Centiva Capital LP Makes New $630,000 Investment in Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR)

Centiva Capital LP bought a new stake in Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 10,693 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $630,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Tidal Investments LLC grew its position in Ventas by 18.4% in the third quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 9,952 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $634,000 after acquiring an additional 1,550 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of Ventas by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 27,557,480 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,767,261,000 after purchasing an additional 599,600 shares during the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB grew its holdings in shares of Ventas by 4.8% during the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 29,933 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,756,000 after purchasing an additional 1,369 shares during the last quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. acquired a new position in Ventas during the 4th quarter worth approximately $27,000. Finally, Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in Ventas by 66.2% in the 4th 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 during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 94.18% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Ventas

In other Ventas news, CEO Debra A. Cafaro sold 388 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $71.00, for a total value of $27,548.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 1,128,143 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $80,098,153. This trade represents a 0.03 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Gregory R. Liebbe sold 3,866 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $63.00, for a total value of $243,558.00. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 11,371 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $716,373. This represents a 25.37 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 313,888 shares of company stock valued at $21,536,515. Corporate insiders own 0.80% of the company’s stock.

Ventas Price Performance

Shares of NYSE VTR opened at $65.96 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $28.87 billion, a PE ratio of 347.18, a P/E/G ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a quick ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.25. Ventas, Inc. has a twelve month low of $46.66 and a twelve month high of $71.36. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $67.29 and a 200 day simple moving average of $63.98.

Ventas (NYSE:VTR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 30th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.82 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $1.36 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.32 billion. Ventas had a return on equity of 0.82% and a net margin of 1.65%. The firm’s revenue was up 13.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.78 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Ventas, Inc. will post 3.4 EPS for the current year.

Ventas Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 17th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 31st were issued a $0.48 dividend. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.91%. This is a boost from Ventas’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 31st. Ventas’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 581.82%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on VTR. Scotiabank upped their price target on shares of Ventas from $69.00 to $72.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Friday, February 28th. Robert W. Baird upgraded Ventas from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and dropped their target price for the company from $66.00 to $65.00 in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Baird R W raised Ventas from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price objective on Ventas from $74.00 to $75.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Argus set a $75.00 target price on shares of Ventas in a research report on Friday, March 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, seven have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Ventas currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $73.00.

About Ventas

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.