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

Medical Properties Trust's stock was trading at $19.60 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MPW stock has decreased by 9.8% and is now trading at $17.68. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Medical Properties Trust in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Medical Properties Trust.

Medical Properties Trust is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Medical Properties Trust.

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MPW) released its quarterly earnings data 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 earned $256.44 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $263.35 million. Medical Properties Trust had a net margin of 43.86% and a return on equity of 6.57%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 42.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.31 EPS. View Medical Properties Trust's earnings history.

Medical Properties Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 12th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.11%. 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 updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.65-1.68 for the period.

11 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Medical Properties Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Medical Properties Trust's stock price to reach $21.68 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Medical Properties Trust.

News coverage about MPW stock has been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Medical Properties Trust earned a news sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutMedical Properties Trust.

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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 many different 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 activity for Medical Properties Trust.

MPW stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cohen & Steers Inc., Norges Bank, State Street Corp, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Swiss National Bank, and UBS Group AG. 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 activity for Medical Properties Trust.

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One share of MPW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.68.

Medical Properties Trust has a market capitalization of $9.21 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]