Why Medical Properties Trust Stock Got Socked Today

It likely wasn't the ideal timing for a board member to divest a pack of shares. While large-scale insider sales don't necessarily mean a publicly traded company's management is abandoning ship, they generally don't inspire investor confidence. News of such a divestment hit Medical Properties Trust (MPW -4.07%) on Thursday, and the resulting sell-off saw the shares lose slightly more than 4% of their value. A director sold a chunk of stock A regulatory document filed after market close on Wednesday revealed ...