Medical Properties Trust: Get Around Equity Risks With 10% Yielding Debt

Jeremy LaKosh
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Summary

  • Medical Properties Trust is a REIT whose stock crashed to Earth in 2022.
  • In order to sustain the dividend, the company will need to raise capital.
  • Different capital raise options will dilute shareholders, but bondholders should remain isolated from those actions.

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Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) is a global REIT that specializes in owning acute care hospitals and a small number of other types of healthcare facilities. The company's stock outperformed the S&P 500 and the MSCI REIT Index from 2018

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