Vail Resorts (MTN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vail Resorts in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" MTN shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MTN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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7 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Vail Resorts' stock. Their MTN share price targets range from $223.00 to $321.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $266.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.6% from the stock's current price.
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Vail Resorts' stock was trading at $213.47 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, MTN shares have increased by 0.1% and is now trading at $213.70.
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Vail Resorts saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,960,000 shares, an increase of 28.9% from the March 15th total of 1,520,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 456,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.3 days. Approximately 5.2% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 13th 2024.
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Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:MTN) posted its earnings results on Monday, March, 11th. The company reported $5.76 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $6.07 by $0.31. The firm earned $1.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.15 billion. Vail Resorts had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.16% and a net margin of 8.44%. Vail Resorts's revenue was down 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $5.16 earnings per share.

Vail Resorts declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 28th will be given a dividend of $2.22 per share on Thursday, April 11th. This represents a $8.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 27th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $2.06.
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Vail Resorts (NYSE:MTN) pays an annual dividend of $8.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.97%. MTN has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 148.25%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, MTN will have a dividend payout ratio of 92.02% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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649 employees have rated Vail Resorts Chief Executive Officer Rob Katz on Glassdoor.com. Rob Katz has an approval rating of 63% among the company's employees. This puts Rob Katz in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Vail Resorts' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include AMF Tjanstepension AB (0.17%), Campbell Capital Management Inc. (0.07%), Galibier Capital Management Ltd. (0.04%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%), Aurora Investment Managers LLC. (0.02%) and Doliver Advisors LP (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Hilary Schneider, James C O'donnell, John F Sorte, Kirsten A Lynch, Michael Z Barkin, Nathan Mark Gronberg, Peter A Vaughn and Robert A Katz.
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Shares of MTN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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