MPT NYSE Week ended 07 Aug 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. · Real Estate · Reit - Healthcare Facilities

Latest close 4.70 USD
1.5% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -3.7% below the Trend Line and sits at 40.1% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 1.5%, after a 4.2% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. Options positioning is volatility with 61/100 conviction, while the latest news-sentiment score is 51/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.

Setup score 32 out of 100
Latest Close 4.70 USD 7 Aug 2026
1W Return 1.5% latest completed week
4W Return 4.2% short-term follow-through
12W Return -5.1% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 40.4% 21 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.8x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
What could go wrong
  • The trend backdrop is inactive, so price action has not confirmed a constructive regime.
  • Price is below the Trend Line, which keeps downside pressure in focus.
  • Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
  • Activity pressure is weak, so confirmation is not yet broad enough.
What to watch next
  • Trend Line remains the key weekly regime level.
  • Activity pressure is the gauge to monitor for confirmation or fade.
  • A volume ratio above 1.5x would show stronger participation in the next move.
01 · Price action

Where price is—and whether the trend supports it

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -3.7% below the Trend Line and sits at 40.1% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 1.5%, after a 4.2% four-week move.

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52-week price path

Price vs Trend Line and Fair Value
Price Trend Line Fair Value
02 · Volume and demand

Is real participation confirming the move?

Latest weekly volume is 0.8x the 13-week average. Participation is below its recent norm, so price strength is not receiving full volume confirmation.

26-week volume confirmation

Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
13 Feb 20 Feb 27 Feb 6 Mar 13 Mar 20 Mar 27 Mar 3 Apr 10 Apr 17 Apr 24 Apr 1 May 8 May 15 May 22 May 29 May 5 Jun 12 Jun 19 Jun 26 Jun 3 Jul 10 Jul 17 Jul 24 Jul 31 Jul 7 Aug
Up week Down week
Demand beneath price

Activity pressure and institutional-style signals

These indicators assess whether participation is improving beneath the headline price move. They are supporting evidence, not proof of institutional buying.

Activity pressure path

Latest 0.1012-week average 0.22

12-week confirmation

Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure0/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.10Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals0Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers0No reversal markers

No recent accumulation markers. No reversal markers.

03 · Momentum and leadership

Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?

Performance is 4.2% over four weeks, -5.1% over 12 weeks, and 23.8% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W1.5%
4W4.2%
12W-5.1%
26W-9.0%
52W23.8%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year21
Trend breadth40.4%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-1.01Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-151.8%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-13.50Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change9.1%Four-week change in relative leadership.
04 · Fundamentals and valuation

What investors are paying for—and the quality behind it

The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.

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Factor week 09 Aug 2026 Financial statements through 31 Mar 2026 Field coverage 91% Model confidence 85%

Relative factor standing

Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.

Overall factor strength71/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 30; rank 1 is best.
Value68/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 33; rank 1 is best.
Quality29/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 72; rank 1 is best.
Momentum75/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 26; rank 1 is best.
Growth32/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 69; rank 1 is best.
How to read this

Quality and valuation are separate questions

A strong company can still carry a demanding valuation. This report shows profitability, growth, balance-sheet strength, and the price paid for those characteristics separately.

Value-quality framework35/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Valuation

How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.

P/E
-
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
2.8x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
12.8x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
6.2%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
96.1%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
66.6%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
75.2%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
3.6%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
5.1%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
-
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
217.4%
Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
Piotroski F-score
3/9
Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.

Shareholder return and balance sheet

Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.

Dividend yield
7.4%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
0.1%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
7.6%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
9.9x
Balance-sheet debt relative to operating cash earnings.
05 · Ownership, options, and sentiment

What other market participants are doing

Options, insider transactions, market sentiment, and activity-pressure signals can confirm or challenge the price story. None should be used alone.

Options positioningVolatility

MPT shows volatility options pressure with a 61/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 2.46, expected move of 11.0%, and Sharemaestro trend signal inactive.

Conviction61/100
Expected move11.0%
Put/call volume2.46
Pressure-41
Speculation41
Volatility96
Trend agreement98
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Insider activity-

No recent insider transactions are stored for this company.

News sentiment51/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 51 relevant articles.

10 positive · 34 neutral · 7 negative
Patient CapitalQuiet

Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.

No recent buy signal
06 · Catalysts and risk

What can move the shares—and how volatile the path has been

Event timing, options-implied movement, drawdown, and weekly return distribution frame the risk around the current setup.

Next earnings10 AugLatest stored earnings date was 10 Aug 2026.
Options expected move11.0%Nearest-chain priced movement where available.
52-week drawdown-24.6%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility3.0%Standard deviation of weekly returns.

Weekly gains and losses

Latest 26 completed weeks

Each bar is one week. Gains rise above the zero line; losses fall below it. Taller bars mean a larger weekly move.

Weeks higher13 of 2612 weeks finished lower.
Best week+6.7%Week of 10 Apr.
Worst week-10.9%Week of 13 Mar.
Latest week+1.5%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains4
Modest gains9
Flat weeks1
Modest losses7
Sharp losses5
Recent vol3.0%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol4.7%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split24/26Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew4.4% / -3.0%Average positive week versus average negative week.
07 · Sector and peer context

Is this stock leading—or simply moving with its group?

Sector and industry breadth distinguish company-specific strength from a broad group move.

08 · Evidence and weekly data

The underlying research record

Every top-level statement above should be traceable to a stored market, fundamental, event, or positioning observation.

WeekCloseReturnTrend LineFair ValuePressureLeadershipVolumeTrend
7 Aug 20264.70 USD1.5%4.88 USD4.36 USD-1.01-13.5022.8MOff
31 Jul 20264.63 USD-4.3%4.90 USD4.37 USD-1.00-11.7925.1MOff
24 Jul 20264.84 USD1.9%4.91 USD4.39 USD-0.80-6.7621.6MOff
17 Jul 20264.75 USD5.3%4.91 USD4.41 USD-0.51-8.9932.4MOff
10 Jul 20264.51 USD-1.7%4.91 USD4.43 USD-0.40-14.8626.7MOff
3 Jul 20264.59 USD1.3%4.93 USD4.45 USD-0.24-12.2225.1MOff
26 Jun 20264.53 USD0.0%4.95 USD4.46 USD-0.26-11.6040.1MOff
19 Jun 20264.53 USD-6.9%4.98 USD4.48 USD-0.40-13.8434.9MOff
12 Jun 20264.86 USD-0.4%4.99 USD4.49 USD-0.51-6.8926.8MOff
5 Jun 20264.88 USD-2.5%4.99 USD4.51 USD-0.54-6.0525.2MOff
29 May 20265.01 USD0.6%4.99 USD4.52 USD-0.39-6.1121.2MOff
22 May 20264.98 USD0.6%4.98 USD4.53 USD-0.31-5.4421.0MOff
15 May 20264.95 USD-2.3%4.98 USD4.53 USD-0.30-5.3427.4MOff
8 May 20265.07 USD2.4%4.97 USD4.54 USD-0.33-3.2031.8MOff
How to use this report

This is a completed-week research summary. It explains the available evidence and its conflicts; it does not predict a guaranteed outcome or replace your own risk assessment. Fundamental figures may refer to an earlier financial reporting period, which is shown above.

Evidence context