NYSE:MPWMedical Properties Trust Stock Price, Forecast & News

Medical Properties Trust's stock was trading at $19.60 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MPW shares have decreased by 10.9% and is now trading at $17.47. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Medical Properties Trust in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 9 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, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Medical Properties Trust.

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MPW) released its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.13. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $294.13 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $303.09 million. Medical Properties Trust had a net margin of 39.25% and a return on equity of 6.10%. Medical Properties Trust's quarterly revenue was up 63.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.31 earnings per share. View Medical Properties Trust's earnings history.

Medical Properties Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 22nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 18th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Thursday, July 16th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.18%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 17th. View Medical Properties Trust's dividend history.

Medical Properties Trust updated its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Wednesday, April, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.65-1.68 for the period.

12 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Medical Properties Trust's stock. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Medical Properties Trust's stock price to reach $20.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Medical Properties Trust.

Media coverage about MPW stock has trended negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative media 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 five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Medical Properties Trust earned a daily sentiment score of -2.1 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 impact on the company's share price in the near term. 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (11.81%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (6.11%), State Street Corp (4.68%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.47%), Wellington Management Group LLP (2.34%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.73%). 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 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Deutsche Bank AG, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Principal Financial Group Inc., BlackRock Inc., Invesco Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP, and Capital Advisors Inc. OK. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wellington Management Group LLP, Centersquare Investment Management LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, State Street Corp, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Zimmer Partners LP. 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 $17.47.

Medical Properties Trust has a market capitalization of $9.23 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.

The official website for Medical Properties Trust is 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]