Kintegral Advisory LLC Lowers Stock Holdings in Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR)

Kintegral Advisory LLC lowered its holdings in shares of Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) by 4.4% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 8,740 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 407 shares during the quarter. Kintegral Advisory LLC’s holdings in Ventas were worth $519,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Morningstar Investment Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Ventas by 9.2% in the fourth quarter. Morningstar Investment Management LLC now owns 3,751 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $221,000 after acquiring an additional 316 shares in the last quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB lifted its position in shares of Ventas by 20.3% in the fourth quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 307,202 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $18,091,000 after acquiring an additional 51,838 shares in the last quarter. Ieq Capital LLC lifted its position in shares of Ventas by 9.1% in the fourth quarter. Ieq Capital LLC now owns 20,719 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,220,000 after acquiring an additional 1,724 shares in the last quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Ventas by 17.0% in the fourth quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 1,221 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $72,000 after acquiring an additional 177 shares in the last quarter. Finally, D.A. Davidson & CO. lifted its position in shares of Ventas by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 34,973 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,060,000 after acquiring an additional 172 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.18% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Ventas news, CAO Gregory R. Liebbe sold 3,866 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $63.00, for a total transaction of $243,558.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 11,371 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $716,373. This trade represents a 25.37 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 1.00% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Ventas Price Performance

VTR stock opened at $66.08 on Monday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $60.20 and a two-hundred day moving average of $61.96. The company has a quick ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.25. The stock has a market cap of $28.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 347.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 1.37. Ventas, Inc. has a 52-week low of $41.45 and a 52-week high of $67.61.

Ventas (NYSE:VTR) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.02) by $0.83. Ventas had a return on equity of 0.82% and a net margin of 1.65%. As a group, research analysts anticipate 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. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.48 per share. This is a boost from Ventas’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 31st. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.91%. Ventas’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 1,010.53%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have recently weighed in on VTR. Robert W. Baird upgraded Ventas from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and decreased their target price for the company from $66.00 to $65.00 in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Mizuho decreased their target price on Ventas from $71.00 to $68.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Wedbush raised their target price on Ventas from $69.00 to $78.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, February 14th. StockNews.com upgraded Ventas from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Finally, Baird R W upgraded Ventas from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $69.14.

Ventas Profile

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.