After finishing at $4.30 in the prior trading day, Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE: MPW) closed at $4.40, up 2.33%. In other words, the price has increased by $+0.1000 from its previous closing price. On the day, 9509502 shares were traded.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of MPW by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 10.54 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 5.21. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.33 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.27.
On January 30, 2024, Deutsche Bank started tracking the stock assigning a Sell rating and target price of $2.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, MPW now has a Market Capitalization of 2.58B and an Enterprise Value of 12.55B. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.02 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.35. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 14.39 whereas that against EBITDA is 17.99.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, MPW has reached a high of $10.74, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $2.92. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.7014, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 5.9883.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 24.12M shares per day over the past 3-months and 25.41M shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 598.99M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 587.38M. Insiders hold about 1.96% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 73.41% stake in the company. Shares short for MPW as of Feb 29, 2024 were 196.12M with a Short Ratio of 8.13, compared to 205M on Jan 31, 2024. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 32.74% and a Short% of Float of 45.58%.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, MPW’s forward annual dividend rate was 0.88, compared to 0.59 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 20.47%, it implies a Forward Annual Dividend Yield of 20.47%. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 8.34.
Earnings Estimates
Its stock is currently analyzed by 3 different market analysts. On average, analysts expect EPS of $0.08 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of $0.12 and a low estimate of $0.04, while EPS last year was $0.05. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.14, with high estimates of $0.16 and low estimates of $0.13.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.52 and $0.48 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.5. EPS for the following year is $0.54, with 3 analysts recommending between $0.57 and $0.5.
Revenue Estimates
4 analysts predict $284.81M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $300.7M to a low estimate of $257.85M. As of the current estimate, Medical Properties Trust Inc’s year-ago sales were $350.21M, an estimated decrease of -18.70% from the year-ago figure. For the next quarter, 4 analysts are estimating revenue of $311.16M, a decrease of -7.80% over than the figure of -$18.70% in the same quarter last year. There is a high estimate of $344.6M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $277.6M.
A total of 4 analysts have provided revenue estimates for MPW’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $1.3B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1.1B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $1.2B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $1.33B, down -9.60% from the average estimate. Based on 4 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1.18B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $1.33B and the low estimate is $1.03B. The average revenue growth estimate for next year is down -2.20% from the average revenue estimate for this year.
