Medical Properties Trust (MPW) Scheduled to Post Earnings on Thursday

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) is set to release its earnings data before the market opens on Thursday, May 9th. Analysts expect Medical Properties Trust to post earnings of $0.25 per share for the quarter. Persons that wish to register for the company’s earnings conference call can do so using this link.

Medical Properties Trust Stock Performance

NYSE MPW opened at $4.63 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.26, a current ratio of 2.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.32. The company has a market capitalization of $2.77 billion, a P/E ratio of -4.93, a P/E/G ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.20. Medical Properties Trust has a 12-month low of $2.92 and a 12-month high of $10.74. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $4.35 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $4.32.

Medical Properties Trust Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, May 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 22nd were issued a $0.15 dividend. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 12.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, April 19th. Medical Properties Trust’s dividend payout ratio is currently -63.83%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms recently issued reports on MPW. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upgraded shares of Medical Properties Trust from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $2.00 to $5.00 in a research report on Wednesday, April 17th. Truist Financial boosted their target price on shares of Medical Properties Trust from $4.00 to $4.50 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, April 8th. Colliers Securities lowered shares of Medical Properties Trust from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their target price for the stock from $10.00 to $4.25 in a report on Wednesday, April 10th. StockNews.com lowered shares of Medical Properties Trust from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, February 22nd. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reduced their target price on shares of Medical Properties Trust from $8.00 to $5.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 20th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $5.75.

About Medical Properties Trust

Medical Properties Trust, Inc is a self-advised real estate investment trust formed in 2003 to acquire and develop net-leased hospital facilities. From its inception in Birmingham, Alabama, the Company has grown to become one of the world's largest owners of hospital real estate with 441 facilities and approximately 44,000 licensed beds as of September 30, 2023.