Is Medical Properties Trust Stock a Buy?
With a high forward dividend yield of 7.4%, Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW) is of natural interest to investors seeking an income stream in their portfolios. Its business model, if executed conservatively, could indeed lead to steady and long-lived returns.
But this is probably not the right stock to buy if you're looking for dividend income. Here's why.
As you probably know, Medical Properties Trust a real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on buying and making equity investments in hospitals and clinical spaces to rent them out to hospital and healthcare companies.
Source Fool.com
