Revenue Growth Forecast Medical Properties reported revenues of $271.32 million in the last reported quarter, representing a year-overyear change of -22.5%. EPS of -$1.23 for the same period compares with $0.05 a year ago. Comparing the current value of a company's valuation multiples, such as its price-to-earnings (P/E), price-tosales (P/S), and price-to-cash flow (P/CF), to its own historical values helps ascertain whether its stock is fairly valued, overvalued, or undervalued, whereas comparing the compa ...

The next question, then, is which dividend-paying stocks to invest in. Let's say you're looking for $500 in annual income. If you invested in a stock with a mere 2% dividend yield, you'd need to have $25,000 invested in it to reap $500. This 14.8% dividend yield can deliver a lot of cash into your account. It's smart to seek income from your investments. That's because income -- whether in the form of dividends or interest -- can serve not only retirees well, but also younger investors. When that income sta ...

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-Q ☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024 OR ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission file number 001-32559 Commission file number 333-177186 MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST, INC. MPT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specifi ...

Medical Properties (MPW) is one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com visitors lately. So, it might be a good idea to review some of the factors that might affect the near-term performance of the stock. Shares of this health care real estate investment trust have returned +11.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +4.8% change. The Zacks REIT and Equity Trust - Other industry, to which Medical Properties belongs, has gained 2.4% over this period. Now the key question is: Where could t ...

Nastco/iStock via Getty Images High amounts of debt, combined with issues with tenants, has resulted in tremendous downside from where shares traded not long ago. As an example, the 52 week high mark for the stock was $10.74. As of this writing, shares are down more than half at $5.04. And at one point in the past year, they have been down as far as $2.92. I originally started acquiring the stock back in May of 2022. The highest price I paid for it was $18.55 per share. So as you can tell, it has been a rou ...

Medical Properties Trust (MPW) has battled a barrage of issues. Financially strapped tenants have struggled to pay rent while rising interest rates have increased its borrowing costs. Those two factors have made it difficult to refinance existing debt as it matures. However, the healthcare REIT has been working with its tenants to address their issues. It has also sold some hospital properties to repay debt and boost liquidity. Because of that, it's starting to get easier to refinance maturing debt. This pr ...

MPT is already sitting on a significant debt load of $10.1 billion as of March 31, which has been increasing over the past decade. Is the dividend sustainable? Last year, Medical Properties reduced its quarterly per-share dividend from $0.29 to $0.15. When a dividend stock's yield is exceptionally high, there's usually some concerning cause behind the elevation. If a dividend was considered safe, investors would be buying up the high-yielding stock, pushing the share price up and the yield down. When that i ...

This REIT's yield might look tempting, but know what you're getting into. Medical Properties Trust (MPW 4.39%) has received a lot of attention from investors due to its sky-high dividend yield. However, there's a good reason it's such a high-paying stock, and it's important to fully understand what you're getting into. In this video, two of our experts dive into the current state of the business and what investors need to know about it. *Stock prices used were the morning prices of May 17, 2024. The video w ...

Rents aren't the issues plaguing these properties Medical Properties Trust expects to replace its troubled top tenant over the coming months. Medical Properties Trust (MPW -2.15%) stock has gotten clobbered over the past few years. Shares are down nearly 80% from their peak in 2022. That has driven its dividend yield up to over 10%, even after it cut its payout by nearly half last year. The biggest weight on its stock has been the financial troubles of top tenant Steward Health Care, which recently filed fo ...

Luis Alvarez Introduction The embattled REIT Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) has had no shortage of conflicting headlines recently, ranging from further signs of financial distress to rays of hope of a turnaround. MPW has been dealing with a range of issues, most of which are of their own doing. The economic impacts of Covid-19 undoubtedly exacerbated the problems threatening the business model, but the pandemic was not the root cause. Most investors still in possession of MPW shares are likely left hol ...