Medical Properties Trust (MPW) cuts dividend by 46.7%

On August 22, 2024, Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (MPW) announced that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per share of common stock to be paid on October 10, 2024, to stockholders of record on September 9, 2024.

That is a 46.7% cut from the previous quarterly dividend paid by MPW. The current dividend yield for MPW is 7.3% at a stock price of $4.38. The stock has lost 5% YTD. Last year MPW already announced a 48.3% dividend cut.

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 hospitals with 435 facilities and approximately 42,000 licensed beds in nine countries and across three continents as of June 30, 2024. 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.