2024-03-25 09:00:00 ET
Summary
- MPW's management has cut dividends and divested multiple assets to preserve cash and generate liquidity, with its prospects unlikely to improve in the near term.
- With June 2024 being the deadline for the management to come to a meaningful resolution with Steward, the next few months may bring forth more volatility.
- The silver lining to the REIT's investment thesis is that its core portfolio, aside from Steward and Prospect, remains healthy while generating robust top/ bottom lines.
- With the stock trading well below its peers/ book value per share, MPW may be a gift for opportunistic investors looking to ride the great upside.
- However, due to the elevated short interest of over ~33% and uncertain FQ1'24 dividend payout, MPW may remain speculative in the meantime.
We previously covered Medical Properties Trust, Inc. ( MPW ) in November 2023, discussing its penny stock status, with its prospects unlikely to lift in the near term as the management cut dividends to preserve cash and divested its assets to generate liquidity....
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Medical Properties Trust's Weakest Link May Be Its Greatest Asset Ahead - Prospective Reversal