The stock price of Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE: MPW) has jumped by 1.01 compared to previous close of 5.42. Despite this, the company has seen a gain of 5.09% in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2025-04-28 that Looking beyond Wall Street’s top -and-bottom-line estimate forecasts for Medical Properties (MPW), delve into some of its key metrics to gain a deeper insight into the company’s potential performance for the quarter ended March 2025.
Is It Worth Investing in Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE: MPW) Right Now?
Additionally, the 36-month beta value for MPW is 1.46. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 2 rating it as “overweight,” 5 rating it as “hold,” and 1 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for MPW is 499.17M and currently, short sellers hold a 32.93% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of MPW on April 28, 2025 was 11.57M shares.
MPW’s Market Performance
MPW’s stock has seen a 5.09% increase for the week, with a -11.84% drop in the past month and a 17.74% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.31%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 5.11% for Medical Properties Trust Inc. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 0.82% for MPW’s stock, with a 11.85% simple moving average for the past 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 -1.54% 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 -16.41% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 5.11%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 3.31%, as shares sank -8.36% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +14.36% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, MPW rose by +6.24%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +26.08% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $5.43. In addition, Medical Properties Trust Inc saw 38.61% 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 3.14. The receivables turnover for the company is 1.18for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.07.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW) has seen better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
