NYSE:MPW - Medical Properties Trust Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Medical Properties Trust declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 14th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Thursday, July 12th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.97%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 13th. View Medical Properties Trust's Dividend History.

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MPW) released its earnings results on Thursday, May, 3rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.11. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $205.05 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $204.70 million. Medical Properties Trust had a return on equity of 8.14% and a net margin of 41.47%. Medical Properties Trust's quarterly revenue was up 31.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.33 EPS. View Medical Properties Trust's Earnings History.

Medical Properties Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Medical Properties Trust.

Medical Properties Trust issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.42-1.46 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.43.

10 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Medical Properties Trust's shares. Their predictions range from $13.00 to $16.00. On average, they expect Medical Properties Trust's stock price to reach $14.0556 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.0%. View Analyst Ratings for Medical Properties Trust.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Medical Properties Trust in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Some companies that are related to Medical Properties Trust include Ventas (VTR), GGP (GGP), Boston Properties (BXP), SBA Communications (SBAC), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Host Hotels and Resorts (HST), Realty Income (O), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Gecina (GECFF), Extra Space Storage (EXR), HCP (HCP), ANNALY Cap Mgmt/SH (NLY), Klépierre (KLPEF) and Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA).

Headlines about MPW stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Medical Properties Trust earned a news sentiment score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 47.53 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Medical Properties Trust's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI (0.21%), Financial & Investment Management Group Ltd. (0.18%), Denali Advisors LLC (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), Pensionfund DSM Netherlands (0.04%) and Pensionfund Sabic (0.02%). Company insiders that own Medical Properties Trust stock include Edward K Aldag Jr, Edward K Aldag, Jr, G Steven Dawson, James Kevin Hanna, R Steven Hamner and William G Mckenzie. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Medical Properties Trust.

MPW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Financial & Investment Management Group Ltd. and LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI. View Insider Buying and Selling for Medical Properties Trust.

MPW stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Denali Advisors LLC, Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Palo Capital Inc., First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. and Pensionfund Sabic. View Insider Buying and Selling for Medical Properties Trust.

Shares of MPW can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MPW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.34.

Medical Properties Trust has a market capitalization of $5.23 billion and generates $704.74 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $289.79 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.35 on an earnings per share basis. Medical Properties Trust employs 66 workers across the globe.

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]