Medical Properties Trust - MPW Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Medical Properties Trust in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings, 4 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" MPW shares.
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10 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Medical Properties Trust's shares. Their MPW share price forecasts range from $15.00 to $19.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $17.27 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 32.8% from the stock's current price.
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Medical Properties Trust's stock was trading at $23.63 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, MPW stock has decreased by 44.9% and is now trading at $13.01.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 2nd 2023.
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Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MPW) posted its earnings results on Thursday, April, 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 14.26% and a net margin of 79.51%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 13.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.42 EPS.

Medical Properties Trust declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 8th will be given a dividend of $0.29 per share on Thursday, January 12th. This represents a $1.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 7th.
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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 8.92%. 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 55.77%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MPW will have a dividend payout ratio of 64.09% 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 Thursday, November, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.80-$1.82 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.82. 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 Vanguard Group Inc. (14.62%), BlackRock Inc. (11.79%), State Street Corp (5.93%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.85%), Centersquare Investment Management LLC (1.79%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.33%). Insiders that own company stock include Edward K Aldag Jr, Emmett E Mclean, 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 $13.01.

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) has a market capitalization of $7.78 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 $2.08 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.