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Ventas Stock To Go Ex-dividend Tomorrow (VTR)

By TheStreet Wire 09/06/12 - 09:53 AM EDT

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The ex-dividend date for Ventas (NYSE:VTR) is tomorrow, September 7, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 62 cents per share. At a price of $66.60 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 3.7%.

The average volume for Ventas has been 1.6 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Ventas has a market cap of $19.59 billion and is part of the financial sector and real estate industry. Shares are up 20.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.

Ventas, Inc. is a publicly owned real estate investment trust. The firm engages in investment, management, financing, and leasing of properties in the healthcare industry. It invests in the real estate markets of the United States and Canada. The company has a P/E ratio of 44.5, above the average real estate industry P/E ratio of 39.5 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Ventas as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, good cash flow from operations, solid stock price performance, compelling growth in net income and impressive record of earnings per share growth. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. You can view the full Ventas Ratings Report.

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