Medical Properties Trust Needs To Maintain The Dividend Or Bears Will Takeover Again
MPWMedical Properties Trust(MPW) Seeking Alpha·2024-03-13 04:56

benedek Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) is yet to declare its first quarter dividend for 2024, this would usually have happened in the third week of February. I believe its delay likely reflects a level of Board anxiety around the still precarious state of the REIT's largest tenants, pending liquidity transactions, possibly the UnitedHealth (UNH) hack, and a level of uncertainty around the timeline of Fed rate cuts. The hospital owner has staged a remarkable rally from record lows at the start of the ye ...