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This Under-the-Radar Healthcare Dividend Stock Just Hit an All-Time High -- Is It a Buy? [The Motley Fool]

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. common stock (MPW) 
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US:NYSE Investor Relations: medicalpropertiestrust.com
Company Research Source: The Motley Fool
This Under-the-Radar Healthcare Dividend Stock Just Hit an All-Time High -- Is It a Buy? Dividend stocks are supposed to be boring, right? The conventional wisdom is that they give investors steady dividend payments but not much in the way of growth. Apparently, Medical Properties Trust ( NYSE:MPW Shares of the healthcare-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) Image source: Getty Images. Behind the boom It's important to first understand why Medical Properties Trust has performed so well. MPT owns and operates healthcare properties, primarily hospitals, in the U.S. and in a handful of other countries. The company's success depends on leasing all of its properties and using the proceeds to fund its expansion efforts. MPT stock slowly and steadily moved up throughout much of 08, with its share price up a solid but not spectacular % by early October. The stock really popped, though, after the company reported its third-quarter results in November. Those results showed that the healt Show less Read more
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