Medifast (MED) Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Medifast in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" MED shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MED, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Medifast's stock. Their MED share price forecasts range from $80.00 to $80.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $80.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.9% from the stock's current price.
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Medifast's stock was trading at $115.35 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, MED shares have decreased by 35.1% and is now trading at $74.85.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 2nd 2023.
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Medifast, Inc. (NYSE:MED) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August, 7th. The specialty retailer reported $2.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.44 by $1.33. The specialty retailer earned $296.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $270.20 million. Medifast had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 89.20% and a net margin of 9.68%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 34.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $3.87 EPS.

Medifast declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 7th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 19th will be paid a dividend of $1.65 per share on Tuesday, November 7th. This represents a $6.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.82%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 18th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Medifast (NYSE:MED) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Staples ETF (PSCC), First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF (SDVY), Roundhill Acquirers Deep Value ETF (DEEP), Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF (CALF), Invesco S&P SmallCap Quality ETF (XSHQ), WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRS), Royce Quant Small-Cap Quality Value ETF (SQLV) and Global X Health & Wellness ETF (BFIT).

Medifast (NYSE:MED) pays an annual dividend of $6.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.63%. MED has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 54.46%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on EPS estimates, MED will have a dividend payout ratio of 86.73% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Medifast updated its third quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Monday, August, 7th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.71-$1.32 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.43. The company issued revenue guidance of $220.00 million-$240.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $269.57 million.

44 employees have rated Medifast Chief Executive Officer Daniel Chard on Glassdoor.com. Daniel Chard has an approval rating of 93% among the company's employees. This puts Daniel Chard in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Medifast trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MED."

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One share of MED stock can currently be purchased for approximately $74.85.

Medifast (NYSE:MED) has a market capitalization of $815.12 million and generates $1.60 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $143.57 million in net income (profit) each year or $12.12 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 874 workers across the globe.

Medifast's mailing address is 100 International Drive, Baltimore MD, 21202. The official website for the company is www.medifast1.com. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at (410) 581-8042, via email at ir@choosemedifast.com, or via fax at 410-581-8070.