Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE: MPW) is -5.70% lower 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 make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The MPW stock was last observed hovering at around $4.51 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.12%.
Currently trading at $4.63, the stock is -3.04% and -10.06% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 7.15 million and changing 2.66% at the moment leaves the stock -0.02% off its SMA200. MPW registered -11.13% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of 2.89%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $5.1452 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $4.623.
The stock witnessed a -19.06% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -3.34%, and is -0.64% 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 3.81% over the week and 4.64% over the month.
Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) has around 121 employees, a market worth around $2.71B and $722.07M in sales. Fwd P/E is 34.08. Profit margin for the company is -241.64%. Distance from 52-week low is 58.56% and -29.31% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-11.21%).
with sales reaching $247.23M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -84.88% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -23.40% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -19.40% in year-over-year returns.
Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) Top Institutional Holders
664.0 institutions hold shares in Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW), with institutional investors hold 75.88% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 598.99M, and float is at 517.42M with Short Float at 42.16%. Institutions hold 65.73% 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 sale by Stewart Michael G, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Stewart Michael G sold 32,780 shares of the company’s common stock on Oct 09 ’24 at a price of $5.46 per share for a total of $0.18 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.22 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Sep 18 ’24, Pitman Elizabeth N (Director) acquired 8,087 shares at an average price of $6.01 for $48603.0. The insider now directly holds 76,740 shares of Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW).
