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Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC grew its holdings in Ventas, Inc. ( NYSE:VTR – Free Report ) by 3.0% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.
com reports. The institutional investor owned 11,214 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after buying an additional 324 shares during the quarter. Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC’s holdings in Ventas were worth $660,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of VTR. ST Germain D J Co. Inc.
acquired a new stake in Ventas in the 4th quarter valued at about $27,000. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. grew its position in shares of Ventas by 66.
2% in the fourth quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 527 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 210 shares in the last quarter.
Promus Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Ventas in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $38,000. New Wave Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Ventas during the fourth quarter worth approximately $41,000. Finally, SRS Capital Advisors Inc.
boosted its stake in Ventas by 1,039.4% during the fourth quarter. SRS Capital Advisors Inc.
now owns 809 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $48,000 after buying an additional 738 shares during the last quarter. 94.18% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Insiders Place Their Bets In other Ventas news, CEO Debra A. Cafaro sold 41,294 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $69.
08, for a total transaction of $2,852,589.52. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 1,138,143 shares in the company, valued at $78,622,918.
44. This represents a 3.50 % decrease in their position.
The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link . Also, CAO Gregory R. Liebbe sold 3,866 shares of Ventas stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 13th.
The shares were sold at an average price of $63.00, for a total value of $243,558.00.
Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 11,371 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $716,373. The trade was a 25.37 % decrease in their position.
The disclosure for this sale can be found here . Insiders have sold a total of 260,227 shares of company stock worth $17,769,097 in the last ninety days. 1.
00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders. Ventas Trading Down 5.8 % Ventas ( NYSE:VTR – Get Free Report ) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th.
The real estate investment trust reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.02) by $0.
83. Ventas had a return on equity of 0.82% and a net margin of 1.
65%. On average, equities analysts expect that Ventas, Inc. will post 3.
4 earnings per share for the current year. Ventas Increases Dividend The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 17th. Investors of record on Monday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.
48 per share. This is an increase from Ventas’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45.
This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.93%.
The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 31st. Ventas’s dividend payout ratio is presently 1,010.53%.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades VTR has been the topic of several analyst reports. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price target on Ventas from $70.00 to $74.
00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 25th. Baird R W upgraded shares of Ventas from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, January 17th. Robert W.
Baird upgraded shares of Ventas from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and cut their price target for the stock from $66.00 to $65.00 in a report on Friday, January 17th.
Argus set a $75.00 price objective on Ventas in a report on Friday, March 7th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on Ventas from $72.
00 to $77.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, March 10th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock.
According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $72.90. Get Our Latest Research Report on VTR Ventas Company Profile ( Free Report ) Ventas Inc (NYSE: VTR) is a leading S&P 500 real estate investment trust focused on delivering strong, sustainable shareholder returns by enabling exceptional environments that benefit a large and growing aging population.
The Company's growth is fueled by its senior housing communities, which provide valuable services to residents and enable them to thrive in supported environments. See Also Want to see what other hedge funds are holding VTR? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Ventas, Inc.
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