This beaten-down healthcare REIT recently gave investors some much-needed good news.Shares of Medical Properties Trust (MPW 4.61%) were skyrocketing 25.1% this week as of the market close on Thursday, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The big jump was due to two positive announcements from the company last week.On Friday, April 12, Medical Properties Trust reported the sale of its interests in five Utah hospitals to a joint venture (JV) with an investment fund for around $1.1 bil ...

tumsasedgarsIntro & Thesis I have been covering Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) stock here on Seeking Alpha since November 2022 and have been neutral on the stock since then despite the apparent cheapness of the company: Various details have puzzled me, such as management's actions as well as the internal issues with Steward (at the time, the Steward risks were just arising). Seeking Alpha, my coverage of MPW stockMy last article was published on January 5, 2024 - right after the stock price plumme ...

Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesMedical Properties Trust, Inc. (MPW) changed the narrative for itself and passive income investors last week when the real estate investment trust sold more than $1 billion worth of hospitals. This news triggered a 19% price increase for Medical Properties Trust on Monday and caused the stock to close in on a key level that I will touch on in my technical analysis section in this article. Furthermore, I think that Medical Properties Trust’s ability to sell ho ...

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW) has faced significant challenges in recent years, including financial pressures from its top two tenants and rising interest rates, making borrowing more expensive. These factors have led to a decline in its stock price, resulting in a high dividend yield of over 12%. Despite these obstacles, the healthcare REIT’s outlook is improving. Medical Properties Trust has taken measures to enhance its liquidity, enabling MPW to declare its next dividend payment.MPW stock annual ...

Medical Properties Trust is making excellent progress on its plan to boost its liquidity.Medical Properties Trust (MPW 18.80%) has been battling a couple of very stiff headwinds over the past few years. The hospital owner's top two tenants have faced significant financial pressures, preventing them from making full monthly rental payments.On top of that, surging interest rates have made it a lot more expensive for the real estate investment trust (REIT) to borrow money to refinance debt as it matures and fu ...

Medical Properties Trust just became $1.1 billion richer.Shares of Medical Properties Trust (MPW 18.80%) soared 18.8% on Monday after the healthcare facilities-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) announced a major asset sale.Medical Properties Trust announces a huge Utah dealLate Friday, the company said it had sold its interests in five Utah hospitals to a newly formed joint venture with an investment fund for $886 million. Medical Properties Trust has retained a roughly 25% interest in the joint v ...

JamesBreyThe investment proposition for Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) has significantly improved last week as the hospital REIT announced a major asset sale which is set to lead to significant cash inflows. Separately, Medical Properties announced the payment of a $0.15 per-share quarterly dividend with a pay date of May 1, 2024. The dividend announcement, paired with a new major asset sale that brings year-to-date divestments to more than $1.6B, reduced negative investment sentiment last week, wi ...

FG Trade The last few weeks have been a really interesting time for shareholders of Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW). The company, which operates as a REIT that owns and leases out medical properties for other firms to run, saw its shares spike after the market closed on April 12th. That move higher, about 12.3% as I type this, was driven by a rather significant update that should allow the company to pay down a nice chunk of its debt. If this move higher holds, it will mean that shares will be up 28.8% ...

Truist believes the healthcare REIT will need to shrink to get on the road to recovery.Truist Securities analyst Michael Lewis recently bumped up his price target on Medical Properties Trust (MPW 0.99%) from $4 to $4.50 per share. That implies about 10% upside potential over the next 12 months or so for the real estate investment trust (REIT) from its recent share price. The analyst maintained his hold rating on the healthcare REIT's stock, writing that "we do not have the risk tolerance to recommend the st ...

Stanislau Kharytanovich Introduction When I was researching for dividend opportunities to add to my investment portfolio, I saw a lot of news headlines emphasizing on very high dividend yield offered by Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW). I usually become very cautious when I see sky-high dividend yields because it usually means that the stock has nothing to offer investors apart from the dividend yield. After analyzing MPW deeper, I now understand that the massive dividend yield was due to the substan ...