Here Are the Facts You Need to Understand VTR

By Naomi Wentworth • Tuesday, January 23 09:51 • Permanent Link

More and more people are talking about Ventas over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Specialty Real Estate Investment Trust stock at a price of $48.3? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

Ventas has moved -5.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 20.7%
VTR has an average analyst rating of buy and is -8.16% away from its mean target price of $52.59 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $0.02
Ventas has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 2415.0 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $-0.27 and its forward P/E ratio is -178.9
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.98 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Ventas is part of the Real Estate sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 25.55 and an average P/B of 2.1
The company has a free cash flow of $993.46 Million, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Ventas Inc., an S&P 500 company, operates at the intersection of two large and dynamic industries healthcare and real estate. Fueled by powerful demographic demand from growth in the aging population, Ventas owns or has investments in a highly diversified portfolio of approximately 1,400 properties in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Ventas uses the power of its capital to unlock the value of senior housing communities, outpatient medical buildings, research centers, hospitals and other healthcare facilities. A globally-recognized real estate investment trust, Ventas follows a successful long-term strategy, proven over more than 20 years, built on diversification of property types, capital sources and industry leading partners, financial strength and flexibility, consistent and reliable growth and industry leading ESG achievements, managed by a collaborative and experienced team dedicated to its stakeholders.

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