In the last trading session, 6.5 million shares of the Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) were traded, and its beta was 1.42. Most recently the company’s share price was $4.79, and it changed around $0.02 or 0.42% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $2.88B. MPW currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $6.55, offering almost -36.74% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $3.22, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 32.78% since then. We note from Medical Properties Trust Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 14.85 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 13.35 million.
Medical Properties Trust Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 3.45. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 1 out of 12 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 1 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 7 recommended MPW as a Hold, whereas 0 deemed it a Buy, and 3 rated it as Underweight. Medical Properties Trust Inc is expected to report earnings per share of 0.1 for the current quarter.
Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) trade information
Instantly MPW has showed a green trend with a performance of 0.42% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 4.92 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 2.64%. The company’s shares are currently up 21.27% year-to-date, but still down -0.21% over the last five days. On the other hand, Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) is 22.51% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 230.79 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 15.46 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $6.5, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 26.31% from its current value. Analyst projections state that MPW is forecast to be at a low of $6 and a high of $7.
Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) estimates and forecasts
The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 13.07%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 6 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 220.27M in revenue for the current quarter. 5 analysts expect Medical Properties Trust Inc to make 225.39M in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were -122.38M and 271.32M respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 279.98%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at -16.93%.
MPW Dividends
Medical Properties Trust Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in March. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 9.60 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.46. It is important to note, however, that the 9.60% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 9.75 per year.
Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 14.83% of Medical Properties Trust Inc shares, and 66.06% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 77.56%. Medical Properties Trust Inc stock is held by 643.0 institutions, with BLACKROCK INC. being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 15.3511% of the shares, which is about 92.15 million shares worth $397.18 million.
VANGUARD GROUP INC, with 15.3429% or 92.1 million shares worth $396.97 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
