With 6.72 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 11.06 million shares. The 52-week range on MPW shows that it touched its highest point at $6.55 and its lowest point at $3.51 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $5.43. With its current market cap of 3.01 billion, MPW has annualized dividend of $0.39 while the current yield stands at 7.78%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.40.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of MPW was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -3.47%, but this was down by -7.90% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 3.51% while six-month performance rose 10.60%. The stock lost -10.22% in the past year, while it has gained 26.84% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for MPW yields -2.76 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.10. For the next quarter, that number is 0.01. This implies an EPS growth rate of 101.65% for this year and 45.56% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 600.60 million MPW shares are outstanding with a float of 493.28 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for MPW since 9 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 5 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$3.15085 being high and -$3.51186 being low. For MPW, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$3.19177.
