After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
MPW belongs to the Real Estate sector of the NYSE while operating in the REIT – Healthcare Facilities industry. The current market capitalization of Medical Properties Trust Inc is $2.47B. A total of 11.91 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 11.90M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Hanna James Kevin sold 11,641 shares of MPW for 3.72 per share on Dec 26 ’24. After the transaction, the Senior VP, Controller & CAO now owns 366,913 company shares. In a previous transaction on Dec 23 ’24, Hooper Rosa Handley sold 3,000 shares at 3.67 per share. MPW shares that SVP of Operations owns now total 356,600.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Hanna James Kevin acquired of 11,641 shares on Dec 26 ’24 at a per-share price of $3.65. In another insider transaction, Stewart Michael G sold 32,780 shares at $5.46 per share on Oct 09 ’24. Company shares held by the Director now total 221,245.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. MPW’s most recent ex-dividend date was 7.4% when it declared a $0.08 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 12/12/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 9/9/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 13.3%. The MPW stock dividend was $0.08 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, MPW has a high of $6.55 and a low of $2.92.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. MPW’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $459.23M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $11.44B in debt and $2.23B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $9.06, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $8.45B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for MPW is Buy with a score of 2.50.
