Medical Properties Trust - MPW Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street 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 analysts is that investors should "buy" MPW shares.
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10 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Medical Properties Trust's shares. Their MPW share price forecasts range from $15.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $19.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.4% from the stock's current price.
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Medical Properties Trust's stock was trading at $23.63 at the start of the year. Since then, MPW stock has decreased by 29.2% and is now trading at $16.72.
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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) posted its quarterly earnings results 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 company's quarterly revenue was up 13.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.42 EPS.

Medical Properties Trust declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 16th will be given a dividend of $0.29 per share on Thursday, July 14th. This represents a $1.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.94%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 15th.
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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 7.11%. 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 63.04% 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 (EPS) 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Principal Financial Group Inc. (3.38%), Sarasin & Partners LLP (1.10%), Northern Trust Corp (1.02%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.67%), FMR LLC (0.57%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.47%). 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 $16.72.

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) has a market capitalization of $10.02 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.