NYSE:MEDMedifast Stock Price, Forecast & News

Medifast's stock was trading at $70.44 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MED stock has increased by 117.0% and is now trading at $152.85. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Medifast in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Medifast.

Medifast is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Medifast.

Medifast Inc (NYSE:MED) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The specialty retailer reported $1.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.60. The specialty retailer earned $178.46 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $161.90 million. Medifast had a net margin of 10.41% and a return on equity of 65.66%. View Medifast's earnings history.

Medifast declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 16th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be paid a dividend of $1.13 per share on Thursday, August 6th. This represents a $4.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.96%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 29th. View Medifast's dividend history.

4 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Medifast's shares. Their forecasts range from $86.00 to $164.00. On average, they anticipate Medifast's stock price to reach $113.33 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 25.9%. View analysts' price targets for Medifast.

Press coverage about MED stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Medifast earned a media sentiment score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Medifast.

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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%) and Carroll Financial Associates Inc. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Medifast stock include Carl E Sassano, Constance J Hallquist, Daniel R Chard, Jeffrey J Brown, Michael A Hoer, Michael C Macdonald and Scott Schlackman. View institutional ownership trends for Medifast.

MED stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and Carroll Financial Associates Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Medifast stock in the last two years include Daniel R Chard, Jeffrey J Brown, and Michael A Hoer. View insider buying and selling activity for Medifast.

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One share of MED stock can currently be purchased for approximately $152.85.

Medifast has a market capitalization of $1.80 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 420 workers across the globe.

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

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]