VTR

Consider This Before Taking a Position in VTR

Shares of Real Estate sector company Ventas moved 0.3% today, and are now trading at a price of $44.65. The large-cap stock's daily volume was 733,447 compared to its average volume of 2,144,603. The S&P 500 index returned a 0.0% performance.

Ventas Inc., an S&P 500 company, operates at the intersection of two large and dynamic industries – healthcare and real estate. The company is based in Chicago and has 451 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $17,966,311,424. Ventas currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 4.0% per year.

18 analysts are following Ventas and have set target prices ranging from $47.0 to $58.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, VTR is trading -11.97% away from its average analyst target price of $50.72 per share.

Over the last year, VTR shares have gone down by 0.0%, which represents a difference of -14.0% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $53.15 per share and its 52 week low is $39.33. Although Ventas's average free cash flow over the last 6 years has been $941.36 Million, they have been decreasing at an average rate of -3.9%. For this reason, investors may continue to shun the stock.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2023 1,122,175 294,870 827,305 -6.86
2022 1,120,163 231,939 888,224 14.11
2021 1,026,116 247,694 778,422 -27.23
2020 1,450,176 380,413 1,069,763 3.47
2019 1,437,783 403,923 1,033,860 -1.59
2018 1,381,467 330,876 1,050,591
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