Medical Properties Trust (MPT) and Its Peers Head-To-Head Survey

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPT) is one of 111 public companies in the “REIT – EQTY TRUST – OTHER” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Medical Properties Trust to similar companies based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

71.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of shares of all “REIT – EQTY TRUST – OTHER” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Medical Properties Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of shares of all “REIT – EQTY TRUST – OTHER” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Medical Properties Trust and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Medical Properties Trust	2	2	2	0	2.00
Medical Properties Trust Competitors	2344	7947	8277	277	2.34

Medical Properties Trust currently has a consensus price target of $6.75, suggesting a potential upside of 22.62%. As a group, “REIT – EQTY TRUST – OTHER” companies have a potential upside of 8.72%. Given Medical Properties Trust’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Medical Properties Trust is more favorable than its peers.

Risk & Volatility

Medical Properties Trust has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medical Properties Trust’s peers have a beta of 1.20, suggesting that their average stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Medical Properties Trust and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Medical Properties Trust	$972.02 million	-$277.05 million	-11.97
Medical Properties Trust Competitors	$1.58 billion	$209.10 million	29.76

Medical Properties Trust’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Medical Properties Trust. Medical Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Medical Properties Trust and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Medical Properties Trust	-28.50%	-5.87%	-1.85%
Medical Properties Trust Competitors	-0.08%	1.31%	0.82%

Dividends

Medical Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Medical Properties Trust pays out -78.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “REIT – EQTY TRUST – OTHER” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.6% and pay out 234.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Medical Properties Trust is clearly a better dividend stock than its peers, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Medical Properties Trust peers beat Medical Properties Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

Medical Properties Trust Company Profile

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 441 facilities and approximately 44,000 licensed beds as of September 30, 2023. Since the end of the third quarter, the Company has sold four facilities and now owns approximately 43,000 licensed beds in nine countries across three continents. 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.