Medical Properties Trust

Medical Properties Trust, Inc., based in Birmingham, Alabama, is a real estate investment trust that invests in healthcare facilities subject to NNN leases. The company owns 438 properties in the United States, Australia, Colombia, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. [1]

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
TypePublic company
NYSE: MPW
S&P 400 component
IndustryReal estate investment trust
Health care
FoundedAugust 27, 2003 (2003-08-27)
FounderEdward K. Aldag, Jr.
Headquarters1000 Urban Center Drive
Birmingham, Alabama
Key people
Edward K. Aldag, Jr., Chairman & CEO
R. Steven Hamner, CFO
Emmett E. McLean, COO
Revenue $1.544 billion (2021)
$656.9 million (2021)
Total assets $20.519 billion (2021)
Total equity $8.445 billion (2021)
Number of employees
86 (2019)
Websitewww.medicalpropertiestrust.com
Footnotes / references
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The company owns equity interest in several healthcare providers. Current and past investments have included Steward Health Care, Capella Healthcare, Priory Group, and Ernest Health.

History

The company was founded on August 27, 2003.[1]

In 2005, the company acquired the Northern California Rehabilitation Hospital for $20.75 million[2] and the Chino Valley Medical Center for $21 million.[3]

In 2012, the company acquired Ernest Health in a $400 million transaction.[4]

In March 2016, the company merged its investment in the operations of Capella Healthcare with RegionalCare.[5]

In October 2016, the company invested $1.25 billion in Steward Health Care System.[6][7]

In May 2017, the company announced plans to invest $1.4 billion in 10 acute care hospitals and a behavioral health facility.[8]

In August 2019 it bought eight U.K. hospitals operated by Ramsay Health Care and 16 hospitals operated by Prospect Medical Holdings. [9] On January 8, 2020 Medical Properties Trust purchased 30 acute care hospitals in the U.K. for nearly £1.5 billion and leased them to Circle Health.[10] Later in 2021, they completed a sale-and-leaseback transaction with Priory Group to acquire 35 U.K. mental health facilities for £800 million.[10]

Controversies

In 2022, reports from the Wall Street Journal asserted that Medical Properties Trust had made multiple loans to its largest tenant Steward Health Care and paid large premiums, in some cases several million dollars, over the market value to Steward for property that Steward than leased from Medical Properties. The article alleged that this was done to help Steward pay off debts to Cerberus Capital Management, while Medical Properties claimed that the amounts paid for the properties were fair based on its internal appraisals for the properties. [11]

A separate Wall Street Journal report also asserted that the company engaged in risky acquisitions with tenants who were likely to default on rent payments later while the compensation of executives of the company was partially linked to the volume of acquisitions they could make. The company responded that it did not directly compensate executives for acquisition volume, but that its compensations plans did provide for reducing executive compensation if acquisitions made did not increase the companies value per-share. [12]

References
  1. "Medical Properties Trust, Inc. Form 8-K Current Report". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
  2. "Medical Properties Trust acquires California hospital". American City Business Journals. July 18, 2005.
  3. "Medical Properties Trust acquires another California hospital". American City Business Journals. December 1, 2005.
  4. "CORRECTING and REPLACING Medical Properties Trust in $400 Million Transaction with Ernest Health, Inc. to Add 16 Hospitals to Portfolio" (Press release). Business Wire. January 31, 2012.
  5. "Medical Properties Trust Agrees to Merge Capella Health Holdings with RegionalCare, an Affiliate of Certain Funds Managed by Affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC" (Press release). Business Wire. March 22, 2016.
  6. "Steward Receives $1.25 Billion Investment from Medical Properties Trust, Setting Stage for National Growth" (Press release). PR Newswire. September 26, 2016.
  7. Poe, Kelly (September 26, 2016). "Medical Properties Trust buying nine properties for $1.2 billion". The Birmingham News.
  8. "Medical Properties Trust, Inc. to Invest $1.4 Billion in Ten Acute Care Hospitals and One Behavioral Health Facility" (Press release). Business Wire. May 19, 2017.
  9. "Medical Properties wraps up ~$2.0B investment". Seeking Alpha. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  10. "Medical Properties Trust 10-Q". Securities and Exchange Comission. Retrieved April 13, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. Spegele, Brian (February 14, 2022). "How a Small Alabama Company Fueled Private Equity's Push Into Hospitals". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 30, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. Spegele, Brian (March 31, 2022). "Hospital Deal Gone Bust Puts Real-Estate Firm in Spotlight". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 30, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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