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.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool