ISI is $50 based on the research report published on March 18, 2024 of the current year 2024.
Wells Fargo, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see VTR reach a price target of $46, previously predicting the price at $52. The rating they have provided for VTR stocks is “Equal Weight” according to the report published on February 26th, 2024.
Deutsche Bank gave a rating of “Buy” to VTR, setting the target price at $60 in the report published on January 30th of the current year.
VTR Trading at -4.51% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought VTR to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -18.25% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.03%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.22%, as shares sank -2.55% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -10.09% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, VTR fell by -5.29%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -12.47% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $43.04. In addition, Ventas Inc saw -16.37% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at VTR starting from RAKOWICH WALTER C, who sale 1,242 shares at the price of $42.57 back on May 26 ’23. After this action, RAKOWICH WALTER C now owns 24,528 shares of Ventas Inc, valued at $52,870 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for VTR
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.1 for the present operating margin
- 0.31 for the gross margin
The net margin for Ventas Inc stands at -0.01. The total capital return value is set at -0.02. Equity return is now at value -0.42, with -0.17 for asset returns.
Based on Ventas Inc (VTR), the company’s capital structure generated 0.59 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.09. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.42. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -0.83.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 1.83 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 7.02. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 6.67. The receivables turnover for the company is 23.17for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.18.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Ventas Inc (VTR) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a bearish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “sell” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
