MPW Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own MPW shares is 655, representing 65.54% of the company's common stock.

HEITMAN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in MPW by -14.69% restricting it's holding to 1.33 million shares of worth nearly $6.24M. FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC also lessened -16.12% of the MPW shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 1.15 million shares of worth $5.40M. CONNOR, CLARK & LUNN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD. also shunned MPW shares holding by -29.44% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.1 million shares worth $5.16M.

As per its latest 13F filing, DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ increased its stake in MPW by 248.43% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 7.91 million shares having worth more than $37.20M. VANGUARD GROUP INC also added 8.24% more shares of MPW to its portfolio, raising its holding to 93.06 million shares of worth $437.37M. STATE OF NEW JERSEY COMMON PENSION FUND D also increased its MPW shares holding by 20.48% which brought its holding to 1.18 million shares worth $5.54M.

The insider with the most stakes in MPW is Aldag Edward K JR , Chairman, President & CEO at the company. Additionally, MPW stock is highly held by Executive Vice President & CFO HAMNER R STEVEN and Executive Vice President & COO McLean Emmett E among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 13.36% percent of Medical Properties Trust, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 5 transaction(s) in which MPW insiders have sold stock, totaling 77.98K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include HANNA JAMES KEVIN, HOOPER ROSA HANDLEY, and STEWART MICHAEL G.

There have been 1 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Medical Properties Trust, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 8087 shares

Around 1.14M Medical Properties Trust, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 13.36% of MPW stock.

MPW Chairman, President & CEO, Aldag Edward K JR holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. MPW shares owned by Aldag total nearly 3.5 million.

DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ is the largest institutional owner in MPW which holds 7.91 million shares worth $37.20M or 1.32% of the total MPW shares outstanding followed by HEITMAN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES LLC with ownership of 1.33 million shares representing 0.22% of the MPW ownership. VANGUARD GROUP INC is the third largest stakeholder with 93.06 million shares or 15.54% of the ownership worth more than $437.37M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the MPW is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of MPW shares short is 230.24M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 600.40M shares of MPW are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, MPW has 517.20M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for MPW is 17.51.