
Medical Properties Trust is a reit-healthcare facilities business based in the US. Medical Properties Trust stocks (MPW.US) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $20.02 – an increase of 3.43% over the previous week. Medical Properties Trust employs 119 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.5 billion.
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- Medical Properties Trust performance over time
- Are Medical Properties Trust shares over-valued?
- Medical Properties Trust's financials
- How volatile are Medical Properties Trust shares?
- Does Medical Properties Trust pay a dividend?
- Other common questions
Medical Properties Trust stock price (NYSE:MPW)
Use our graph to track the performance of MPW stocks over time.Medical Properties Trust shares at a glance
Latest market close | $8.15 |
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52-week range | $7.10 - $17.02 |
50-day moving average | $8.07 |
200-day moving average | $11.26 |
Wall St. target price | $11.62 |
PE ratio | 15.84 |
Dividend yield | $1.16 (14.65%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.50 |
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Medical Properties Trust price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the close of $8.15 from 2023-05-30
1 week (2023-05-23) | 3.16% |
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1 month (2023-05-01) | -5.12% |
3 months (2023-02-25) | N/A |
6 months (2022-11-29) | -37.21% |
1 year (2022-05-28) | N/A |
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2 years (2021-05-28) | -61.50% |
3 years (2020-06-01) | 18.69 |
5 years (2018-06-01) | 13.62 |
Is Medical Properties Trust stock undervalued or overvalued?
Valuing Medical Properties Trust stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Medical Properties Trust's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Medical Properties Trust financials
Revenue TTM | $1.5 billion |
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Operating margin TTM | 64.89% |
Gross profit TTM | $1.5 billion |
Return on assets TTM | 3.14% |
Return on equity TTM | 3.51% |
Profit margin | 19.88% |
Book value | $14.11 |
Market capitalisation | $4.7 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Medical Properties Trust share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 2.32% of net profits
Recently Medical Properties Trust has paid out, on average, around 2.32% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 14.65% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Medical Properties Trust shareholders could enjoy a 14.65% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Medical Properties Trust's case, that would currently equate to about $1.16 per share.
While Medical Properties Trust's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Medical Properties Trust is investing more in its future growth.
Medical Properties Trust's most recent dividend payout was on 13 July 2023. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 14 June 2023 (the "ex-dividend date").
Medical Properties Trust share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Medical Properties Trust's shares have ranged in value from as little as $7.1 up to $17.0243. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Medical Properties Trust's is 0.9866. This would suggest that Medical Properties Trust's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Medical Properties Trust overview
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 444 facilities and approximately 44,000 licensed beds in ten countries and across four continents. MPT's financing model facilitates acquisitions and recapitalizations and allows operators of hospitals to unlock the value of their real estate assets to fund facility improvements, technology upgrades and other investments in operations. .
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