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 year. There are currently 5 hold ratings, 4 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" MPW shares.
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10 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Medical Properties Trust's stock. Their MPW share price forecasts range from $13.00 to $18.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $16.55 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 26.7% 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 shares have increased by 17.2% and is now trading at $13.06.
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Medical Properties Trust saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 93,790,000 shares, an increase of 20.0% from the November 30th total of 78,130,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 16,080,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 2nd 2023.
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Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MPW) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.05 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 net margin of 79.51% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.26%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 13.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.42 earnings per share.

Medical Properties Trust declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 8th will be given a dividend of $0.29 per share on Thursday, January 12th. This represents a $1.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 8.88%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 7th.
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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 9.22%. 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 55.77%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MPW will have a dividend payout ratio of 65.54% 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 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.80-$1.82 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.82. 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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Presima Securities ULC (0.21%), Wilsey Asset Management Inc. (0.15%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.13%), Capital Investment Advisors LLC (0.10%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.08%) and Strs Ohio (0.08%). 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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One share of MPW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.06.

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) has a market capitalization of $7.81 billion and generates $1.54 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $656.02 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.08 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.