With over 22.43 million Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) shares trading Friday and a closing price of $3.43 on the day, the dollar volume was approximately $76.95 million. The shares have shown a negative half year performance of -65.14% and its price on 01/12/24 lost nearly -2.83%. Currently, there are 597.48M common shares owned by the public and among those 588.62M shares have been available to trade.
An analysis of what Wall Street brokers have to say about the expected price targets for this stock gives us this picture: 12 analysts who have offered their price forecasts for MPW have a consensus price objective of $5.38. The analysts have set the share’s price value over the next 12 months at a high of $8.00 and a low of $3.00. The average price target is 36.25% above its recent price level and a downside to the estimated low will see the stock lose -14.33% over that period. But an upside of 57.12% will see the stock hit the forecast high price target while median target price for the stock is $5.50.
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Insiders at the company have transacted a total of 47 times over the past 12 months, according to data filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 28 of these insider trades were purchases, accounting for 681,509 shares. Insider sales of the common stock occurred on 19 occasions, with total insider shares sold totaling 496,194 shares.
Shares of Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE: MPW) opened at $3.58, up $0.05 from a prior closing price of $3.53. However, the script later moved the day high at 3.6500, down -2.83%. The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -3.38% and -35.04% over the past three months. MPW shares are trading -30.14% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance down to -73.45% lower. It has a 12-month low price of $3.31 and touched a high of $14.00 over the same period. MPW has an average intraday trading volume of 18.92 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by -26.03%, -27.45%, and -51.06% respectively.
Institutional ownership of Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE: MPW) shares accounts for 76.75% of the company’s 597.48M shares outstanding.
It has a market capitalization of $2.05B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 1.15. The earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at -$0.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio at 1.23. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 7.43% over the week and 6.63% over the month.
Analysts forecast that Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) will achieve an EPS of $Marathon Petroleum Corporation for the current quarter, $157.46 for the next quarter and $Stocks for Type. The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is $MP Materials Corp. while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of $Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.. Comparatively, EPS for the current quarter was $Marine Products Corporation a year ago. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to decrease by -77.78%, and 122.11% over the next financial year. EPS should shrink at an annualized rate of -9.40% over the next five years, compared to 12.91% over the past 5-year period.
If you are looking to buy this stock, then you may note that the average analyst recommendation by 12 brokerage firm advisors rate Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) as a “Hold” at a consensus score of 3.25. Specifically, 2 Wall Street analysts polled rate the stock as a buy, while 6 of the 12 advise that investors “hold,” and 3 rated it as a “Sell.”
