Accel Wealth Management Has $177,000 Stock Position in Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MPW)

Accel Wealth Management lifted its stake in shares of Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MPW) by 74.6% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 37,739 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after buying an additional 16,124 shares during the period. Accel Wealth Management’s holdings in Medical Properties Trust were worth $177,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky grew its stake in shares of Medical Properties Trust by 93.2% in the third quarter. Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky now owns 204,807 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,117,000 after purchasing an additional 98,807 shares during the last quarter. Amalgamated Bank grew its stake in shares of Medical Properties Trust by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. Amalgamated Bank now owns 376,806 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,850,000 after purchasing an additional 3,322 shares during the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. grew its stake in shares of Medical Properties Trust by 5.3% in the fourth quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. now owns 4,546,115 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $22,321,000 after purchasing an additional 228,716 shares during the last quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. grew its stake in shares of Medical Properties Trust by 5.3% in the fourth quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 378,885 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,857,000 after purchasing an additional 18,916 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Medical Properties Trust in the fourth quarter worth $109,000. 71.79% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently weighed in on MPW. BNP Paribas cut shares of Medical Properties Trust from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $6.00 to $4.00 in a research note on Tuesday. Colliers Securities cut shares of Medical Properties Trust from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their price target for the company from $10.00 to $4.25 in a research report on Wednesday, April 10th. StockNews.com cut shares of Medical Properties Trust from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 18th. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and set a $5.00 price target on shares of Medical Properties Trust in a research report on Tuesday, May 14th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised shares of Medical Properties Trust from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and upped their price target for the company from $2.00 to $5.00 in a research report on Wednesday, April 17th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $5.61.

Medical Properties Trust Trading Up 0.7 %

NYSE:MPW opened at $4.06 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 3.10, a quick ratio of 3.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.51. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.44 billion, a PE ratio of -1.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 1.27. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $4.89 and its 200 day moving average is $4.36. Medical Properties Trust, Inc. has a 12 month low of $2.92 and a 12 month high of $10.74.

Medical Properties Trust Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, July 9th. Investors of record on Monday, June 10th will be paid a $0.15 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 10th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 14.78%. Medical Properties Trust’s dividend payout ratio is -27.03%.

Medical Properties Trust Company Profile

Medical Properties Trust, Inc is a self-advised real estate investment trust formed in 2003 to acquire and develop net-leased hospital facilities. From its inception in Birmingham, Alabama, the Company has grown to become one of the world's largest owners of hospital real estate with 441 facilities and approximately 44,000 licensed beds as of September 30, 2023.