NYSE:MPW - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US58463J3041 - REIT - Currency: USD
Top mid-cap stock gainers in past week: Root, Bridge Investment Group, Huron Consulting, Medical Properties Trust, ZoomInfo Technologies, Lantheus Holdings, Alignment Healthcare, VSE. Analysts raise price forecasts.
When you're buying income stocks, a company's underlying business is arguably still the most crucial factor to consider, even more than the dividend yield. Let's consider one corporation in each category: Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) and Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW). The former may have a much lower yield, but it also looks more attractive right now as an income stock.
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The big draw with regard to Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW) today is its lofty 8% dividend yield. It is having some success on that front, but is Medical Properties Trust stock worth buying? Getting the bad news out of the way first: Medical Properties Trust has been dealing with some really difficult business events.
Bankrupt hospital chain Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. won court permission to start drawing from its $100 million Chapter 11 financing despite a challenge from landlord Medical Properties Trust Inc.
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Shares of Jabil (JBL) advanced intraday Wednesday after the manufacturing solutions provider reporte