Medical Properties Trust Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Medical Properties Trust in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Medical Properties Trust stock.
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Medical Properties Trust saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 17,030,000 shares, an increase of 17.2% from the May 31st total of 14,530,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,100,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days. Approximately 2.9% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Medical Properties Trust is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 29th 2021.
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Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MPW) released its earnings results on Thursday, April, 29th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.14. The real estate investment trust earned $362.77 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $347.16 million. Medical Properties Trust had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.03% and a net margin of 39.02%. Medical Properties Trust's revenue was up 23.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.37 earnings per share.
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Medical Properties Trust's stock was trading at $19.60 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MPW stock has increased by 6.4% and is now trading at $20.86.
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Medical Properties Trust declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Thursday, July 8th. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 16th.
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Medical Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.37%. MPW has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. Medical Properties Trust has been increasing its dividend for 6 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Medical Properties Trust is 71.34%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Medical Properties Trust will have a dividend payout ratio of 59.89% next year. This indicates that Medical Properties Trust will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Medical Properties Trust updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.720-$1.760 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

9 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Medical Properties Trust's stock. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $27.00. On average, they anticipate Medical Properties Trust's share price to reach $23.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.5% from the stock's current price.
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Some companies that are related to Medical Properties Trust include American Tower (AMT), Public Storage (PSA), Welltower (WELL), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Ventas (VTR), CubeSmart (CUBE), Life Storage (LSI), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Rayonier (RYN), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), EPR Properties (EPR) and PotlatchDeltic (PCH).
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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Vancity Investment Management Ltd (0.05%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.03%), New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (0.02%), Lake Street Financial LLC (0.02%) and IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.01%). Company insiders that own Medical Properties Trust stock include Edward K Aldag Jr, Emmett E Mclean, G Steven Dawson, Holzgrefe Richard, James Kevin Hanna, Michael G Stewart and R Steven Hamner.
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MPW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ahrens Investment Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold Medical Properties Trust company stock in the last year include Edward K Aldag Jr, James Kevin Hanna, Michael G Stewart, and R Steven Hamner.
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MPW stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vancity Investment Management Ltd, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Usca Ria LLC, New Mexico Educational Retirement Board, Spirit of America Management Corp NY, Stratos Wealth Partners LTD., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, and Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have bought Medical Properties Trust stock in the last two years include G Steven Dawson, and Holzgrefe Richard.
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Shares of MPW 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 $20.86.

Medical Properties Trust has a market capitalization of $12.27 billion and generates $1.25 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $431.45 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.57 on an earnings per share basis.

Medical Properties Trust employs 106 workers across the globe.

The official website for Medical Properties Trust is www.medicalpropertiestrust.com.

Medical Properties Trust is headquartered at 1000 URBAN CENTER DRIVE SUITE 501, BIRMINGHAM AL, 35242.

Medical Properties Trust's mailing address is 1000 URBAN CENTER DRIVE SUITE 501, BIRMINGHAM AL, 35242. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (205) 969-3755 or via email at [email protected]