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 announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.27 per share on Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 11th. This is a boost from Medical Properties Trust's previous quarterly dividend of $0.26. View Medical Properties Trust's Dividend History.

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MPW) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the 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. Medical Properties Trust had a net margin of 43.86% and a return on equity of 6.57%. The firm's revenue was up 42.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $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 (EPS) guidance of 1.65-1.68 for the period.

10 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Medical Properties Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Medical Properties Trust's share price to reach $21.35 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.6%. 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.

Headlines about MPW stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Medical Properties Trust earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Medical Properties Trust.

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Medical Properties Trust's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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., AXA, Guardian Capital LP, Cipher Capital LP and Sei Investments Co.. 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 purchased 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.

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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MPW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $24.15.

Medical Properties Trust has a market capitalization of $12.50 billion and generates $854.20 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $374.68 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.30 on an earnings per share basis. Medical Properties Trust employs 77 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Medical Properties Trust.

The official website for Medical Properties Trust is http://www.medicalpropertiestrust.com/.

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]