On October 28, Ventas fell 6.24% in Regular Trading, trading near $78.11 with turnover of $61.24 million. The clearest catalyst in the available news flow was BNP Paribas lowering its price target on Ventas to $93 from $110.
The target cut arrived after Ventas reported third-quarter normalized FFO of $0.99 per diluted share, above the $0.98 consensus and up from $0.90 a year earlier, while revenue rose to $1.83 billion from $1.49 billion and exceeded the $1.77 billion expectation. Ventas also raised full-year normalized FFO guidance to $3.87 to $3.90 from $3.85 to $3.90, versus a $3.89 consensus expectation. Even so, the latest analyst reset appears to have outweighed the modest earnings beat in the immediate market reaction.
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