Ratios in Focus: Analyzing Ventas Inc (VTR)’s Price-to-Cash and Price-to-Free Cash Flow

Abby Carey

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In the latest session, Ventas Inc (NYSE: VTR) closed at $77.73 down -2.85% from its previous closing price of $80.01. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.85 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.32 million shares were traded. VTR stock price reached its highest trading level at $80.52 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $77.5.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Ventas Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 154.22 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 30.15. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.89 and its Current Ratio is at 2.89. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.04 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.03.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In the most recent recommendation for this company, Cantor Fitzgerald on October 01, 2025, initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned the stock a target price of $77.

On September 19, 2025, UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $73.

JP Morgan Upgraded its Neutral to Overweight on June 23, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $72.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 01 ’25 when CAFARO DEBRA A sold 10,322 shares for $80.55 per share. The transaction valued at 831,419 led to the insider holds 1,145,695 shares of the business.

CAFARO DEBRA A bought 10,322 shares of VTR for $831,419 on Dec 01 ’25. On Nov 18 ’25, another insider, Bulgarelli Peter J., who serves as the EVP OM&R-Ventas/Pres&CEO-LHS of the company, sold 2,771 shares for $80.01 each. As a result, the insider received 221,701 and left with 108,717 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, VTR now has a Market Capitalization of 36512333824 and an Enterprise Value of 49523220480. As of this moment, Ventas’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 146.91, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 123.87. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.76. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.73 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.95. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 8.933 whereas that against EBITDA is 23.459.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for VTR is 0.80, which has changed by 0.33261156 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13042927 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, VTR has reached a high of $81.89, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $56.68. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 4.36%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 13.42%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, VTR has traded an average of 2.93M shares per day and 2914830 over the past ten days. A total of 469.45M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 467.24M. Insiders hold about 0.53% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 99.06% stake in the company. Shares short for VTR as of 1764288000 were 14671608 with a Short Ratio of 5.01, compared to 1761868800 on 11882398. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 14671608 and a Short% of Float of 3.63.

Dividends & Splits

According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for VTR is 1.89, from 1.89 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.023622047. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.46. The current Payout Ratio is 923.55% for VTR, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-09-30 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-09-30. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2015-08-18 when the company split stock in a 8757:10000 ratio.

Earnings Estimates

The market rating of Ventas Inc (VTR) is currently shaped by the ongoing analysis conducted by 1 analysts closely monitoring its performance.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.11, with high estimates of $0.14 and low estimates of $0.07.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.27 and $0.27 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.27. EPS for the following year is $0.56, with 2.0 analysts recommending between $0.57 and $0.56.

Revenue Estimates

A total of 3 analysts believe the company’s revenue will be $1.52B this quarter.It ranges from a high estimate of $1.55B to a low estimate of $1.5B. As of. The current estimate, Ventas Inc’s year-ago sales were $1.29BFor the next quarter, 3 analysts are estimating revenue of $1.55B. There is a high estimate of $1.55B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $1.55B.

A total of 4 analysts have provided revenue estimates for VTR’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $5.82B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $5.76B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $5.79B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $4.92BBased on 4 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $6.6B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $6.94B and the low estimate is $6.42B.

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