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Ventas Inc (VTR) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Ventas Inc

VTR in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Ventas owns and operates senior housing communities, outpatient medical buildings, research space and other healthcare facilities across North America and the United Kingdom. As a real estate investment trust it collects rent and operating income from residents and healthcare operators who occupy those properties. The company is based in Chicago and organises its portfolio around housing and medical space for an ageing population.
Where it sits in the stack
Ventas holds no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, and sits instead in the healthcare-REIT part of the wider universe the diary tracks, as a landlord to senior housing and medical-property operators rather than a supplier inside any compute or chip layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group for Ventas is not set in our records; the comparison the market usually draws is with other healthcare REITs such as Welltower.
Why Closelook tracks it
It is a constituent of the S&P 500 but carries no Closelook score and no recorded mentions or quotes in the diary's editions, so its coverage here is limited to that single index seat.
What the diary watches
Whether occupancy and rent growth across its senior housing communities hold up as the ageing-population demand story it is built on plays out.

Ventas Inc (VTR) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for VTR, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 3 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Jefferies, 2026-09-15

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for VTR from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Jefferies — target 102 Target set to $102 (+14.5% to spot) 2026-09-15
  • Price target Wells Fargo — target 104 from 96 Target raised to $104 from $96 (+14.1% to spot) 2026-09-01
  • Price target Barclays — target 102 from 99 Target raised to $102 from $99 (+11.1% to spot) 2026-08-31

3 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 3 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against REIT - Healthcare Facilities · United States · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

REIT - Healthcare Facilities · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against VTR on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.31%, quarterly · last 0.52 USD on 2026-06-30

Dividends and capital return

What VTR pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.00 USD per share · a 2.31% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +7.5% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.86 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.52 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-30
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.90 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.80 USD · 2025: 1.92 USD · 2026: 1.04 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-09-29

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Ventas Inc (VTR)?

Ventas Inc trades as VTR on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is VTR in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Ventas Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does VTR trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -6.2% vs the 50-day and +1.6% vs the 200-day average, 14.7% below the 52-week high and +32.8% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Ventas Inc do?

Ventas owns and operates senior housing communities, outpatient medical buildings, research space and other healthcare facilities across North America and the United Kingdom. As a real estate investment trust it collects rent and operating income from residents and healthcare operators who occupy those properties. The company is based in Chicago and organises its portfolio around housing and medical space for an ageing population. Closelook's peer group for Ventas is not set in our records; the comparison the market usually draws is with other healthcare REITs such as Welltower.

Where does Ventas Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Ventas holds no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, and sits instead in the healthcare-REIT part of the wider universe the diary tracks, as a landlord to senior housing and medical-property operators rather than a supplier inside any compute or chip layer. It is a constituent of the S&P 500 but carries no Closelook score and no recorded mentions or quotes in the diary's editions, so its coverage here is limited to that single index seat.

Does Ventas Inc pay a dividend?

Ventas Inc has paid 2.00 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.31% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.52 USD on 2026-06-30. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Ventas Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Ventas Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by Jefferies on 2026-09-15 (target 102). 3 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 3 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for VTR, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then REIT - Healthcare Facilities, then Real Estate. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.