Medical Properties Trust: Beware The Prophets Of Doom

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12.61K Followers

Summary

  • Medical Properties Trust has pulled back heavily following second-quarter earnings that reignited fears around the dividend.
  • The company is now trading at the steepest-ever discount to tangible book value since it became a public company.
  • This 50% discount will likely prove to be unsustainable in the long term with a move back to tangible book value forming the primary long-term bull case.

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When the pandemic hit in early 2020 and stay-at-home orders quickly shuttered our old world, I wrote Beware The Prophets Of Doom to spell out the flaw of chaotic events being overemphasized in the short term. To be clear, Medical Properties

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