Don't Buy Ventas Before Checking Its Fundamentals!

By Naomi Wentworth • Friday, December 15 13:46 • Permanent Link

Ventas sank -2.6% this afternoon, compared to the S&P 500's day change of -0.0%. Today's losers may turn out to be tomorrow's winners, so be sure to check the stock's fundamentals before making an investment decision:

Ventas has logged a 13.2% 52 week change, compared to 22.5% for the S&P 500
VTR has an average analyst rating of buy and is -3.0% away from its mean target price of $50.76 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $0.02, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 2461.8. The Real Estate sector's average P/E ratio is 25.55
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $-0.28 and its forward P/E ratio is -175.8
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.02 in contrast to the Real Estate sector's average P/B ratio is 2.1
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $763.45 Million and the average free cash flow growth rate is -4.5%
Ventas's revenues have an average growth rate of 2.6% with operating expenses growing at 4.8%. The company's current operating margins stand at -0.9%

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