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Top 5 Things You Need to Know About Ventas

A strong performer from today's afternoon trading session is Ventas, whose shares rose 1.5% to $43.0 per share. For those of you thinking about investing in the stock, here is a brief value analysis of the stock using the company's basic fundamental ratios.

Ventas Has an Attractive P/B Ratio but a Worrisome P/E Ratio:

Ventas Inc., an S&P 500 company, operates at the intersection of two large and dynamic industries – healthcare and real estate. The company belongs to the Real Estate sector, which has an average price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 24.81 and an average price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.24. In contrast, Ventas has a trailing 12 month P/E ratio of 195.5 and a P/B ratio of 1.73.

When we divide Ventas's P/E ratio by its expected EPS growth rate of the next five years, we obtain its PEG ratio of -9.83. Since it's negative, the company has negative growth expectations, and most investors will probably avoid the stock unless it has an exceptionally low P/E and P/B ratio.

Shareholders Are Confronted With a Declining EPS Growth Trend:

2018-02-09 2019-02-08 2020-02-24 2021-02-23 2022-02-18 2023-02-10
Revenue (MM) $3,574 $3,746 $3,873 $3,795 $3,828 $4,129
Operating Margins 30% 26% 22% 16% 10% 11%
Net Margins 38.0% 11.0% 11.0% 12.0% 1.0% -1.0%
Net Income (MM) $1,356 $409 $433 $439 $49 -$47
Net Interest Expense (MM) -$448 -$442 -$452 -$470 -$440 -$468
Depreciation & Amort. (MM) -$888 -$920 -$1,046 -$1,110 -$1,197 -$1,198
Earnings Per Share $3.78 $1.14 $1.17 $1.17 $0.13 -$0.13
EPS Growth n/a -69.84% 2.63% 0.0% -88.89% -200.0%
Diluted Shares (MM) 359 359 370 377 386 377
Free Cash Flow (MM) $1,665 $1,756 $2,809 $1,013 $1,988 $1,908
Capital Expenditures (MM) -$236 -$375 -$1,371 $437 -$962 -$788
Net Current Assets (MM) -$12,610 -$11,988 -$13,727 -$12,964 -$12,977 -$13,190
Long Term Debt (MM) $11,276 $10,734 $12,159 $11,895 $12,028 $12,297

Ventas has weak revenue growth and a flat capital expenditure trend, irregular cash flows, and an average amount of debt. Furthermore, the firm suffers from weak operating margins with a negative growth trend and declining EPS growth.

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