Medifast Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Medifast in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Medifast stock.
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Medifast saw a decrease in short interest during the month of January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 423,600 shares, a decrease of 23.8% from the January 14th total of 555,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 135,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.1 days. Approximately 3.8% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Medifast is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 4th 2021.
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Medifast, Inc. (NYSE:MED) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 25th. The specialty retailer reported $2.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $2.36. Medifast had a net margin of 11.27% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 80.07%.
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Medifast's stock was trading at $70.44 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MED stock has increased by 261.2% and is now trading at $254.42.
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Medifast announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 10th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 22nd will be paid a dividend of $1.13 per share on Friday, February 5th. This represents a $4.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 21st.
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Medifast pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.73%. Medifast does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Medifast is 75.84%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, Medifast will have a dividend payout ratio of 43.38% next year. This indicates that Medifast will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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3 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Medifast's stock. Their forecasts range from $265.00 to $310.00. On average, they expect Medifast's stock price to reach $292.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.9% from the stock's current price.
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44 employees have rated Medifast CEO Daniel Chard on Glassdoor.com. Daniel Chard has an approval rating of 93% among Medifast'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."

Medifast's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.69%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (8.59%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.61%), Rice Hall James & Associates LLC (3.44%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.84%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.66%). Company insiders that own Medifast stock include Carl E Sassano, Jeffrey J Brown, Michael C Macdonald and Scott Schlackman.
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MED stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Schroder Investment Management Group, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Rice Hall James & Associates LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., and Principal Financial Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Medifast company stock in the last year include Michael C Macdonald, and Scott Schlackman.
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MED stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock Inc., Lombard Odier Asset Management Switzerland SA, Landscape Capital Management L.L.C., Wells Fargo & Company MN, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund.
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Shares of MED can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MED stock can currently be purchased for approximately $254.42.

Medifast has a market capitalization of $3.00 billion and generates $713.67 million in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $77.92 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.96 on an earnings per share basis.

Medifast employs 713 workers across the globe.

The official website for Medifast is www.medifast1.com.

Medifast is headquartered at 100 International Drive, Baltimore MD, 21202.

Medifast's mailing address is 100 International Drive, Baltimore MD, 21202. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at 410-581-8042 or via email at [email protected]