Medical Properties Trust (MPW) Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Medical Properties Trust in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" MPW shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MPW, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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10 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Medical Properties Trust's stock. Their MPW share price forecasts range from $7.00 to $16.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $10.55 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 98.2% from the stock's current price.
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Medical Properties Trust's stock was trading at $11.14 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, MPW stock has decreased by 52.2% and is now trading at $5.32.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 26th 2023.
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Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MPW) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.05 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.58. The real estate investment trust earned $409.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $413.31 million. Medical Properties Trust had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 0.84% and a net margin of 5.07%. Medical Properties Trust's revenue for the quarter was up 13.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.42 earnings per share.

Medical Properties Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 21st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Thursday, October 12th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 11.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 13th.
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Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 10.36%. MPW has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 545.45%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, MPW will have a dividend payout ratio of 39.74% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Medical Properties Trust issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.53-$1.57 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.55. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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Medical Properties Trust trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MPW."

Medical Properties Trust's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (11.57%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (7.71%), State Street Corp (5.60%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.95%), Centersquare Investment Management LLC (1.85%) and Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (1.63%). Insiders that own company stock include Edward K Aldag Jr, James Kevin Hanna, Michael G Stewart and R Steven Hamner.
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Shares of MPW stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MPW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.32.

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) has a market capitalization of $3.18 billion and generates $1.54 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $902.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.11 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 119 workers across the globe.

Medical Properties Trust's mailing address is 1000 URBAN CENTER DRIVE SUITE 501, BIRMINGHAM AL, 35242. The official website for the company is www.medicalpropertiestrust.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (205) 969-3755, via email at tberryman@medicalpropertiestrust.com, or via fax at 205-969-3756.