Vector Group (VGR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Vector Group's stock was trading at $11.28 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, VGR shares have decreased by 11.3% and is now trading at $10.01.
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Vector Group saw a decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,830,000 shares, a decline of 17.0% from the March 15th total of 3,410,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,030,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Approximately 2.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 13th 2024.
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Vector Group Ltd. (NYSE:VGR) released its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 13th. The company reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.10. The firm earned $360.35 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $357.60 million. Vector Group had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 24.93% and a net margin of 12.89%.

Vector Group announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Thursday, March 14th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 1st.
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Vector Group (NYSE:VGR) pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.01%. VGR has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 68.97%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VGR will have a dividend payout ratio of 60.15% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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4 employees have rated Vector Group Chief Executive Officer Howard M. Lorber on Glassdoor.com. Howard M. Lorber has an approval rating of 76% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Vector Group investors own include AbbVie (ABBV), Chicago Bridge Iron (CBI), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Philip Morris International (PM), Altria Group (MO), AT&T (T), Energy Transfer (ET) and Johnson Controls International (JCI).

Vector Group's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. (0.08%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.06%), Royal Fund Management LLC (0.05%), Range Financial Group LLC (0.02%) and Monument Capital Management (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Bennett S Lebow, J Bryant Kirkland III, Paul V Carlucci, Richard Lampen and Ronald J Bernstein.
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