Medical Properties Trust: Yielding +11% With A $500 Million Share Buyback Program

Steven Fiorillo
36.83K Followers

Summary

  • Medical Properties Trust has fallen more than -50% YTD, pushing its dividend yield past 11%.
  • MPW's Board of Directors has approved a share buyback up to $500 million over the next year.
  • MPW is the most attractively valued healthcare REIT, and I don't believe its 11% dividend yield will stay at this level much longer.

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The rising rate environment hasn't been bullish for equities, and one of the hardest hit sectors has been REITs as the cost of capital continues to increase. The SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF (SPY) has declined by -24.35% YTD why

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Steven Fiorillo
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