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

11 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Medical Properties Trust in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings, 3 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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11 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Medical Properties Trust's stock. Their MPW share price forecasts range from $9.00 to $18.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $13.23 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 44.0% from the stock's current price.
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Medical Properties Trust's stock was trading at $11.14 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MPW stock has decreased by 17.5% and is now trading at $9.19.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 2nd 2023.
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Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MPW) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.05 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.47 by $0.58. The real estate investment trust earned $409.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $413.31 million. Medical Properties Trust had a net margin of 20.48% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.50%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 13.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.42 EPS.

Medical Properties Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 27th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.29 per share on Thursday, July 13th. This represents a $1.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 12.62%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 14th.
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Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 12.47%. MPW 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 8 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 232.00%. 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 73.89% 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 Thursday, April, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.50-$1.61 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.59. 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (12.16%), State Street Corp (6.09%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.11%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.92%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.42%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.30%). Insiders that own company stock include Edward K Aldag Jr, Emmett E Mclean, 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 $9.19.

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) has a market capitalization of $5.50 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 $0.50 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 112 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.