Market Update: Ventas Inc (NYSE:VTR) – Ventas Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2015 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call

[Business Wire] – Ventas, Inc. announced today that it will issue its fourth quarter and year-end 2015 earnings release prior to the opening of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, February 12, 2016. Read more on this. Ventas, Inc. (VTR) , valued at $18.59B, began trading this morning at $54.78. A quick look at the market, the company’s stock traded between $54.43 and $55.84 with a trailing 52-week range being $49.31 to $81.93. VTR shares are currently priced at 12.11x this year’s forecasted earnings, which makes them relatively inexpensive compared to the industry ’s 21.73x earnings multiple. And for passive income investors, the company pays shareholders $2.92 per share annually in dividends, yielding 5.25%. Consensus earnings for the current quarter by the 13 sell-side analysts covering the stock is an estimate of $1.01 per share, which would be $0.14 worse than the year-ago quarter and a $0.02 sequential decrease. Furthermore, our analysis shows the full-year EPS estimate to be $4.46, which would be a $0.02 worse when compared to the last year’s annual results. The quarterly earnings estimate is based on a consensus revenue forecast of the current quarter of $812.31 Million. If realized, that would be a 1.03% increase over the year-ago quarter. Recently, Mizuho downgraded VTR from Buy to Neutral (Oct 26, 2015). Previously, RBC Capital Mkts downgraded VTR from Top Pick to Outperform. The average price target for VTR shares by the analysts covering it is $59.00, which is 7.70% above where the stock opened. See more in (NYSE:VTR) Similar Articles: Stock Update: Aon plc (NYSE:AON) – Aon Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2015 Earnings Release and Conference Call Stock Update (NYSE:PXD): Pioneer Natural Resources Announces Fourth Quarter 2015 Earnings Press Release Date and Conference Call Market Update: Ventas Inc (NYSE:VTR) – Ventas Named 2015 Global and North American Healthcare Sector Leader by GRESB