Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE: MPW) is -5.24% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $3.51 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 $4.13 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.03%.
Currently trading at $4.16, the stock is -4.42% and -9.98% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.7 million and changing 0.73% at the moment leaves the stock -13.73% off its SMA200. MPW registered 5.32% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 6.39%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $4.6212 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $4.82215.
The stock witnessed a -8.37% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -19.54%, and is -1.19% 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 2.45% over the week and 2.79% over the month.
Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) has around 118 employees, a market worth around $2.50B and $948.03M in sales. Fwd P/E is 33.02. Profit margin for the company is -174.47%. Distance from 52-week low is 18.52% and -36.49% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-11.63%).
with sales reaching $231.9M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 95.84% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -6.32% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -13.00% in year-over-year returns.
Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) Top Institutional Holders
620.0 institutions hold shares in Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW), with institutional investors hold 73.45% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 600.60M, and float is at 493.44M with Short Float at 35.51%. Institutions hold 60.71% 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 15.3574% 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 15.3492 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 32.41 million shares representing 5.4007% and valued at over $144.55 million, while GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 1.7963 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 29,000 shares of the company’s common stock on May 05 ’25 at a price of $5.20 per share for a total of $0.15 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.22 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 05 ’25, Hanna James Kevin (Senior VP, Controller & CAO) acquired 7,411 shares at an average price of $5.75 for $42613.0. The insider now directly holds 372,338 shares of Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW).
