Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) traded at $4.69 at close of the session on Tuesday, January 24 and made an upward move of 2.63% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $4.57 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 1.352 with the day’s price range being $4.55 – $4.76. In terms of its 52-week price range, MPW has a high of $6.55 and a low of $3.08. The company’s stock has gained about 21.50% over that past 30 days.
Medical Properties Trust Inc has a market cap of $2.82 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in February. With its Forward Dividend at 0.46 and a yield of 9.81%, the company’s investors could be anxious for the MPW stock to gain ahead of the earnings release.
Analysts tracking the company’s growth have also given it a consensus growth in revenue estimated at 218.92M, with a low of 210.2M and a high of 230.62M. The median projection represents growth squeezing down to 278.88% compared to sales growth for the corresponding quarter a year ago. According to analyst consensus estimates figures, the company’s yearly revenue forecast for current year is expected to hit 984.07M, or 12.88% up from figures reported last year.
On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the MPW stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 50% Sell, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 50% Sell.
Based on estimates by 9 analysts, where scores have ranged from 1.00 for a strong buy to 5.00 for a strong sell, 5 have rated the Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) stock as a Hold, while 3 rate it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) rate it as overweight while 0 of them rated it as underweight, whereas 1 suggest the stock as a Sell. The stock has an overall rating of Hold and investors could take advantage and scoop up stock of the company.
Looking further, we note the current price level is 16.03% off its SMA20 and 13.74% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 70.35 while the volatility over the past week is 5.36% and jumps to 5.31% over the past one month. The beta value is 1.36, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 0.22. The average price target for the stock over the next 12 months is $6.75, with the estimates having a low of $6 and a high of $7.5. These price ends are -27.93% and -59.91% off the current price level respectively, although investors could be excited at the prospect of a -43.92% if the MPW share price touches on the median price of $6.75.
Coming back to Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 12.59 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 15.39 million. Current shares outstanding are 600.23 million.
The insiders hold 13.78% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 64.47%. The data shows that short shares as of 2024-12-31, stood at 230.24 million at a short ratio of 17.51. This represents a 5315.00 short interest in shares outstanding on 2024-12-31. Shares short fall in December from the previous month at 230.25 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with current price pushing the stock 18.73% up in year-to-date price movement.
