Las Vegas Sands is a casino company located in Nevada, United States, which is part of the Consumer Cyclical sector, and is traded under the ticker LVS on the NYSE exchange.
Las Vegas Sands stock last closed at $45.84, down 0.37% from the previous day, and has decreased 28.32% in one year. It has underperformed other stocks in the Resorts & Casinos industry by 0.13 percentage points. Las Vegas Sands stock is currently +4.73% from its 52-week low of $43.77, and -30.1% from its 52-week high of $65.58.
There are currently 745.05M shares of LVS outstanding. The market cap of LVS is $34.15B. In the last 24 hours, 7.36M LVS shares were traded.
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Out of 11 sell side analysts who give forecasts on LVS, the consensus analyst rating on LVS is a Strong Buy
It's important to keep in mind that analyst ratings are not recommendations, nor are they investment advice.
Ben Chaiken, a bottom 14% analyst from Mizuho maintains LVS with a strong buy rating and lowers their LVS price target from $70.00 to $65.00, on Apr 18, 2024.
Daniel Politzer, a top 17% analyst from Wells Fargo maintains LVS with a strong buy rating and lowers their LVS price target from $62.00 to $60.00, on Apr 18, 2024.
Joseph Greff, a top 35% analyst from JP Morgan maintains LVS with a strong buy rating and lowers their LVS price target from $59.00 to $55.00, on Apr 18, 2024.
Vitaly Umansky, a bottom 18% analyst from Seaport Global initiates coverage on LVS with a buy rating and announces their LVS price target of $63.00, on Apr 15, 2024.
Stephen Grambling, a top 19% analyst from Morgan Stanley maintains LVS with a strong buy rating and raises their LVS price target from $61.00 to $62.00, on Apr 9, 2024.
Morgan Stanley's Stephen Grambling raised their price target on Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) by 1.6% from $61 to $62 on 2024/04/09. The analyst maintained their Strong Buy rating on the stock.
Ahead of the Q1 2024 reporting season for names in the North American Casino & Online Gambling group, Grambling told readers that Morgan Stanley "tweaked its estimates to reflect weaker Regionals, recent RevPAR (Revenue Per Available Room) data, and updated forecasts for online sports betting, iGaming and Vegas."
The analyst noted that some investors are expecting a "new cycle" to re-accelerate trends. However, Grambling added that their firm does not see an inflection for gaming in the context of already lagging fundamentals.
Morgan Stanley, however, "highlighted Las Vegas Sands and Draftkings for what the firm called their idiosyncratic upside," the analyst said.
Las Vegas Sands reported:
Management did not provide guidance in the press release or earnings call.
Chairman &CEO Robert G. Goldstein commented: “We were pleased with our financial and operating results for the quarter, which reflect strong growth in both Macao and Singapore.
We remain deeply enthusiastic about our opportunities to deliver industry-leading growth in both markets in the years ahead, as we execute our substantial capital investment programs in both Macao and Singapore.
“In Macao, the ongoing recovery continued during the quarter.
“Our decades-long commitment to making investments that enhance the business and leisure tourism appeal of Macao and support its development as a world center of business and leisure tourism positions us well as the recovery in travel and tourism spending progresses.
“In Singapore, Marina Bay Sands once again delivered record levels of financial and operating performance.
“Our new suite product and elevated service offerings position us for additional growth as airlift capacity continues to improve and travel and tourism spending in Asia continues to advance.
“Our financial strength and industry-leading cash flow support our ongoing investment and capital expenditure programs in both Macao and Singapore, our pursuit of growth opportunities in new markets, and our program to return excess capital to stockholders.
“We look forward to utilizing our share repurchase program to continue to return excess capital to stockholders in the future.”
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Last year, LVS earnings were $1.57B. Over the past five year, LVS's earnings have grown by 1% per year. This was slower than the Resorts & Casinos industry average of 10.52%.
Last year, LVS revenue was $11.21B. Over the last 5 year, LVS's revenue has increased by -4.06% per year. This was slower than the Resorts & Casinos industry average of 4.52%.
You can analyze LVS's earnings and revenue performance here.
In the last 12 months, executives and large shareholders at LVS have sold more shares than they have bought.
Robert G. Goldstein, Chairman CEO of LVS, was the latest LVS insider to sell. They sold $5,206,000.00 worth of LVS shares on Mar 15, 2024.
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Las Vegas Sands pays a dividend of 1.31%, compared to the Resorts & Casinos industry's average dividend yield of 2.67%. If you owned $1,000 worth of LVS stock, you would have been paid $13.09 last year.
Las Vegas Sands dividend payments have not consistently grown over the past decade and have not remained stable.
Find more analysis about Las Vegas Sands dividend yield and history here.
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