Consider This Before Taking a Position in Ventas (VTR)

By Ken Smith • Sunday, December 03 16:03 • Permanent Link

Shares of None company Ventas climbed 2.0% this evening. Here are some quick facts to get you started if you are interested in the stock:

Ventas has logged a 2.0% 52 week change, compared to 14.0% for the S&P 500
VTR has an average analyst rating of buy and is -7.81% away from its mean target price of $50.72 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $0.02, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 2338.0. The Real Estate sector's average P/E ratio is None
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $-0.23 and its forward P/E ratio is -203.3
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.92 in contrast to the Real Estate sector's average P/B ratio is None
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $763.45 Million and the average free cash flow growth rate is -5.2%
Ventas's revenues have an average growth rate of 2.7% with operating expenses growing at None%. The company's current operating margins stand at -0.9%

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