MPW Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model

For dividend yielding stocks, the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) is a common valuation tool; it attempts to extrapolate a fair share price based primarily on the dividend the stock provides relative to a number of other quantiative aspects of its business. As for MPW, the DDM model generated by StockNews estimates a return of positive 1.68% in comparison to its current price. Digging deeper, the aspects of Medical Properties Trust Inc's dividend discount model that we found most interesting were:

• Relative to all dividend yielding stocks in our set, MPW offers a dividend yield in the top 14.64% of stocks in our set.
• Beta is a measure of how volatile a stock is relative to the S&P 500; when evaluated against its peers in the small-sized revenue class, Medical Properties Trust Inc has a beta lower than merely 15.63% of such peers.
• Medical Properties Trust Inc's dividend growth rate is greater than 84.44% of its fellow large-sized market cap stocks that issue dividends.

MPW Dividends vs. Peers