Ventas, Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT). Co.'s portfolio includes senior housing communities, which provide valuable services to residents. Co. leverages its operational expertise and data-driven insights from its Ventas Operational Insights platform. Co.'s portfolio consists of approximately 1,400 properties. Co.'s portfolio also includes outpatient medical buildings, research centers and healthcare facilities in North America and the United Kingdom. Co., through its Senior Housing Operating Portfolio segment, invests in senior housing communities.
When researching a stock like Ventas, many investors are the most familiar with Fundamental Analysis — looking at a company's balance sheet, earnings, revenues, and what's happening in that company's underlying business. Investors who use Fundamental Analysis to identify good stocks to buy or sell can also benefit from VTR Technical Analysis to help find a good entry or exit point. Technical Analysis is blind to the fundamentals and looks only at the trading data for VTR stock — the real life supply and demand for the stock over time — and examines that data in different ways. One of those ways is to calculate a Simpe Moving Average ("SMA") by looking back a certain number of days. One of the most popular "longer look-backs" is the VTR 200 day moving average ("VTR 200 DMA"), while one of the most popular "shorter look-backs" is the VTR 50 day moving average ("VTR 50 DMA"). A chart showing both of these popular moving averages is shown on this page for Ventas. Comparing two moving averages against each other can be a useful visualization tool: by calculating the difference between the VTR 200 DMA and the VTR 50 DMA, we get a moving average convergence divergence indicator ("VTR MACD"). The VTR MACD chart, in conjunction with the chart of the moving averages, basically helps in visualizing how the moving averages are showing convergence (moving closer together), or divergence (moving farther apart). |