5 High Beta Dividend Stocks

In this episode, we discuss 5 high beta dividend stocks. If you want our detailed analysis of dividend investing and these stocks, go directly to 10 High Beta Dividend Stocks. 

5. Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR)

Dividend Yield as of January 26: 3.51%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 23

Beta Value: 1.15

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) is a Chicago-based real estate investment trust that owns and manages healthcare establishments in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) delivers a dividend yield of 3.51% as of January 26. 

On December 7, Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) declared a $0.45 per share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. The dividend was paid on January 19, to shareholders of record on January 3. 

Mizuho analyst Vikram Malhotra on January 20 upgraded Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) to Buy from Neutral with a price target of $61, up from $45. Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) is a longer-term value play on senior housing with upside in its operating segment via growth on revenue per occupied room basis, Malhotra tells investors in a research note. 

In its Q4 guidance published on January 20, Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) expects Q4 normalized FFO per share to be at the high end of its previously issued guidance range before the benefit of approximately $6 million of HHS proceeds received in Q4 2021. In November, the REIT issued guidance for Q4 normalized FFO per share of $0.67-$0.71 while the consensus was $0.70. 

Among the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey in Q3 2021, 23 funds were long Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR), with stakes totaling $464.6 million. Zimmer Partners is the largest stakeholder of the company, owning 3.6 million Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) shares worth $203.5 million.