Ventas Inc (VTR): Investing In A Time Of Crisis

Ventas Inc (NYSE:VTR) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.93M but it saw 2031938 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 30.53B USD, the company’s current market price of $67.97 came falling about -0.31 while comparing to the previous closing price of $68.18. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $71.04 and as low as $41.19. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $67.725 while lowest mark touched by it was $68.79.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Ventas Inc (VTR) gives us an average price of $68.01, while its current price level is -4.32% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 65.00% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $64.62 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $60.77. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.84% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.12%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 55.61 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Robert W. Baird upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Outperform” from “Neutral” on January 17, 2025 while assigning a price target range of $66-$65. Wells Fargo also issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $61 and $71.

Over the week, VTR’s stock price is moving 0.38% up while it is -0.45% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 15.42% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 61.01%.

Currently, Ventas Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 437.08M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 0.36% and return on equity (ROE) at 0.80%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 356.99 while having a 86.26 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.06. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.76 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 6.20. Its return on asset (ROA) is 0.32% on average.