VICI Properties reports Monday with short interest down sharply but borrowing costs rising. Analyst consensus sits at $34.30, a 21% premium to the current price.
Short interest sits at 2.13% of free float as of April 23, down 19.9% over the past month. Daily shares short rose 2.0% to 22.8 million. Days to cover stands at 3.92 based on FINRA's latest fortnightly report. The sharp monthly decline follows a spike in mid-March when short interest briefly touched 40 million shares on March 19.
The put-call ratio hit 0.65 on April 24, running 1.23 standard deviations above the 20-day mean of 0.62. This sits near the upper half of the 52-week range (0.17 to 0.84). Options sentiment has trended bearish over the past two weeks.
Coverage data is incomplete, but the mean price target stands at $34.30. Barclays raised its target to $34 from $33 on April 21 while maintaining Overweight. Mizuho downgraded to Neutral from Outperform on March 11, holding the $30 target. Baird cut to $34 from $36 in early March. Scotiabank downgraded to Sector Perform from Sector Outperform in February, slashing the target to $30 from $36. Benzinga's bull case highlights 's strong IPO execution and strategic partnership with Cain International as potential catalysts for multiple expansion. The bear case cites interest rate sensitivity and softness in regional gaming real estate fundamentals.
The P/E ratio sits at 9.84, up 0.42 points over the past 30 days. EV/EBITDA stands at 13.87, down 0.07 over the same period. Price-to-book is 1.04. The stock ranks in the 88th percentile for 12-month forward EPS growth and the 99th percentile for dividend score. Momentum, quality, and value ML scores are unavailable.
Insiders sold $1.99 million net over the past 90 days. CEO Edward Pitoniak sold $1.13 million in late February. Top holders Vanguard (14.8%) and BlackRock (11.8%) added shares in Q1. UBS Asset Management increased its position by 8.0 million shares.
VICI last reported February 25. Prior prints occurred in October 2025 and earlier cycles. The stock is down 2.0% over the past week but up 4.1% over the past month.
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