Investor Trust Slackened After Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE: MPW) Shares Gained By $0.09

Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) has a beta value of 1.30 and has seen 11.72 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $2.93B, closed the last trade at $4.89 per share which meant it gained $0.09 on the day or 1.87% during that session. The MPW stock price is -119.63% off its 52-week high price of $10.74 and 40.29% above the 52-week low of $2.92. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 11.65 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 15.36 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 3.50. 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 4 out of 9 have rated it as a Hold, with 4 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.

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Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) trade information

Sporting 1.87% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the MPW stock price touched $4.89 or saw a rise of 1.21%. Year-to-date, Medical Properties Trust Inc shares have moved -0.41%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 2.95%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) have changed 1.66%. Short interest in the company has seen 195.63 million shares shorted with days to cover at 16.39.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $13, which means that the shares’ value could jump 62.38% from current levels. The projected low price target is $4 while the price target rests at a high of $27. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -452.15% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 18.2% from current levels.

Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Medical Properties Trust Inc shares have underperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 59.28% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -44.65%, compared to -3.10% for the industry.

MPW Dividends

Medical Properties Trust Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in August this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.60 at a share yield of 12.27%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 9.01%.

Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW)’s Major holders

The top two institutional holders are BLACKROCK INC. with over 94.68 million shares worth more than $444.98 million. As of 2024-03-31, BLACKROCK INC. held 15.8064% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, with the holding of over 93.06 million shares as of 2024-03-31. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $437.37 million and represent 15.536% of shares outstanding.