Blackhawk Capital Partners LLC. Buys 683 Shares of Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR)

Blackhawk Capital Partners LLC. lifted its stake in shares of Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) by 18.8% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 4,316 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after buying an additional 683 shares during the quarter. Blackhawk Capital Partners LLC.’s holdings in Ventas were worth $254,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Raymond James & Associates increased its holdings in Ventas by 81.2% during the 3rd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 104,646 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $6,711,000 after purchasing an additional 46,887 shares during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its holdings in shares of Ventas by 2.8% in the third quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 20,421 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,310,000 after acquiring an additional 558 shares in the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Ventas by 7,539.3% in the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 198,546 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $12,733,000 after acquiring an additional 195,947 shares in the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its stake in Ventas by 49.9% in the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 8,163 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $523,000 after acquiring an additional 2,719 shares during the period. Finally, Ballentine Partners LLC grew its holdings in Ventas by 3.3% during the 3rd quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC now owns 9,541 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $612,000 after acquiring an additional 304 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 94.18% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Ventas

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

Ventas Stock Performance

Shares of VTR opened at $67.81 on Tuesday. Ventas, Inc. has a 12 month low of $41.45 and a 12 month high of $68.02. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $60.36 and a 200-day moving average price of $62.02. The company has a current ratio of 0.85, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.25. The firm has a market cap of $29.64 billion, a PE ratio of 356.93, a P/E/G ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 1.37.

Ventas (NYSE:VTR) last released its quarterly 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%. Equities research analysts predict that Ventas, Inc. will post 3.4 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Ventas Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 17th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 31st will be given a dividend of $0.48 per share. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.83%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 31st. This is an increase from Ventas’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. Ventas’s payout ratio is currently 1,010.53%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on VTR shares. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Ventas from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 17th. Wedbush boosted their price objective on shares of Ventas from $69.00 to $78.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Robert W. Baird raised 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. Mizuho reduced their price target on Ventas from $71.00 to $68.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Finally, Baird R W raised 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 data from MarketBeat, Ventas has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $69.14.

Ventas Company 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.