Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW) traded at $5.20 at last check on current trade day and made a downward move of -0.29% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $5.21 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 1.317 with the day’s price range being $5.165 – $5.28. In terms of its 52-week price range, MPW has a high of $6.55 and a low of $3.51. The company’s stock has lost about -13.13% over that past 30 days.
Medical Properties Trust Inc has a market cap of $3.13 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2025-Feb-26. With its Forward Dividend at 0.54 and a yield of 10.39%, 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 233.79M, with a low of 215.5M and a high of 272.09M. The median projection represents growth adding up to -13.83% 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 963.11M, or -3.26% down 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% Buy, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 50% Buy.
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 -6.79% off its SMA20 and -5.69% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 41.15 while the volatility over the past week is 3.21% and jumps to 5.15% over the past one month. The beta value is 1.45, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 0.26. The average price target for the stock over the next 12 months is $9, with the estimates having a low of $9 and a high of $9. These price ends are -73.08% and -73.08% off the today’s price level respectively, although investors could be excited at the prospect of a -73.08% if the MPW share price touches on the median price of $9.
Coming back to Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:MPW), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 11.93 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 11.39 million. Current shares outstanding are 600.40 million.
The insiders hold 17.72% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 61.27%. The data shows that short shares as of 2025-03-31, stood at 173.0 million at a short ratio of 13.88. This represents a 3991.00 short interest in shares outstanding on 2025-03-31. Shares short fall in March from the previous month at 184.39 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with today’s price pushing the stock 31.52% up in year-to-date price movement.
