Medical Properties Trust (MPT) Inc. buys hospital buildings, then leases them back to the hospital operators. The Birmingham Alabama-based real estate company is one of the nation’s largest owners of hospital property. MPT was co-founded in 2003 by its president CEO Edward K. Aldag Jr. Its stock is worth about $13 billion, among the largest 15% of U.S.-traded real estate investment trusts, or REITs. MPT has investments in the real estate of more than 400 hospitals and healthcare properties. Steward Health Care System LLC accounted for 30% of MPT’s revenue in 2020. Subsidiaries: Secondary Industries MPT Bundoora Realty Trust MPT Campbelltown Realty Trust MPT Glen Waverley Realty Trust MPT Kingswood Realty Trust MPT Liverpool Realty Trust MPT Perth Realty Trust MPT Ringwood East Realty Trust MPT St. Albans Realty Trust MPT Strathpine Realty Trust MPT Sunnybank Realty Trust MPT Wantirna Realty Trust