Lido Advisors LLC Purchases 7,976 Shares of Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MPW)

Lido Advisors LLC grew its position in Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MPW) by 3.7% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 223,127 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,976 shares during the quarter. Lido Advisors LLC’s holdings in Medical Properties Trust were worth $2,066,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Medical Properties Trust by 0.6% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 87,046,765 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,840,168,000 after acquiring an additional 496,833 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its stake in Medical Properties Trust by 11.7% during the first quarter. State Street Corp now owns 36,158,910 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $774,593,000 after acquiring an additional 3,800,294 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Medical Properties Trust by 10.1% during the first quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 11,479,189 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $95,423,000 after acquiring an additional 1,049,687 shares in the last quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. boosted its stake in Medical Properties Trust by 4,205.8% during the second quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 9,742,667 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $90,217,000 after acquiring an additional 9,516,400 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted its stake in Medical Properties Trust by 18.4% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 8,923,634 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $99,409,000 after acquiring an additional 1,387,675 shares in the last quarter. 76.46% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently issued reports on MPW. Raymond James lowered shares of Medical Properties Trust from a “strong-buy” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research note on Friday, August 11th. Stifel Nicolaus downgraded shares of Medical Properties Trust from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $12.00 to $4.50 in a report on Friday, November 10th. Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of Medical Properties Trust from $12.00 to $10.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, August 22nd. Wells Fargo & Company downgraded shares of Medical Properties Trust from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $7.00 to $4.00 in a report on Monday, October 16th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded shares of Medical Properties Trust from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $9.00 to $7.00 in a report on Monday, August 21st. Four analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $8.83.

Medical Properties Trust Trading Up 14.8 %

Shares of MPW stock opened at $4.69 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $5.30 and a 200-day moving average of $7.48. The company has a current ratio of 3.52, a quick ratio of 3.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.23. Medical Properties Trust, Inc. has a one year low of $4.04 and a one year high of $14.00.

Medical Properties Trust Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, January 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 7th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 6th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 12.81%. Medical Properties Trust’s payout ratio is currently -857.14%.

About Medical Properties Trust

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 in Birmingham, Alabama, the Company has grown to become one of the world's largest owners of hospital real estate with 444 facilities and approximately 44,000 licensed beds in ten countries and across four continents.