Medifast Company Profile (NYSE:MED)

About Medifast

Medifast, Inc. (Medifast) is engaged in the production, distribution and sale of weight loss, weight management and healthy living products, and other consumable health and diet products. The Company operates through its subsidiaries, Jason Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Take Shape For Life, Inc., Jason Enterprises, Inc., Medifast Franchise Systems (MFSI), Inc., Jason Properties, LLC, Medifast Nutrition, Inc. and Seven Crondall, LLC. Its product lines include weight loss, weight management, and healthy living meal replacements, snacks, hydration products and vitamins. It provides weight loss, weight management and healthy living products and programs through multiple channels of distribution: direct to consumer channel through its Website and in-house call centers; Take Shape For Life; Franchise Medifast Weight Control Centers, and a national network of physicians. It offers its products under the Medifast, Thrive by Medifast, Optimal Health by Take Shape For Life and Essential 1 brands.

Industry, Sector and Symbol:

Sector: Consumer Staples
Industry: Specialty Retail, Other
Sub-Industry: Personal Products
Exchange: NYSE
Symbol: MED
CUSIP: 58470H10

Key Metrics:

Previous Close: $38.36
50 Day Moving Average: $36.68
200 Day Moving Average: $33.36
52-Week Range: $26.14 - $39.16
Trailing P/E Ratio: 26.81
Foreward P/E Ratio: 19.59
P/E Growth: 1.21
Market Cap: $452.59M
Outstanding Shares: 11,848,000
Beta: 0.63

Profitability:

Net Margins: 6.29%
Return on Equity: 24.46%
Return on Assets: 18.59%

Debt:

Current Ratio: 4.02%
Quick Ratio: 3.55%

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Consensus Ratings for Medifast (NYSE:MED) (?)

Ratings Breakdown:	2 Hold Ratings, 1 Buy Rating
Consensus Rating:	Hold (Score: 2.33)
Consensus Price Target:	$34.67 (9.25% downside)

Analysts' Ratings History for Medifast (NYSE:MED)

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Date	Firm	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/4/2016	Wunderlich	Boost Price Target	Hold	$32.00 -> $36.00
1/11/2016	Sidoti	Upgrade	Neutral -> Buy	$35.00
11/8/2015	Canaccord Genuity	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$33.00
11/7/2014	Imperial Capital	Downgrade	Outperform -> In-Line	$34.00 -> $32.00

(Data available from 9/24/2014 forward)

Earnings History for Medifast (NYSE:MED)

Date	Quarter	Consensus Estimate	Actual EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Release Link	Conference Call
11/3/2016
8/3/2016	Q216	$0.51	$0.63	$72.01 million	$71.14 million	View	N/A
5/4/2016	Q116	$0.33	$0.42	$69.31 million	$72.30 million	View	N/A
3/10/2016	Q415	$0.35	$0.33	$62.98 million	$61.30 million	View	Listen
11/5/2015	Q315	$0.42	$0.45	$67.00 million	$65.90 million	View	N/A
8/5/2015	Q215	$0.48	$0.48	$72.79 million	$72.20 million	View	N/A
5/7/2015	Q115	$0.35	$0.46	$71.80 million	$73.30 million	View	N/A
3/12/2015	Q414	$0.46	$0.38	$69.40 million	$62.30 million	View	N/A
11/5/2014	Q314	$0.36	$0.47	$76.10 million	$74.00 million	View	N/A
8/7/2014	Q114	$0.39	$0.44	$87.30 million	$80.88 million	View	N/A
5/5/2014	Q1	$0.37	$0.45	$87.60 million	$86.50 million	View	N/A
3/10/2014	Q413	$0.36	$0.39	$80.83 million	$77.30 million	View	N/A
11/5/2013	Q313	$0.42	$0.41	$95.07 million	$86.48 million	View	N/A
8/6/2013	Q2 2013	$0.51	$0.51	$101.30 million	$97.10 million	View	N/A
5/8/2013	Q1 2013	$0.34	$0.43	$93.77 million	$96.00 million	View	N/A
3/7/2013	Q4 2012	$0.25	$0.28	$82.90 million	$83.20 million	View	N/A
11/5/2012	Q312	$0.40	$0.42	$89.73 million	$91.00 million	View	N/A
7/26/2012		$0.38	$0.47			View	N/A
5/8/2012		$0.38	$0.29			View	N/A
3/13/2012		$0.21	$0.08			View	N/A
11/3/2011		$0.38	$0.36			View	N/A
8/4/2011		$0.47	$0.41			View	N/A
5/9/2011		$0.41	$0.44			View	N/A
3/31/2011		$0.32	$0.23			View	N/A

(Data available from 1/1/2011 forward)

Earnings Estimates for Medifast (NYSE:MED)

Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $1.82 EPS
Next Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $1.95 EPS

Current Dividend Information for Medifast (NYSE:MED)

Annual Dividend:	$1.00
Dividend Yield:	2.62%
Dividend Growth:	0.00% (3 Year Average)
Payout Ratio:	69.44% (Based on Trailing 12 Months of Earnings) 54.95% (Based on Current Year Consensus EPS Estimate) 51.28% (Based on Next Year Consensus EPS Estimate)

Dividend History for Medifast (NYSE:MED)

Announced	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
9/9/2016	quarterly	$0.25	2.75%	9/21/2016	9/23/2016	11/10/2016
6/16/2016	quarterly	$0.25	3.04%	6/23/2016	6/27/2016	8/10/2016
3/10/2016	quarterly	$0.25	3.25%	3/17/2016	3/21/2016	5/10/2016
12/16/2015	special	$0.25		12/23/2015	12/28/2015	2/10/2016

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Insider Trading History for Medifast (NYSE:MED)

Insider Ownership Percentage: 6.47%
Institutional Ownership Percentage: 87.33%

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction
5/31/2016	Balanced Master Fund L Visium	Major Shareholder	Sell	1,350,000	$30.25	$40,837,500.00
4/1/2016	Margaret Sheetz	COO	Sell	8,333	$30.02	$250,156.66
2/1/2016	Margaret Sheetz	COO	Sell	8,333	$28.62	$238,490.46
12/1/2015	Margaret Sheetz	COO	Sell	8,333	$29.92	$249,323.36
11/2/2015	Margaret Sheetz	COO	Sell	8,333	$28.72	$239,323.76
10/5/2015	Margaret Sheetz	COO	Sell	8,333	$28.88	$240,657.04
9/3/2015	Margaret Sheetz	COO	Sell	6,864	$28.00	$192,192.00
9/2/2015	Margaret Sheetz	COO	Sell	1,469	$28.00	$41,132.00
6/25/2015	Moduslink Global Solutions Inc	Major Shareholder	Sell	29,654	$33.03	$979,471.62
6/23/2015	Moduslink Global Solutions Inc	Major Shareholder	Sell	27,443	$33.01	$905,893.43
6/22/2015	Moduslink Global Solutions Inc	Major Shareholder	Sell	9,494	$33.01	$313,396.94
6/11/2015	Barry B Bondroff	Director	Sell	1,666	$31.88	$53,112.08
6/10/2015	Margaret Sheetz	COO	Sell	8,337	$32.00	$266,784.00
6/4/2015	John P Mcdaniel	Director	Sell	3,000	$32.14	$96,420.00
8/18/2014	Jeannette M Mills	EVP	Sell	3,000	$28.03	$84,090.00
6/10/2014	Jason L Groves	EVP	Sell	3,250	$31.75	$103,187.50
6/10/2014	John P Mcdaniel	Director	Sell	3,500	$31.74	$111,090.00
6/9/2014	Jeannette M Mills	EVP	Sell	2,784	$32.09	$89,338.56
6/5/2014	Charles P Connolly	Director	Sell	7,500	$30.91	$231,825.00
12/2/2013	Margaret Macdonald Sheetz	COO	Sell	18,000	$25.63	$461,340.00
11/22/2013	Margaret Macdonald Sheetz	COO	Sell	35,000	$24.33	$851,550.00

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Latest Headlines for Medifast (NYSE:MED)

Date	Headline
	MEDIFAST INC : ex-dividend day (NYSE:MED) www.4-traders.com - September 21 at 5:48 PM
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	Medifast posts 2Q profit (NYSE:MED) sg.finance.yahoo.com - August 4 at 9:17 AM
	Medifast profit drops 45 percent in 2Q (NYSE:MED) www.bizjournals.com - August 4 at 9:17 AM
	Edited Transcript of MED earnings conference call or presentation 3-Aug-16 8:30pm GMT (NYSE:MED) finance.yahoo.com - August 4 at 9:17 AM
	Medifast sees growth in largest division, but overall revenue down in 2Q (NYSE:MED) thedailyrecord.com - August 3 at 6:30 PM
	Medifast Inc.: Medifast, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2016 Financial Results (NYSE:MED) www.twst.com - August 3 at 6:30 PM
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	BRIEF-Medifast raises FY adjusted earnings from cont ops forecast (NYSE:MED) feeds.reuters.com - August 3 at 5:42 PM
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	Medifast unveils a new product line for its biggest division (NYSE:MED) www.bizjournals.com - July 28 at 6:22 AM
	Take Shape For Life® Introduces Exclusive Product Line Under New OPTAVIA™ Lifestyle Brand (NYSE:MED) www.publicnow.com - July 25 at 8:08 AM
	Medifast : Take Shape for Life launches Optavia branded products (NYSE:MED) www.4-traders.com - July 24 at 10:25 AM
	Weight loss company Medifast launches new products under Optavia brand (NYSE:MED) www.baltimoresun.com - July 22 at 6:01 PM
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	Medifast to release 2Q earnings report Aug. 3 (NYSE:MED) thedailyrecord.com - July 12 at 6:24 PM
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	Medifast, Inc. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bullish Manner : MED-US : July 1, 2016 (NYSE:MED) www.capitalcube.com - July 1 at 8:23 AM
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	Medifast : Announces Quarterly Dividend (NYSE:MED) www.4-traders.com - June 18 at 10:27 AM
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	Take Shape For Life Named To 2016 Direct Selling Association Top 20 (NYSE:MED) finance.yahoo.com - June 14 at 6:00 PM
	Medasys SA :MED-FR: Earnings Analysis: For the six months ended December 31, 2015 : June 10, 2016 (NYSE:MED) www.capitalcube.com - June 10 at 2:41 AM
	Medasys SA :MED-FR: Earnings Analysis: 2015 By the Numbers : June 10, 2016 (NYSE:MED) www.capitalcube.com - June 10 at 1:44 AM
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