Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE: MPW) is 1.01% 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 $4.15 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.16%.
Currently trading at $3.99, the stock is 1.17% and -6.06% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 11.91 million and changing -3.86% at the moment leaves the stock -15.28% off its SMA200. MPW registered -20.20% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -3.39%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $4.262 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $4.7111.
The stock witnessed a -5.00% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -30.24%, and is 6.97% up 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 5.34% over the week and 4.13% over the month.
Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) has around 121 employees, a market worth around $2.47B and $641.32M in sales. Fwd P/E is 24.41. Profit margin for the company is -415.16%. Distance from 52-week low is 36.64% and -39.08% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-18.17%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -241.62% this year.
Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) Top Institutional Holders
661.0 institutions hold shares in Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW), with institutional investors hold 75.66% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 600.23M, and float is at 517.63M with Short Float at 45.60%. Institutions hold 65.54% 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 Hanna James Kevin,the company’sSenior VP, Controller & CAO. SEC filings show that Hanna James Kevin sold 11,641 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 26 ’24 at a price of $3.72 per share for a total of $43305.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.37 million shares.
Medical Properties Trust Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 23 ’24 that Hooper Rosa Handley (SVP of Operations) sold a total of 3,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 23 ’24 and was made at $3.67 per share for $11010.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.36 million shares of the MPW stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 26 ’24, Hanna James Kevin (Officer) Proposed Sale 11,641 shares at an average price of $3.65 for $42541.0. The insider now directly holds shares of Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW).
