Want $1,000 in Dividend Income? Here's How Much You'd Have to Invest in Medical Properties Trust Stock

Medical Properties Trust, or MPT, yields 12.4%, which is more than 8 times what you would get with the average stock on the S&P 500, where the yield is approximately 1.4%. The REIT pays a quarterly dividend of $0.15, or $0.60 over a full year. To generate $1,000 in annual dividend income, you would need to own roughly 1,670 shares of the REIT. And with the stock trading at around $4.80, that means you would need to invest a little more than $8,000 to secure a $1,000 annual dividend. The real estate investme ...