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Medical Properties (MPW) Advances While Market Declines: Some Information for Investors

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Medical Properties (MPW - Free Report) closed at $4.36 in the latest trading session, marking a +1.16% move from the prior day. The stock's change was more than the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.11%. At the same time, the Dow added 0.91%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.82%.

Shares of the health care real estate investment trust witnessed a loss of 3.79% over the previous month, trailing the performance of the Finance sector with its gain of 3.03%, and the S&P 500's gain of 5.17%.

Market participants will be closely following the financial results of Medical Properties in its upcoming release. The company is expected to report EPS of $0.13, down 43.48% from the prior-year quarter. Alongside, our most recent consensus estimate is anticipating revenue of $231.15 million, indicating a 13.29% downward movement from the same quarter last year.

Looking at the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $0.57 per share and revenue of $930.43 million. These totals would mark changes of -28.75% and -6.54%, respectively, from last year.

It is also important to note the recent changes to analyst estimates for Medical Properties. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. Therefore, positive revisions in estimates convey analysts' confidence in the business performance and profit potential.

Our research suggests that these changes in estimates have a direct relationship with upcoming stock price performance. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.

The Zacks Rank system, spanning from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), boasts an impressive track record of outperformance, audited externally, with #1 ranked stocks yielding an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has witnessed an unchanged state. Medical Properties is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

Digging into valuation, Medical Properties currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 7.61. This expresses a discount compared to the average Forward P/E of 11.47 of its industry.

The REIT and Equity Trust - Other industry is part of the Finance sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 96, which puts it in the top 39% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

Keep in mind to rely on Zacks.com to watch all these stock-impacting metrics, and more, in the succeeding trading sessions.


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