What Are the Fundamentals Of VTR?

By Blake Campbell • Wednesday, June 04 10:02 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Real Estate company Ventas has moved -0.6% so far today on a volume of 180,297, compared to its average of 3,293,607. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved 0.0%.

Ventas trades -17.18% away from its average analyst target price of $75.95 per share. The 19 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $69.0 to $83.0, and on average have given Ventas a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying VTR should be aware of the facts below:

Ventas's current price is 497.9% above its Graham number of $10.52, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Ventas has moved 27.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 11.5%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 0.33, Ventas has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 190.6 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
VTR has a forward P/E ratio of 393.1 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $0.16 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.47 compared to its sector average of 1.94
Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) is a leading S&P 500 real estate investment trust enabling exceptional environments that benefit a large and growing aging population.
Based in Chicago, the company has 498 full time employees and a market cap of $28.39 Billion. Ventas currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.9%.

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