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

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, November 21st. Investors of record on Thursday, December 12th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Thursday, January 9th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 11th. View Medical Properties Trust's Dividend History.

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MPW) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.26 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.09. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $256.44 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $263.35 million. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 42.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.31 earnings per share. View Medical Properties Trust's Earnings History.

Medical Properties Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Medical Properties Trust.

Medical Properties Trust issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.65-1.68 for the period.

10 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Medical Properties Trust's stock. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect Medical Properties Trust's share price to reach $21.35 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.3%. View Analyst Price Targets 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 2 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Medical Properties Trust.

News coverage about MPW stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Medical Properties Trust earned a news impact score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Medical Properties Trust.

Some companies that are related to Medical Properties Trust include American Tower (AMT), HCP (HCP), Chesapeake Lodging Trust (CHSP), Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), Corecivic (CXW), CubeSmart (CUBE), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), EPR Properties (EPR), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Hersha Hospitality Trust (HT), Hospitality Properties Trust (SVC) and Host Hotels and Resorts (HST).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Medical Properties Trust investors own include AT&T (T), New Residential Investment (NRZ), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Verizon Communications (VZ), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), ARBOR RLTY TR I/SH (ABR), Alibaba Group (BABA) and Ford Motor (F).

Medical Properties Trust's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Cohen & Steers Inc. (6.13%), State Street Corp (4.44%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.82%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.24%), Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (1.50%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.34%). 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. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Medical Properties Trust.

MPW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Assetmark Inc., Guardian Capital LP, Cipher Capital LP, Sei Investments Co. and Guggenheim Capital LLC. Company insiders that have sold Medical Properties Trust company stock in the last year include Edward K Aldag Jr, Emmett E Mclean, Michael G Stewart and R Steven Hamner. View Insider Buying and Selling for Medical Properties Trust.

MPW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cohen & Steers Inc., State Street Corp, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Swiss National Bank, UBS Group AG and Barclays PLC. Company insiders that have bought Medical Properties Trust stock in the last two years include G Steven Dawson and Holzgrefe Richard. View Insider Buying and Selling for Medical Properties Trust.

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One share of MPW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $24.08.