Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (MPW) is a self-advised real estate investment trust formed to capitalize on the changing trends in healthcare delivery by acquiring and developing net-leased healthcare facilities.
MPT's financing model helps facilitate acquisitions and recapitalizations and allows operators of hospitals and other healthcare facilities to unlock the value of their real estate assets to fund facility improvements, technology upgrades and other investments in operations.
Facilities include acute care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, and other medical and surgical facilities. Shares of the company have formed a bullish "cup and handle" ahead of its earnings report tomorrow. Note that one of the company's insiders recently purchased more than 230,000 shares.
Higher share prices are expected for this stock.
Entry Point: $18.00
Stop Loss: $17.00
Trading Range; $11.88 to $18.35
Target Price: $19.80
MPW closed at $18.50