Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE: MPW) is 19.76% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $2.92 and a high of $6.55 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The MPW stock was last observed hovering at around $5.76 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.12%.
Currently trading at $5.88, the stock is 14.75% and 19.39% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 9.0 million and changing 2.08% at the moment leaves the stock 30.09% off its SMA200. MPW registered 10.73% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 43.41%.
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The stock witnessed a 29.52% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 21.24%, and is -7.40% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 5.03% over the week and 5.25% over the month.
Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) has around 121 employees, a market worth around $3.53B and $722.07M in sales. Fwd P/E is 37.73. Profit margin for the company is -241.64%. Distance from 52-week low is 101.37% and -10.23% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-11.21%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -48.32% this year.
Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) Top Institutional Holders
677.0 institutions hold shares in Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW), with institutional investors hold 72.53% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 598.99M, and float is at 551.48M with Short Float at 42.92%. Institutions hold 66.95% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 92.15 million shares valued at $397.18 million. The investor’s holdings represent 15.3511% of the MPW Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 92.1 million shares valued at $396.97 million to account for 15.3429 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 32.41 million shares representing 5.3985% and valued at over $144.55 million, while GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 1.7956 of the shares totaling 10.78 million with a market value of $46.47 million.
Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Pitman Elizabeth N, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Pitman Elizabeth N bought 8,087 shares of the company’s common stock on Sep 18 ’24 at a price of $6.01 per share for a total of $48603.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 76740.0 shares.
Medical Properties Trust Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Aug 27 ’24 that THOMPSON C REYNOLDS III (Director) sold a total of 20,530 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Aug 27 ’24 and was made at $4.38 per share for $89921.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 54637.0 shares of the MPW stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 15 ’24, Pitman Elizabeth N (Director) disposed off 10,025 shares at an average price of $4.98 for $49925.0. The insider now directly holds 68,653 shares of Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW).
