Medical Properties Trust Defies Skeptics: Q3 Beat and Buyback Ignite 6%‑Yield REIT Rally
Q3 Earnings Surprise and Portfolio Updates Medical Properties Trust’s third-quarter results provided a dose of relief for investors who have endured a turbulent year. Normalized FFO came in at $0.13 per share, comfortably ahead of what many analysts had expected (consensus was near $0.08, with some forecasts as low as essentially breakeven) chartmill.com. This key profit metric for REITs was down from $0.16 a year ago businesswire.com, reflecting ongoing challenges, but the “beat” versus expectations drew focus. “Investors responded positively to the earnings beat and management’s optimistic commentary,” noted ChartMill, after MPW shares rose about 2–3% in pre-market trading on