Weak Fundamental Momentum Drags Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) Upper

Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) has a beta value of 1.32 and has seen 3.09 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $2.74B, closed the recent trade at $4.57 per share which meant it gained $0.07 on the day or 1.44% during that session. The MPW stock price is -61.93% off its 52-week high price of $7.40 and 36.11% 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 9.63 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 12.26 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) is Hold stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 3.45. 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 5 out of 9 have rated it as a Hold, with 3 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.11.

3 Tiny Stocks Primed to Explode The world's greatest investor — Warren Buffett — has a simple formula for making big money in the markets. He buys up valuable assets when they are very cheap. For stock market investors that means buying up cheap small cap stocks like these with huge upside potential.

We've set up an alert service to help smart investors take full advantage of the small cap stocks primed for big returns.

Click here for full details and to join for free
Sponsored

Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) trade information

Sporting 1.44% in the green today, 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 $4.57 or saw a rise of 0.65%. Year-to-date, Medical Properties Trust Inc shares have moved -7.03%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 4.22%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) have changed -3.08%. Short interest in the company has seen 235.73 million shares shorted with days to cover at 17.59.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $11, which means that the shares’ value could jump 58.45% from the levels at last check today. The projected low price target is $4.0 while the price target rests at a high of $27.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -490.81% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 12.47% from the levels at last check today.

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 3.99% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -43.40%, compared to -3.10% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -22.30%.

3 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 254.88M for the current quarter. 3 have an estimated revenue figure of 253.93M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 306.58M and 336.62M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -16.90% for the current quarter and -22.30% for the next.

MPW Dividends

Medical Properties Trust Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2024-Oct-24 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 13.14%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 9.26%.

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

Insiders own 1.54% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 67.00% with a share float percentage of 68.05%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Medical Properties Trust Inc having a total of 677.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are BLACKROCK INC. with over 92.15 million shares worth more than $397.18 million. As of 2024-06-30, BLACKROCK INC. held 15.3511% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, with the holding of over 92.1 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $396.97 million and represent 15.3429% of shares outstanding.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are iShares Core S&P Smallcap ETF and Vanguard Specialized-Real Estate Index Fund. As of Jul 31, 2024, the former fund manager holds about 6.61% shares in the company for having 39.66 shares of worth $182.23 million while later fund manager owns 24.46 shares of worth $112.38 million as of Apr 30, 2024, which makes it owner of about 4.07% of company’s outstanding stock.