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Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (MPT)

Real Estate | REIT - Healthcare Facilities | Birmingham, United States | NYSE
5.26 USD +0.03 (0.574%) ⇧ (April 20, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
Short-term: ★★★★★ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:09 a.m. EDT

MPT is a high-risk contrarian play where the 'second-most shorted’ title acts as a magnet for momentum traders, but fundamental degradation (negative earnings, high debt, FCF shortfall) caps the long-term thesis. The short-term rating is 5 stars because technicals are bouncing off multi-month lows and options flow is explicitly bullish; however, the large payout ratio (>100% relative to trading revenue and negative earnings) and news around tenant defaults make this a dangerous compromise to hold beyond the near-term volcanic move.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.064008
MSTL0.064037
AutoTheta0.067250
AutoETS0.068153

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.66
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.226
Excess Kurtosis -1.20
Attribute Value
Sector Real Estate
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-11
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-11
Debt to Equity Ratio 212.095
Revenue per Share 1.78
Market Cap 3,224,038,144
Forward P/E 38.96
Beta 1.50
Profit Margins -25.90%
Website https://www.medicalpropertiestrust.com

As of April 19, 2026, 12:09 a.m. EDT: Options flow indicates a heavy speculative positioning for upside with a notable skew toward $5.50 and $6.00 calls accumulating significant Open Interest (OI), while the $5.00 strike acts as an anchor. Despite high short-term IV (0.78 on 4/17), the distribution of volume and OI favors out-of-the-money strikes above current price. This suggests speculators are positioning for a breakout above the $5.20 current level, likely targeting the April/October earnings catalyst or a rebound from the oversold $4.50 support level currently held by put writers.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.80% 7.29% 10.26% 10.45%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-12 0.09 1.796407
2025-12-11 0.09 1.787009
2025-09-11 0.08 1.796979
2025-06-18 0.08 1.907323
2025-03-10 0.08 1.462531
2024-12-12 0.08 2.153633
2024-09-09 0.08 1.778236
2024-06-10 0.15 3.362237
2024-04-19 0.15 3.936206
2023-12-06 0.15 3.882516
2023-09-13 0.15 2.878285
2023-06-14 0.29 4.026430
2023-03-15 0.29 4.630272
2022-12-07 0.29 3.288421
2022-09-14 0.29 2.900075
2022-06-15 0.29 2.723178
2022-03-16 0.29 2.087687
2021-12-08 0.28 1.834562
2021-09-15 0.28 2.043517
2021-06-16 0.28 1.997559
2021-03-17 0.28 1.939093
2020-12-09 0.27 2.012168
2020-09-09 0.27 2.292290
2020-06-17 0.27 2.162680
2020-03-11 0.27 2.204207
2019-12-11 0.26 2.031102
2019-09-11 0.26 2.276612
2019-06-12 0.25 2.326437
2019-03-13 0.25 2.310045
2018-12-12 0.25 2.559512
2018-09-12 0.25 2.937105
2018-06-13 0.25 3.238684
2018-03-14 0.25 3.478565
2017-12-06 0.24 3.240722
2017-09-13 0.24 3.421640
2017-06-13 0.24 3.447352
2017-03-14 0.24 3.802920
2016-12-06 0.23 3.756816
2016-09-13 0.23 3.361253
2016-06-14 0.23 3.182387
2016-03-15 0.22 3.777486
2015-12-08 0.22 4.103604
2015-09-15 0.22 4.324334
2015-06-09 0.22 3.697984
2015-03-10 0.22 3.514498
2014-12-02 0.21 3.481843
2014-09-16 0.21 3.712003
2014-06-10 0.21 3.718410
2014-03-12 0.21 3.906555
2013-11-29 0.21 3.835339
2013-09-10 0.20 4.098121
2013-06-11 0.20 3.342035
2013-03-12 0.20 3.389107
2012-11-20 0.20 4.461288
2012-09-11 0.20 4.963429
2012-06-12 0.20 6.009276
2012-03-13 0.20 5.665422
2011-12-06 0.20 5.897021
2011-09-13 0.20 5.631498
2011-06-14 0.20 5.014820
2011-03-15 0.20 5.306025
2010-12-07 0.20 5.775763
2010-09-10 0.20 6.124955
2010-06-15 0.20 6.366745
2010-03-16 0.20 5.688907
2009-12-15 0.20 6.518723
2009-09-15 0.20 8.422919
2009-06-09 0.20 10.494182
2009-03-17 0.20 17.107465
2008-12-19 0.20 11.033630
2008-09-16 0.27 9.535550
2008-06-11 0.27 8.792227
2008-03-11 0.27 9.012091
2007-12-11 0.27 9.654197
2007-09-12 0.27 8.401343
2007-06-12 0.27 8.683725
2007-03-27 0.27 7.859506
2006-12-12 0.27 7.864522
2006-09-12 0.26 8.746799
2006-06-13 0.25 9.885506
2006-03-13 0.21 9.850666
2005-12-13 0.18 9.292242
2005-09-13 0.17 7.889328
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.36
dividendYield 6.84
exDividendDate 2026-03-12
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.33
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.063097514
lastDividendValue 0.09
lastDividendDate 2026-03-12
dividendDate 2026-04-09

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.011538506
Address1 10,500 Liberty Parkway
All Time High 24.29
All Time Low 2.76
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 22,600
Audit Risk 3
Average Analyst Rating 3.1 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 4,902,070
Average Daily Volume3 Month 6,362,155
Average Volume 6,362,155
Average Volume10Days 4,902,070
Beta 1.496
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 14,700
Board Risk 5
Book Value 7.715
City Birmingham
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 10
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 5.26
Current Ratio 1.941
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 5.26
Day Low 5.2
Debt To Equity 212.095
Display Name Medical Properties Trust
Dividend Date 1,775,692,800
Dividend Rate 0.36
Dividend Yield 6.84
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,771,516,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,771,516,800
Earnings Timestamp 1,771,507,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,777,552,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,777,552,200
Ebitda 910,443,008
Ebitda Margins 0.85098
Enterprise To Ebitda 13.593
Enterprise To Revenue 11.568
Enterprise Value 12,375,860,224
Eps Current Year 0.08
Eps Forward 0.135
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.46
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,773,273,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 205 969 3756
Fifty Day Average 5.1454
Fifty Day Average Change 0.11460018
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.022272356
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 1.1538506
Fifty Two Week High 6.47
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.2099996
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.18701693
Fifty Two Week Low 3.95
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.3100002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.3316456
Fifty Two Week Range 3.95 - 6.47
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,120,829,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 10.08
Float Shares 491,207,791
Forward Eps 0.135
Forward P E 38.962963
Free Cashflow 872,724,992
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 121
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.96115
Gross Profits 1,028,304,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.17413999
Held Percent Institutions 0.59219
Implied Shares Outstanding 612,935,005
Industry REIT - Healthcare Facilities
Industry Disp REIT - Healthcare Facilities
Industry Key reit-healthcare-facilities
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,773,273,600
Last Dividend Value 0.09
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Medical Properties Trust, Inc. is a self-advised real estate investment trust 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 388 facilities and approximately 39,000 licensed beds in nine countries and across three continents as of September 30, 2025. MPT's financing model facilitates acquisitions and recapitalizations and allows operators of hospitals to unlock the value of their real estate assets to fund facility improvements, technology upgrades and other investments in operations. The firm was formed in 2003.
Long Name Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 3,224,038,144
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_12344550
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common -277,937,984
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 3,224,038,126
Number Of Analyst Opinions 7
Open 5.2
Operating Cashflow 230,767,008
Operating Margins 0.65623003
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 10.545501
Peg Ratio 1.61
Phone 205 969 3755
Previous Close 5.23
Price Eps Current Year 65.75001
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.68178874
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.0134773
Profit Margins -0.25896
Quick Ratio 1.629
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 3.11111
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0300002
Regular Market Change Percent 0.573618
Regular Market Day High 5.26
Regular Market Day Low 5.2
Regular Market Day Range 5.2 - 5.26
Regular Market Open 5.2
Regular Market Previous Close 5.23
Regular Market Price 5.26
Regular Market Time 1,776,715,202
Regular Market Volume 3,530,546
Return On Assets 0.027209999
Return On Equity -0.05845
Revenue Growth 0.254
Revenue Per Share 1.78
Sand P52 Week Change 0.34445214
Sector Real Estate
Sector Disp Real Estate
Sector Key real-estate
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 612,935,005
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.2352
Shares Short 140,601,682
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 133,239,838
Short Name Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.3386
Short Ratio 20.64
Source Interval 15
State AL
Symbol MPT
Target High Price 8.0
Target Low Price 5.0
Target Mean Price 5.85714
Target Median Price 5.0
Total Cash 540,859,008
Total Cash Per Share 0.905
Total Debt 9,771,762,688
Total Revenue 1,069,873,024
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.33
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.063097514
Trailing Eps -0.46
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 4.9404
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.3196001
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.06469114
Type Disp Equity
Volume 3,530,546
Website https://www.medicalpropertiestrust.com
Zip 35,242