In the past week, VTR stock has gone down by -1.05%, with a monthly gain of 3.85% and a quarterly plunge of -8.09%. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.83%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.10% for Ventas Inc The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 1.64% for VTR’s stock, with a simple moving average of 5.11% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Ventas Inc (NYSE: VTR) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 1.43. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 11 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 4 as “overweight,” 5 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for VTR is 417.52M, and at present, short sellers hold a 2.87% of that float. On February 05, 2025, the average trading volume of VTR was 2.71M shares.
VTR) stock’s latest price update
Ventas Inc (NYSE: VTR)’s stock price has dropped by -1.91 in relation to previous closing price of 61.36. Nevertheless, the company has seen a loss of -1.05% in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2025-02-04 that DOC’s Q4 FFO tops estimates. Results reflect a year-over-year rise in revenues and total merger-combined same-store cash (adjusted) NOI.
Analysts’ Opinion of VTR
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for VTR stocks, with Robert W. Baird repeating the rating for VTR by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for VTR in the upcoming period, according to Robert W. Baird is $65 based on the research report published on January 17, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Wells Fargo, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see VTR reach a price target of $71, previously predicting the price at $61. The rating they have provided for VTR stocks is “Overweight” according to the report published on October 01st, 2024.
Evercore ISI gave a rating of “Outperform” to VTR, setting the target price at $50 in the report published on March 18th of the previous year.
VTR Trading at -0.06% 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 -10.97% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.10%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.83%, as shares surge +3.22% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -6.32% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, VTR fell by -1.05%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +42.53% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $59.22. In addition, Ventas Inc saw 2.21% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at VTR starting from CAFARO DEBRA A, who sale 121,248 shares at the price of $66.17 back on Oct 29 ’24. After this action, CAFARO DEBRA A now owns 986,717 shares of Ventas Inc, valued at $8,022,701 using the latest closing price.
CAFARO DEBRA A, the Chairman and CEO of Ventas Inc, sale 34,085 shares at $66.67 during a trade that took place back on Oct 30 ’24, which means that CAFARO DEBRA A is holding 986,717 shares at $2,272,341 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for VTR
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.03 for the present operating margin
- 0.06 for the gross margin
The net margin for Ventas Inc stands at -0.01. The total capital return value is set at -0.01. Equity return is now at value -0.68, with -0.26 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 -0.28.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 1.83 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 6.78. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 7.92. The receivables turnover for the company is 12.91for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.19.
Conclusion
To sum up, Ventas Inc (VTR) has seen a mixed performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” 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.
