Medical Properties Trust isn't the safest dividend stock, but it could offer a good contrarian play.Dividend stocks offering investors high yields tend to be alluring because the income they generate for shareholders is better than average. However high yields often come with high risks. If a dividend proves to be unsustainable and a company slashes the payout, investors could be left holding a stock that suddenly doesn't look all that great.Medical Properties Trust (MPW -4.25%) pays investors a fairly high ...

Medical Properties (MPW) ended the recent trading session at $4.25, demonstrating a -1.39% swing from the preceding day's closing price. The stock's change was less than the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.11%. Meanwhile, the Dow lost 0.11%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 0.23%.Heading into today, shares of the health care real estate investment trust had lost 2.71% over the past month, lagging the Finance sector's gain of 2.37% and the S&P 500's gain of 1.5% in that time.Investors will be eagerly watc ...

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW) stock price is still struggling this year, helping short sellers who believe that it has more downside to go. It has retreated by almost 15% this year and by 48% in the past 12 months. That means that the company has severely underperformed major American indices like the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indices.The Medical Properties Trust crash has benefited its short-sellers. Data shows that it is the second most-shorted Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) after Arbor Realty Tr ...

Medical Properties Trust (MPW -0.42%) has fallen on hard times over the past few years. Shares of the hospital-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) have lost more than 80% of their value from the peak in early 2022. That decline has pushed its dividend yield into the double digits. A big factor has been the financial issues of its top two tenants, who haven't been able to make their full rental payments. The healthcare REIT might be about to get some relief from one of its tenants. Top tenant Steward ...

The stock of Medical Properties Trust (MPW -0.42%) just can't seem to stop falling. After dropping 53% in 2022, it did even worse in 2023 when it dived by 56%. And thus far in 2024, it's down around 18% -- and if not for a recent rally, its decline would be even more significant.Investors are right to be bearish on the business. Medical Properties Trust hasn't been in good financial shape. It cut its dividend last year, it has run into problems with tenants, and rising interest rates haven't made real estat ...

Medical Properties (MPW) closed at $4.26 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.24% move from the prior day. This move lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.32%. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a rise of 0.68%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw an increase of 0.2%.Coming into today, shares of the health care real estate investment trust had gained 11.84% in the past month. In that same time, the Finance sector gained 4.23%, while the S&P 500 gained 5.11%.Investors will be eagerly watching for the p ...

Medical Properties (MPW) has recently been on Zacks.com's list of the most searched stocks. Therefore, you might want to consider some of the key factors that could influence the stock's performance in the near future.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 +3.6% change. The Zacks REIT and Equity Trust - Other industry, to which Medical Properties Trust belongs, has gained 0.7% over this period. Now the key questio ...

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW) stock price has crawled back in the past few days as investors bought the dip. This dip-buying happened after Steward Healthcare raised a  $150 million bridge loan that gave it breathing room. MPW’s stock was trading at $4.26 on Wednesday, higher than the YTD low of $2.91.Steward Health bankruptcy risksCopy link to sectionSteward Health is the main reason why the MPW share price has crashed by more than 78% from its all-time high. The hospital chain, which accounts for m ...

JazzIRT Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) is a company where I previously noted that I sold the stock. The reason is that the stock entered a period where I did not believe that the stock price would "run away" from me. So far that has been the case. I wanted to get past the 30-day wash sale and have clearly done so. A credit on the taxes for the loss does not eliminate the loss but it is better than nothing. But having followed other companies in a situation like this, it is very likely that the company ...

benedek Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) is yet to declare its first quarter dividend for 2024, this would usually have happened in the third week of February. I believe its delay likely reflects a level of Board anxiety around the still precarious state of the REIT's largest tenants, pending liquidity transactions, possibly the UnitedHealth (UNH) hack, and a level of uncertainty around the timeline of Fed rate cuts. The hospital owner has staged a remarkable rally from record lows at the start of th ...