Forget Medical Properties Trust: This High?Quality Healthcare Landlord Is the Safer Dividend Play
2026-03-09 04:12:00 ET
Due to their structure, most real estate investment trusts (REITs) have an attractive dividend yield. After all, they must pay out 90% of their taxable income to shareholders in the form of dividends.
There are all kinds of REITs . They could be focused on residential real estate or even gambling and entertainment properties. All REITs, regardless of the type of real estate they invest in, should provide one thing above all else to their shareholders, and that is a safe, reliable dividend that investors could potentially set up a dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) with. That's why, even when an REIT has a high yield , that alone is not a buy signal.
Case in point: Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPT) , a healthcare REIT that holds hospital properties and pays out a dividend that yields 5.7% at current prices.
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