In the latest trading session,, 2.85 million Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.39. With the company’s most recent per share price at $4.95 changed hands at -$0.12 or -2.37% at last look, the market valuation stands at $2.97B. MPW’s current price is a discount, trading about -32.32% off its 52-week high of $6.55. The share price had its 52-week low at $3.51, which suggests the last value was 29.09% up since then.
Analysts gave the Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, calculated at a mean rating of 3.27. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 1 out of 9 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 5 recommended MPW as a Hold, 3 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight.
Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) trade information
Instantly MPW was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action -4.81%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 25.31%, with the 5-day performance at -4.81% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) is -9.18% down.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 9, meaning bulls need an upside of 45.0% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, MPW’s forecast low is 9 with 9 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -81.82% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -81.82% for it to hit the projected low.
The 2025 estimates are for Medical Properties Trust Inc earnings to increase by 101.65%.
MPW Dividends
Medical Properties Trust Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in June. The 7.88% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.39. It is important to note, however, that the 7.88% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.
VANGUARD GROUP INC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 15.3492% or 92.1 million shares worth $396.97 million as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Mar 31, 2025 were iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDS-Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund . With 37.13 shares estimated at $183.77 million under it, the former controlled 6.18% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDS-Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund held about 3.66% of the shares, roughly 21.99 shares worth around $108.87 million.
