It's Deja Vu for this Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stock as 2025 Starts With a Similar Challenge as Last Year

Medical Properties Trust (MPW -3.15%) got off to a challenging start last year. In January, the real estate investment trust (REIT) revealed that its top tenant at the time, Steward Health Care, was experiencing liquidity issues, which impacted its ability to pay rent. Steward filed for bankruptcy a few months later. The year ended more positively as the REIT was able to take control of its real estate from Steward and lease most of those properties to five higher-quality replacement operators. With Steward ...