Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) has a beta value of 1.35 and has seen 1.6 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $2.71B, closed the recent trade at $4.51 per share which meant it lost -$0.14 on the day or -2.98% during that session. The MPW stock price is -45.23% off its 52-week high price of $6.55 and 31.71% above the 52-week low of $3.08. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 15.39 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 12.72 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 0.1.
Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) trade information
Sporting -2.98% in the red 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 $4.51 or saw a rise of 7.77%. Year-to-date, Medical Properties Trust Inc shares have moved 14.22%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 4.19%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) have changed 19.67%. Short interest in the company has seen 230.24 million shares shorted with days to cover at 17.51.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $6.75, which means that the shares’ value could jump 33.19% from the levels at last check today. The projected low price target is $6.0 while the price target rests at a high of $7.5. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -66.3% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -33.04% 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 lost -15.04% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -50.94%, compared to -3.70% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 12.88%.
7 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 218.92M for the current quarter. 5 have an estimated revenue figure of 225.39M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood -122.38M and 271.32M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 278.88% for the current quarter and 12.88% for the next.
MPW Dividends
Medical Properties Trust Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in February this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.46 at a share yield of 10.20%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 9.67%.
Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW)’s Major holders
Insiders own 13.36% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 65.53% with a share float percentage of 75.64%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Medical Properties Trust Inc having a total of 651.0 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 Nov 30, 2024, the former fund manager holds about 6.54% shares in the company for having 39.29 shares of worth $177.96 million while later fund manager owns 23.64 shares of worth $107.09 million as of Oct 31, 2024, which makes it owner of about 3.94% of company’s outstanding stock.
