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 paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Thursday, July 12th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 13th. View Medical Properties Trust's Dividend History.

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MPW) announced 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 earned $205.05 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $204.70 million. Medical Properties Trust had a net margin of 41.47% and a return on equity of 8.14%. The company'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 earnings per share guidance of $1.42-1.46 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.43.

10 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Medical Properties Trust's stock. Their predictions range from $13.00 to $16.00. On average, they anticipate Medical Properties Trust's share price to reach $14.0556 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Medical Properties Trust.

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Headlines about MPW stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Medical Properties Trust earned a media sentiment score of 0.22 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 47.45 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Medical Properties Trust's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (11.01%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (5.93%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (3.18%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (3.19%), LSV Asset Management (2.52%) and Northern Trust Corp (2.28%). 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 Prudential Financial Inc., Chicago Equity Partners LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Systematic Financial Management LP, Evergreen Capital Management LLC, New Amsterdam Partners LLC NY and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Medical Properties Trust.

MPW stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, BlackRock Inc., LSV Asset Management, Principal Financial Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Cardinal Capital Management LLC CT, KBC Group NV and Northern Trust Corp. 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 $14.11.

Medical Properties Trust has a market capitalization of $5.14 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]