With 8.53 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 13.18 million shares. During the session, the REIT – Healthcare Facilities company that operates in wider Real Estate sector, reached to the highest price of $6.0567 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $5.88. The 52-week range on MPW shows that it touched its highest point at $6.55 and its lowest point at $3.51 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $5.92. With its current market cap of 3.59 billion, MPW has annualized dividend of $0.54 while the current yield stands at 9.03%. MPW paid its most recent dividend on 1741564800, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1741564800. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.32.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of MPW was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.17%, but this was up by 19.12% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 50.25% while six-month performance fell -5.83%. The stock gained 35.91% in the past year, while it has gained 51.39% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for MPW yields -4.02 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.06. For the next quarter, that number is 0.01. This implies an EPS growth rate of 102.21% for this year and -28.43% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 600.40 million MPW shares are outstanding with a float of 494.29 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 184.39 million, which was 3070.0 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Mr. Edward K. Aldag Jr. as the firm’s Founder, Chairman, President & CEO, Mr. R. Steven Hamner CPA serves as its Founder, Executive VP, CFO & Director.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-31, MPW reported revenue of $231844000.0 and operating income of $128619000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $2481595000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for MPW since 9 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 5 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With MPW analysts setting a high price target of 9.0 and a low target of 3.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 5.5. Based on these targets, MPW could surge 50.5% to reach the target high and fall by -49.83% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a decline of -8.03% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$3.15085 being high and -$3.35226 being low. For MPW, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$3.19177. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.
