Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) has a beta value of 1.35 and has seen 3.37 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $2.78B, closed the recent trade at $4.64 per share which meant it gained $0.08 on the day or 1.64% during that session. The MPW stock price is -41.16% off its 52-week high price of $6.55 and 37.07% 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 8.54 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 11.99 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 0.05.

Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) trade information

Sporting 1.64% in the green today, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the MPW stock price touched $4.64 or saw a rise of 2.52%. Year-to-date, Medical Properties Trust Inc shares have moved -5.60%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -1.59%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) have changed -15.42%. Short interest in the company has seen 218.13 million shares shorted with days to cover at 18.12.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $7.25, which means that the shares’ value could jump 36.0% 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 -481.9% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 13.79% 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 3.92% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -46.54%, compared to -2.80% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -23.40%.

6 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 247.23M for the current quarter. 6 have an estimated revenue figure of 240.72M 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 -19.40% for the current quarter and -23.40% for the next.

Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest -84.88% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to decrease by -2.00%.

MPW Dividends

Medical Properties Trust Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2024-Nov-07 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.53 at a share yield of 11.43%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 9.43%.

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

Insiders own 13.38% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 65.78% with a share float percentage of 75.94%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Medical Properties Trust Inc having a total of 668.0 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.