We recently published 10 Firms Outperform Wall Street With Surprising Gains. Medical Properties Trust Inc. (NYSE:MPT) was one of the best performers on Thursday.
Medical Properties snapped a four-day losing streak on Thursday, soaring 12.10 percent to finish at $6.02 apiece after narrowing its losses by 88 percent last year.
In an updated report, Medical Properties Trust Inc. (NYSE:MPT) said net loss attributable to shareholders shrank to $277 million from $2.4 billion in 2024, despite total revenues dipping by 2.3 percent to $972 million from $995 million.
In the fourth quarter alone, the company swung to a net income attributable to shareholders of $17.3 million from a $412.8 million attributable net loss in the same quarter a year earlier.
Total revenues grew by 16.6 percent to $270.3 million from $231.8 million year-on-year.
Following the results, Medical Properties Trust Inc. (NYSE:MPT) Chairman, President, and CEO Edward Aldag said that the company’s current portfolio continues to bring more rental income, and that it can now focus on strengthening its balance sheet after Prospect Medical officially resolved its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filed in 2025, leaving the listed firm with receivables from unpaid rents.
In other news, Medical Properties Trust Inc. (NYSE:MPT) declared a cash dividend of $0.09 to all common stockholders on record as of March 12, payable on April 9, 2026.
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