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Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (MPT)

Real Estate | REIT - Healthcare Facilities | Birmingham, United States | NYSE
4.09 USD +0.06 (1.489%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 4.09 +0.00 (0.020%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 8 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★☆☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:22 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Medical Properties Trust is currently broken by a perfect storm of deteriorating fundamentals and a hostile capital structure. The stock is trading at a steep discount to book value, yet the company is drowning in debt with a leverage ratio exceeding 200%, creating a precarious path to solvency. The recent price action confirms a brutal multi-year decline, with four consecutive years of negative returns erasing nearly three-quarters of the shareholder value since 2016. While the dividend yield appears attractive at nearly 9%, the payout ratio is dangerously low, suggesting the company is barely covering its obligations rather than generating excess cash for shareholders. Options markets are screaming caution, with heavy put buying at strikes far below the current price, while the statistical forecast offers no relief, predicting a slight further dip. This is a value trap where the balance sheet risks and operational stagnation outweigh any potential for a turnaround.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.082414
AutoARIMA0.084441
AutoETS0.085511
MSTL0.091668

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 39%
H-stat 2.10
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.003
Excess Kurtosis 1.29
Attribute Value
Sector Real Estate
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-09
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-17
Debt to Equity Ratio 215.671
Revenue per Share 1.843
Market Cap 2,442,547,968
Forward P/E 37.18
Beta 1.46
Profit Margins -2.73%
Website https://www.medicalpropertiestrust.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:22 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for downside protection, with massive open interest in deep out-of-the-money puts (strikes below $1.00) across multiple expirations, indicating a fear of a significant collapse. Conversely, call activity is concentrated in the money and slightly out-of-the-money strikes ($4.50-$7.00), suggesting a speculative hope for a rebound to historical highs rather than a fundamental belief in a recovery. Implied volatility is elevated, reflecting uncertainty.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.99% 7.27% 8.66% 8.66%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-18 0.09 1.986755
2026-03-12 0.09 1.796407
2025-12-11 0.09 1.754386
2025-09-11 0.08 1.735358
2025-06-18 0.08 1.809955
2025-03-10 0.08 1.362862
2024-12-12 0.08 1.980198
2024-09-09 0.08 1.603206
2024-06-10 0.15 2.982107
2024-04-19 0.15 3.393665
2023-12-06 0.15 3.246753
2023-09-13 0.15 2.336449
2023-06-14 0.29 3.193833
2023-03-15 0.29 3.558282
2022-12-07 0.29 2.441077
2022-09-14 0.29 2.102973
2022-06-15 0.29 1.934623
2022-03-16 0.29 1.454363
2021-12-08 0.28 1.259559
2021-09-15 0.28 1.385453
2021-06-16 0.28 1.335878
2021-03-17 0.28 1.279708
2020-12-09 0.27 1.310680
2020-09-09 0.27 1.473799
2020-06-17 0.27 1.369863
2020-03-11 0.27 1.377551
2019-12-11 0.26 1.253616
2019-09-11 0.26 1.388147
2019-06-12 0.25 1.398993
2019-03-13 0.25 1.369863
2018-12-12 0.25 1.497006
2018-09-12 0.25 1.692620
2018-06-13 0.25 1.835536
2018-03-14 0.25 1.936483
2017-12-06 0.24 1.769911
2017-09-13 0.24 1.836266
2017-06-13 0.24 1.816805
2017-03-14 0.24 1.968827
2016-12-06 0.23 1.907131
2016-09-13 0.23 1.673945
2016-06-14 0.23 1.559322
2016-03-15 0.22 1.822701
2015-12-08 0.22 1.945181
2015-09-15 0.22 2.010969
2015-06-09 0.22 1.685824
2015-03-10 0.22 1.575931
2014-12-02 0.21 1.537335
2014-09-16 0.21 1.614143
2014-06-10 0.21 1.590909
2014-03-12 0.21 1.645768
2013-11-29 0.21 1.589705
2013-09-10 0.20 1.672241
2013-06-11 0.20 1.341382
2013-03-12 0.20 1.342282
2012-11-20 0.20 1.743679
2012-09-11 0.20 1.906578
2012-06-12 0.20 2.265006
2012-03-13 0.20 2.087683
2011-12-06 0.20 2.127660
2011-09-13 0.20 1.990050
2011-06-14 0.20 1.737619
2011-03-15 0.20 1.806685
2010-12-07 0.20 1.932367
2010-09-10 0.20 2.010050
2010-06-15 0.20 2.049180
2010-03-16 0.20 1.793722
2009-12-15 0.20 2.018164
2009-09-15 0.20 2.557545
2009-06-09 0.20 3.105590
2009-03-17 0.20 4.914005
2008-12-19 0.20 3.012048
2008-09-16 0.27 2.523365
2008-06-11 0.27 2.267003
2008-03-11 0.27 2.272727
2007-12-11 0.27 2.378855
2007-09-12 0.27 2.023988
2007-06-12 0.27 2.050114
2007-03-27 0.27 1.819407
2006-12-12 0.27 1.788079
2006-09-12 0.26 1.953418
2006-06-13 0.25 2.164502
2006-03-13 0.21 2.112676
2005-12-13 0.18 1.952278
2005-09-13 0.17 1.625239
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.36
dividendYield 8.8
exDividendDate 2026-09-10
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.35
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.08684863
lastDividendValue 0.09
lastDividendDate 2026-06-18
dividendDate 2026-10-08

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.07256234
Address1 10,500 Liberty Parkway
All Time High 24.29
All Time Low 2.76
Ask 4.1
Ask Size 13,000
Audit Risk 3
Average Analyst Rating 3.1 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 6,679,300
Average Daily Volume3 Month 6,630,074
Average Volume 6,630,074
Average Volume10Days 6,679,300
Beta 1.463
Bid 4.06
Bid Size 9,300
Board Risk 5
Book Value 7.538
City Birmingham
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 8
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 4.09
Current Ratio 1.172
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 4.13
Day Low 4.04
Debt To Equity 215.671
Display Name Medical Properties Trust
Dividend Date 1,791,417,600
Dividend Rate 0.36
Dividend Yield 8.8
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,374,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,374,000
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,365,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,277,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,277,000
Ebitda 948,780,992
Ebitda Margins 0.85870004
Enterprise To Ebitda 12.386
Enterprise To Revenue 10.636
Enterprise Value 11,752,040,448
Eps Current Year 0.11
Eps Forward 0.11
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.05
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,788,998,400
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 4.4762
Fifty Day Average Change -0.38619995
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.08627853
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -7.2562337
Fifty Two Week High 6.47
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.3799996
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.3678516
Fifty Two Week Low 3.96
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.13000011
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.032828312
Fifty Two Week Range 3.96 - 6.47
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,120,829,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 10.13
Float Shares 489,751,776
Forward Eps 0.11
Forward P E 37.18182
Free Cashflow 753,948,992
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 121
Fullday Change 0.0599999
Fullday Change Percent 1.48883
Fullday Price 4.0908
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.95944
Gross Profits 1,060,086,976
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.17549999
Held Percent Institutions 0.62893003
Implied Shares Outstanding 597,200,000
Industry REIT - Healthcare Facilities
Industry Disp REIT - Healthcare Facilities
Industry Key reit-healthcare-facilities
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,781,740,800
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 formed in 2003 to acquire and develop net-leased hospital facilities. From its inception, the Company has grown to become one of the world's largest owners of hospital real estate with 378 facilities and approximately 38,000 licensed beds in nine countries and across three continents as of March 31, 2026. 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. Medical Properties Trust, Inc. is based in Alabama, Birmingham. Medical Properties Trust, Inc. was incorporated in 2003 in Maryland.
Long Name Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 2,442,547,968
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_12344550
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -31,601,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 2,406,716,000
Number Of Analyst Opinions 7
Open 4.05
Operating Cashflow 226,820,992
Operating Margins 0.57359004
Overall Risk 5
Payout Ratio 10.545501
Peg Ratio 1.61
Phone 205 969 3755
Post Market Change 0.0007996559
Post Market Change Percent 0.01955149
Post Market Price 4.0908
Post Market Time 1,787,961,600
Previous Close 4.03
Price Eps Current Year 37.18182
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 0.54258424
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.2106507
Profit Margins -0.027320001
Quick Ratio 1.003
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 3.11111
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0599999
Regular Market Change Percent 1.48883
Regular Market Day High 4.13
Regular Market Day Low 4.04
Regular Market Day Range 4.04 - 4.13
Regular Market Open 4.05
Regular Market Previous Close 4.03
Regular Market Price 4.09
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 5,450,108
Return On Assets 0.0277
Return On Equity -0.00622
Revenue Growth 0.019
Revenue Per Share 1.843
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Real Estate
Sector Disp Real Estate
Sector Key real-estate
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 597,200,000
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.24200001
Shares Short 144,500,823
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 138,225,896
Short Name Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.32389998
Short Ratio 21.08
Source Interval 15
State AL
Symbol MPT
Target High Price 7.0
Target Low Price 4.25
Target Mean Price 5.10714
Target Median Price 5.0
Total Cash 396,558,016
Total Cash Per Share 0.664
Total Debt 9,704,995,840
Total Revenue 1,104,899,968
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.35
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.08684863
Trailing Eps -0.05
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 4.98155
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.89155006
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.17897041
Type Disp Equity
Volume 5,450,108
Website https://www.medicalpropertiestrust.com
Zip 35,242