State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D Sells 22,660 Shares of VICI Properties Inc. $VICI

State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D decreased its holdings in VICI Properties Inc. (NYSE:VICI) by 2.4% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 913,172 shares of the company’s stock after selling 22,660 shares during the quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D owned approximately 0.09% of VICI Properties worth $25,678,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. State of Wyoming bought a new stake in shares of VICI Properties in the second quarter worth $26,000. Headlands Technologies LLC bought a new stake in shares of VICI Properties in the second quarter worth $28,000. Godsey & Gibb Inc. bought a new stake in shares of VICI Properties in the third quarter worth $29,000. BOKF NA bought a new stake in shares of VICI Properties in the third quarter worth $30,000. Finally, City Holding Co. bought a new stake in shares of VICI Properties in the third quarter worth $33,000. Institutional investors own 97.71% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

VICI has been the topic of several analyst reports. Cantor Fitzgerald set a $33.00 price objective on shares of VICI Properties in a research note on Monday, January 5th. Robert W. Baird cut their price target on shares of VICI Properties from $36.00 to $34.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. Scotiabank cut shares of VICI Properties from a “sector outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and cut their price target for the company from $36.00 to $30.00 in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Barclays upped their price target on shares of VICI Properties from $33.00 to $34.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Finally, Mizuho reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $30.00 price target on shares of VICI Properties in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, VICI Properties presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $33.42.

Key Headlines Impacting VICI Properties

Here are the key news stories impacting VICI Properties this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Raised 2026 AFFO guidance to $2.44–$2.47 per share, signaling management confidence in cash flow and underpinning dividend coverage and valuation support. VICI outlines 2026 AFFO of $2.44-$2.47 per share while raising full-year guidance
• Positive Sentiment: Q1 results beat on EPS and showed revenue growth: reported $0.82 EPS vs. $0.71 consensus and revenues of ~$1.02B (≈+3.5% YoY), giving visible near‑term momentum to the portfolio. VICI Properties earnings and materials
• Positive Sentiment: Strong profitability/efficiency metrics (ROE ~10%, net margin ~69%) and management commentary on recent investments support expectations for sustained cash generation. VICI Properties Inc. Announces First Quarter 2026 Results
• Neutral Sentiment: FFO/AF­FO broadly in line with Street estimates (FFO $0.61), so results validate expectations but leave limited upside from FFO numbers alone. VICI Properties Inc. (VICI) Matches Q1 FFO Estimates
• Neutral Sentiment: Updated FY 2026 EPS guidance ($2.440–2.470) sits essentially at consensus (~2.45), so guidance reduces uncertainty but is not meaningfully above expectations. VICI outlines 2026 AFFO guidance
• Negative Sentiment: Small revenue surprise to the downside on some aggregator reports (-0.11%), a minor signal that top‑line beats are not uniform across data feeds; not material but worth monitoring. VICI Properties (VICI) Q1 Earnings coverage

VICI Properties Stock Performance

Shares of VICI opened at $29.27 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 3.17, a quick ratio of 3.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. The stock has a market capitalization of $31.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.28 and a beta of 0.70. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $28.52 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $28.86. VICI Properties Inc. has a 12 month low of $26.55 and a 12 month high of $34.01.

VICI Properties (NYSE:VICI) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The company reported $0.82 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.71 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $1.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.01 billion. VICI Properties had a net margin of 76.83% and a return on equity of 11.12%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 3.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.58 earnings per share. VICI Properties has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.440-2.470 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that VICI Properties Inc. will post 2.45 EPS for the current year.

VICI Properties Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 9th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 19th were given a dividend of $0.45 per share. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 19th. VICI Properties’s dividend payout ratio is 68.97%.

About VICI Properties

VICI Properties (NYSE: VICI) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that specializes in experiential real estate, with a primary focus on gaming, hospitality and entertainment assets. The company acquires, owns and manages a portfolio of destination properties and leases those assets to operators under long-term agreements, generating rental income and partnering on property development and capital projects. VICI was formed in connection with the restructuring of Caesars Entertainment and has since grown through acquisitions and strategic transactions to expand its footprint in the gaming and leisure sector.

The company’s portfolio is concentrated in major U.S.