Medical Properties Trust - MPW Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Medical Properties Trust in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 hold ratings, 3 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" MPW shares.
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10 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Medical Properties Trust's stock. Their MPW share price forecasts range from $15.00 to $23.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $18.30 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 53.4% from the stock's current price.
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Medical Properties Trust's stock was trading at $23.63 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MPW shares have decreased by 49.5% and is now trading at $11.93.
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Medical Properties Trust saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 49,760,000 shares, an increase of 18.7% from the August 15th total of 41,920,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 7,290,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 27th 2022.
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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, topping 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 trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.86% and a net margin of 74.46%. The firm's revenue was up 13.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.42 EPS.

Medical Properties Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.29 per share on Thursday, October 13th. This represents a $1.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 9.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 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 9.65%. 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 58.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MPW will have a dividend payout ratio of 63.74% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Medical Properties Trust updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 10th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.78-$1.82 for the period. 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.93%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (3.38%), Sarasin & Partners LLP (1.10%), Northern Trust Corp (1.02%), Legal & General Group Plc (1.01%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.67%). Insiders that own company stock include Edward K Aldag Jr, Emmett E Mclean, Holzgrefe Richard, 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 $11.93.

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) has a market capitalization of $7.15 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 $2.00 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.