Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE: MPW) is -21.38% 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 $3.76 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.1%.
Currently trading at $3.86, the stock is -6.53% and -12.28% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 22.9 million and changing 2.66% at the moment leaves the stock -18.36% off its SMA200. MPW registered -20.41% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -20.41%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $4.4002 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $4.7282.
The stock witnessed a -9.39% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -34.35%, and is -3.02% 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 4.70% over the week and 3.87% over the month.
Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) has around 121 employees, a market worth around $2.38B and $641.32M in sales. Fwd P/E is 23.62. Profit margin for the company is -415.16%. Distance from 52-week low is 32.19% and -41.07% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-18.17%).
with sales reaching $220.21M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -241.62% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 13.05% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 279.93% in year-over-year returns.
Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) Top Institutional Holders
668.0 institutions hold shares in Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW), with institutional investors hold 75.43% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 600.23M, and float is at 517.62M with Short Float at 44.48%. Institutions hold 65.34% 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).
