Medifast (MED)

• Market cap: $161M
• 1 day: 2.79%
• 5 days: -9.63%
• 1 month: -6.42%
• 3 months: -19.51%
• 6 months: -24.27%
• Year to date: -14.81%
• 1 year: -63.52%
• 5 years: -84.65%
• 10 years: -54.91%
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products

About: Medifast Inc is a old health and wellness company known for its habit-based and coach-guided lifestyle solution OPTAVIA, which provides people with a simple, yet comprehensive approach to address obesity and support a healthy life. OPTAVIA provides unparalleled coaching support along with community, tailored nutrition and healthy habits, and empowers people to master their weight loss journey through each stage of life. The company has access to GLP-1 medications where clinically appropriate. Medifast remains committed to its mission of offering Lifelong Transformation, Making a Healthy Lifestyle Second Nature.

Employees: 504

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

24% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $7.05M | Put options by funds: $5.68M

2.82% less ownership

Funds ownership: 84.29% [Q3] → 81.47% (-2.82%) [Q4]

9% less funds holding

Funds holding: 140 [Q3] → 127 (-13) [Q4]

11% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $177M [Q3] → $157M (-$19.5M) [Q4]

26% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 34 | Existing positions reduced: 46

38% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 18 | Existing positions closed: 29

Research analyst outlook

1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $16.50 12% upside
• Avg. target: $16.50 12% upside
• High target: $16.50 12% upside

1 analyst rating

• positive: 0 0%
• neutral: 1 100%
• negative: 0 0%

DA Davidson Linda Bolton Weiser 30% 1-year accuracy 34 / 112 met price target

12% upside $16.50

Neutral Maintained

19 Feb 2025