Medifast, Inc.
Hot onWhy it's trendingX mentions rising faster than the marketPrice and volume picking up$12.14-1.1%YTD+22.4%1Y-6.0%
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Price updated 12m ago·X counts updated 2d ago
AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Today's AI verdict on what's driving $MED, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.
What it does
Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.
Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Where Specialty Business Services sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $MED.
Specialty Business Services
No material change from last week — new Diehl Defence agreement for space-based early warning adds government defense to its maritime, weather, and aviation data streams.
Industry benchmark
6-name peer basket
-11.8%YTD
-25.4%1Y
Fundamentals & catalyst
Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.
Key ratios
P/E
-5.6How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.ROIC
-7.7%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.Op margin
-5.5%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.FCF yield
2.8%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).P/S
0.5Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.ROE
-12.7%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.Gross margin
69.2%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.D/E
0.1Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.Past earnings
QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 3, 2026$-0.28$-0.65+56.9%
Q1 2026May 4, 2026$-0.19$-0.55+65.5%
Q4 2025Feb 17, 2026$-0.55$-0.76+27.6%
Q3 2025Nov 3, 2025$-0.21$-0.01-2000.0%
Next earningsMon, Nov 2·consensus EPS $-0.60
Quarterly trend
QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$76.4M-27.6%69.9%-5.7%$-0.28$728K
Q1 FY26$76.0M-34.3%68.1%-1.4%$-0.19$-836K
Q4 FY25$75.1M-36.9%69.4%-10.4%$-1.65$-6.6M
Q3 FY25$89.4M-36.2%69.5%-4.6%$-0.21$10.8M
Forward consensus
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$279.7M$279.7M – $279.7M-$1.85-$1.85 – -$1.851
FY27$256.0M$256.0M – $256.0M-$0.60-$0.60 – -$0.601
Setup & momentum
Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.
Right now
Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.3×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.52%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+10.5%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+9.7%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.
Float & profile
FloatTiny float · 7.8M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today4.4% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.685-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.
Insider activity
Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.
SEC filings
Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.
Recent material filings
8-KPress release / Reg FDJul 178-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary
3/ANew insider — initial holdingsJul 103/A
AI summary
8-KOfficer or director changeJun 18-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
8-KOfficer or director changeMay 268-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 5.07: Shareholder vote · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
+ 19 other (7 13Gs · 3 earnings 8-Ks · 3 proxys · 2 10-Qs) in window
Recent news
Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.
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