Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE: MPW)’s stock price has plunge by 0.67relation to previous closing price of 5.94. Nevertheless, the company has seen a 1.87% surge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-03-23 that Medical Properties Trust is not going bankrupt, with strong liquidity, a healthy asset base, and a well-covered dividend yield. MPW’s fiscal 2024 Q4 revenue and FFO beat consensus estimates, trading at a low valuation with significant upside potential. The REIT has reduced debt and diversified its operator base, with Circle Health and Priory Group as major revenue contributors.
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Moreover, the 36-month beta value for MPW is 1.34. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 2 as “overweight,” 7 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
The public float for MPW is 494.29M and currently, short sellers hold a 37.30% of that float. On March 24, 2025, MPW’s average trading volume was 12.76M shares.
MPW’s Market Performance
The stock of Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) has seen a 1.87% increase in the past week, with a 19.84% rise in the past month, and a 50.63% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.74%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 4.46% for MPW. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 4.98% for MPW stock, with a simple moving average of 24.86% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of MPW
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for MPW stocks, with Exane BNP Paribas repeating the rating for MPW by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for MPW in the upcoming period, according to Exane BNP Paribas is $9 based on the research report published on March 12, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Colliers Securities, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see MPW reach a price target of $6.50. The rating they have provided for MPW stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on September 13th, 2024.
Exane BNP Paribas gave a rating of “Neutral” to MPW, setting the target price at $4 in the report published on July 02nd of the previous year.
MPW Trading at 19.31% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought MPW to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -8.70% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 4.46%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.74%, as shares surge +22.79% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +52.55% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, MPW rose by +1.87%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +8.14% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $5.70. In addition, Medical Properties Trust Inc saw 51.39% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at MPW starting from Hanna James Kevin, who purchase 7,411 shares at the price of $5.75 back on Mar 05 ’25. After this action, Hanna James Kevin now owns 372,338 shares of Medical Properties Trust Inc, valued at $42,613 using the latest closing price.
Hanna James Kevin, the Senior VP, Controller & CAO of Medical Properties Trust Inc, sale 11,641 shares at $3.72 during a trade that took place back on Dec 26 ’24, which means that Hanna James Kevin is holding 366,913 shares at $43,305 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for MPW
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.16 for the present operating margin
- 0.29 for the gross margin
The net margin for Medical Properties Trust Inc stands at -2.26. The total capital return value is set at 0.01. Equity return is now at value -38.69, with -14.79 for asset returns.
Based on Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW), the company’s capital structure generated 0.03 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 1.9. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.03. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.72.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 840.6 million with net debt to EBITDA at -0.12. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 3.4. The receivables turnover for the company is 1.35for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.07.
Conclusion
To wrap up, the performance of Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) has been better in recent times. The stock has received a mixed of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
