After The Stock Fell -7.75% Over The Week, Is Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE: MPW) Still A Buy?

Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW)’s traded shares stood at 6.42 million during the latest session, with the company’s beta value hitting 1.27. At the last check today, the stock’s price was $4.46, to imply an increase of 0.11% or $0.0 in intraday trading. The MPW share’s 52-week high remains $10.74, putting it -140.81% down since that peak but still an impressive 34.53% since price per share fell to its 52-week low of $2.92. The company has a valuation of $2.67B, with an average of 18.95 million shares over the past 3 months.

Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) trade information

After registering a 0.11% upside in the latest session, Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) has traded red over the past five days. The stock hit a weekly high of 5.17, jumping 0.11% in its intraday price action. The 5-day price performance for the stock is -7.75%, and 8.63% over 30 days. With these gigs, the year-to-date price performance is -9.07%.

Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) estimates and forecasts

Looking at statistics comparing Medical Properties Trust Inc share performance against respective industry, we note that the company has underperformed competitors. Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) shares are -9.98% down over the last 6 months, with its year-to-date growth rate lower than industry average at -30.82% against -2.60%. The rating firms project that company’s revenue will shrink -15.60% compared to the previous financial year.

Revenue forecast for the current quarter as set by 7 analysts is 276.45M. Meanwhile, for the current quarter, a total of 7 analyst(s) estimate revenue growth to 291.35M.Earnings reports from the last fiscal year show that sales brought in 350.21M and 337.39M respectively in the corresponding quarters. In this case, analysts estimate current quarter sales to fall -21.10% before dropping -13.60% in the following quarter.

MPW Dividends

Medical Properties Trust Inc has its next earnings report out in June. However, it is important to take into account that this dividend yield ratio is just an indicator to only serve the purpose of guidance. Investors interested to invest in the stock should ponder company’s other fundamental and operations related aspects too. Medical Properties Trust Inc has a forward dividend ratio of 0.74, with the share yield ticking at 16.57% to continue the rising pattern observed over the past year. The company’s average dividend yield trailing the past 5-year period is 0.00%.