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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 21st. Investors of record on Thursday, December 12th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Thursday, January 9th. This represents a $1.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.62%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 11th. View Medical Properties Trust's Dividend History.

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MPW) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.20 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.12. The real estate investment trust earned $224.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $221.40 million. Medical Properties Trust had a return on equity of 6.36% and a net margin of 41.57%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 14.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.35 EPS. View Medical Properties Trust's Earnings History.

Medical Properties Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Medical Properties Trust.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Medical Properties Trust's stock. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect Medical Properties Trust's share price to reach $21.13 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for Medical Properties Trust.

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.

News stories about MPW stock have been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Medical Properties Trust earned a daily sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Medical Properties Trust.

Some companies that are related to Medical Properties Trust include American Tower (AMT), Public Storage (PSA), Welltower (WELL), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Ventas (VTR), HCP (HCP), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Host Hotels and Resorts (HST), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), EPR Properties (EPR), Life Storage (LSI), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP) and Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Medical Properties Trust investors own include AT&T (T), New Residential Investment (NRZ), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Verizon Communications (VZ), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Alibaba Group (BABA), ARBOR RLTY TR I/SH (ABR) and Ares Capital (ARCC).

Medical Properties Trust's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.24%), Advisors Capital Management LLC (0.13%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.13%), LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI (0.13%), Strs Ohio (0.13%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.09%). 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 Falcon Point Capital LLC, Convergence Investment Partners LLC, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Shufro Rose & Co. LLC, Goodwin Daniel L, Sanders Morris Harris LLC and Bay Colony Advisory Group Inc d b a Bay Colony Advisors. Company insiders that have sold Medical Properties Trust company stock in the last year include Edward K Aldag Jr, Emmett E Mclean, James Kevin Hanna, Michael G Stewart and R Steven Hamner. View Insider Buying and Selling for Medical Properties Trust.

MPW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, California Public Employees Retirement System, Reinhart Partners Inc., Strs Ohio, DNB Asset Management AS, United Services Automobile Association, Retirement Systems of Alabama and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. 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 $22.50.

Medical Properties Trust has a market capitalization of $11.64 billion and generates $784.52 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $1.02 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.37 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]