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Ventas Inc. (VTR)On Sep 24: 52.21  Up 1.36 (2.67%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:8.20B
Enterprise Value (Sep 25, 2010)3:10.85B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):38.19
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2011)1:17.64
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:3.26
Price/Sales (ttm):8.31
Price/Book (mrq):3.30
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:11.29
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:17.61
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Jun 30, 2010
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):22.32%
Operating Margin (ttm):42.50%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):4.63%
Return on Equity (ttm):8.49%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):961.26M
Revenue Per Share (ttm):6.15
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):5.40%
Gross Profit (ttm):633.28M
EBITDA (ttm):616.32M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):208.36M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.37
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-34.30%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):27.79M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.18
Total Debt (mrq):2.58B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):106.81
Current Ratio (mrq):1.50
Book Value Per Share (mrq):15.40
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):434.68M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):302.42M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.49
52-Week Change3:36.64%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:9.99%
52-Week High (Sep 20, 2010)3:53.89
52-Week Low (Oct 2, 2009)3:36.19
50-Day Moving Average3:51.56
200-Day Moving Average3:48.74
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:1,571,100
Avg Vol (10 day)3:1,174,970
Shares Outstanding5:157.08M
Float:155.53M
% Held by Insiders6:0.85%
% Held by Institutions6:102.80%
Shares Short (as of Aug 31, 2010)3:10.84M
Short Ratio (as of Aug 31, 2010)3:8.40
Short % of Float (as of Aug 31, 2010)3:7.80%
Shares Short (prior month)3:10.80M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:2.14
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:4.10%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:2.12
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:4.20%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:N/A
Payout Ratio4:153.00%
Dividend Date3:Jun 29, 2010
Ex-Dividend Date4:Sep 15, 2010
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:N/A
Last Split Date3:N/A

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Jun 30, 2010)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Jun 30, 2010)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Jun 30, 2010)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2009)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 Data provided by Computershare

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