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Is Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS) a good stock to buy now?

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Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE: LVS) is 3.33% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $43.77 and a high of $65.58 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The LVS stock was last observed hovering at around $50.32 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.53%.

Currently trading at $50.85, the stock is -1.55% and -1.47% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.69 million and changing 1.05% at the moment leaves the stock -1.28% off its SMA200. LVS registered -6.44% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of 12.15%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $4.56 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $12.24.

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The stock witnessed a -5.71% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 3.95%, and is 0.14% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.52% over the week and 2.22% over the month.

Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS) has around 38700 employees, a market worth around $38.32B and $10.37B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 31.83 and Fwd P/E is 16.47. Profit margin for the company is 11.77%. Distance from 52-week low is 16.18% and -22.46% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.40%).

Las Vegas Sands Corp quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at $0.62 with sales reaching $2.95B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 41.34% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 17.80% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 59.60% in year-over-year returns.

Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS) Top Institutional Holders

973 institutions hold shares in Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS), with institutional investors hold 94.94% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 753.45M, and float is at 410.70M with Short Float at 1.55%. Institutions hold 46.15% of the Float.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is Vanguard Group Inc with over 32.51 million shares valued at $1.89 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 4.25% of the LVS Shares outstanding. As of Jun 29, 2023, the second largest holder is Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc with 27.16 million shares valued at $1.58 billion to account for 3.55% of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are Blackrock Inc. which holds 22.23 million shares representing 2.91% and valued at over $1.29 billion, while Invesco Ltd. holds 2.21% of the shares totaling 16.87 million with a market value of $978.5 million.

Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS) Insider Activity

The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Goldstein Robert G,the company’sChairman & CEO. SEC filings show that Goldstein Robert G sold 100,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 15 ’24 at a price of $52.06 per share for a total of $5.21 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.17 million shares.

Las Vegas Sands Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 01 ’23 that Adelson Miriam (10% Owner) sold a total of 34,010,540 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 01 ’23 and was made at $43.23 per share for $1.47 billion. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.0 shares of the LVS stock.

Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 01 ’23, Adelson Miriam (10% Owner) disposed off 12,253,628 shares at an average price of $43.23 for $529.72 million. The insider now directly holds 41,134,164 shares of Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS).

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