Medical Properties Trust (MPW) Raises Quarterly Dividend 4.5% to $0.23; 6.7% Yield

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Medical Properties Trust, Inc. Increases Quarterly Dividend Five Percent to $0.23 Per Share

May 19, 2016 4:54 PM EDT

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE: MPW) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.23 per share of common stock to be paid on July 14, 2016, to stockholders of record on June 16, 2016.

This additional payout to our shareholders continues our pattern of increasing our dividends as our long-term strategies create growing funds from operations, said Edward K. Aldag, Jr., Chairman, President and CEO of Medical Properties Trust, Inc. Since the beginning of 2014 our dividend has grown by 15%, and now represents one of the... More