NYSE:MPW - Medical Properties Trust Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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, August 16th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Thursday, October 11th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.69%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 12th. View Medical Properties Trust's Dividend History.

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MPW) announced its earnings results on Thursday, August, 2nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.06. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $201.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $206.72 million. Medical Properties Trust had a return on equity of 9.12% and a net margin of 44.46%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 21.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.32 earnings per share. View Medical Properties Trust's Earnings History.

Medical Properties Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Medical Properties Trust.

7 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Medical Properties Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $13.00 to $15.00. On average, they anticipate Medical Properties Trust's share price to reach $13.9167 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Medical Properties Trust.

7 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 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Medical Properties Trust.

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Headlines about MPW stock have trended somewhat negative recently, Accern reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Medical Properties Trust earned a daily sentiment score of -0.11 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 47.02 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Medical Properties Trust.

Medical Properties Trust's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.24%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (5.78%), LSV Asset Management (2.88%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.49%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.51%) and Earnest Partners LLC (1.16%). Company insiders that own Medical Properties Trust stock include Edward K Aldag Jr, Edward K Aldag, Jr, G Steven Dawson, James Kevin Hanna, Michael G Stewart, 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 Systematic Financial Management LP, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Chicago Equity Partners LLC, Barnett & Company Inc., Foundry Partners LLC and Wells Fargo & Company MN. Company insiders that have sold Medical Properties Trust company stock in the last year include Edward K Aldag Jr, Michael G Stewart and R Steven Hamner. View Insider Buying and Selling for Medical Properties Trust.

MPW stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, BlackRock Inc., FMR LLC, Aperio Group LLC, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Denali Advisors LLC and Flinton Capital Management LLC. 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 $14.95.

Medical Properties Trust has a market capitalization of $5.25 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]