Medifast (MED)

18.07 -0.79  -4.19%  May 30, 8:00PM Go Pro
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Medifast Beta: 1.934

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MED Beta Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 1.022 Jan 2009
Maximum 2.561 Nov 2007
Average 1.992

About Beta 60 Month

YCharts calculates the 60 month market beta by regressing stock returns less the risk free rate of returns on the market returns less the risk free rate of return (Market returns come from the S&P 500 Total Returns Index (SPXTR), and the risk free rate is the 4 Week Average T-Bill (Monthly). There must be a minimum of 36 months of stock returns for a company to have its beta calculated.

Beta is a measure of the risk of a stock when it is included in a well-diversified portfolio.

In financial theory, the Capital Asset Pricing Model breaks down expected stock returns into two components. The first is the return that would be expected based on covariance with the movements of the market (for most stocks, when the market as a whole goes up, the price of the stock will also go up). The second part is the increase in the price of a stock that is not explained by the market. The first part - covariance with the market - is what Beta captures.

When Beta is positive, the stock price tends to move in the same direction as the market, and the magnitude of Beta tells by how much. If a stock's Beta is greater than 1, that means that when the market index goes up 1%, we expect the stock will go up by more than 1%. On the contrary, if the market goes down by 1%, we expect the stock to go down by more than 1%. Negative Betas, while rare, signify a negative correlation. When the market goes up, we would expect the stock price to go down.

For readers with a background in regression analysis, Beta is the slope of the linear regression shown in the formula below, where Returns are the return on an individual stock or portfolio, Rf is the risk free rate, RMarket is the return on a market portfolio, and e is an error term.
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MED News

$MED purchased 150,000 shares of its common this week at cost basis of $18.34 http://stks.co/3zoW
about 5 days ago by WallStreetBean
$VVUS still long 2/3 sadly wt loss & diabetes drugs a growth industry. watch techncls for timing tho. $HLF $WTW $MED are done imho,
about 18 days ago by TrendHunter
$HLF $WTW should get more down pressure with $ARNA approval imho. These remain as shorts. $MED is an oddity, perhaps just a short sqz
about 20 days ago by TrendHunter
UPDATE: Wedbush Lowers Medifast's PT
May 09, 9:56AM Benzinga
$MED is 6.1% up since open on unusual high volume but still -7.6% down since close.
about 22 days ago by TradeBot
$MED 200 Day SMA Cross - Price crossed below 200 day SMA (16.4047). Confirmed by volume.
about 22 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
Today's biggest down-gaps: $CQB (-29,6%) $AMRS (-19,8%) $DVAX (-18,5%) $STEC (-13,0%) $MED (-12,9%) $GPOR (-12,1%) $NTSP (-10,5%)
about 22 days ago by TradeBot
Listen to $MED Q1 2012 earnings call - live at 04:30 PM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/3jHT
about 22 days ago by earningscast
$MED revs +20%, net income -38% YoY http://stks.co/3jFc
about 22 days ago by WallStreetBean
Medifast, Inc. (MED) Misses Q1 EPS by 8c
May 08, 4:06PM Street Insider
$MED i will risk it. With new MGM i believe that might want to prove something as well. Odds seem good.
about 23 days ago by nobr3ga
@nobr3ga $MED fundies look really good to me going into EPS, but....will they look good coming out? That's the ?
about 23 days ago by WallStreetBean
@WallStreetBean $MED has a good 50% retracement. $HLF had a great Q, but were pyramid scheme operations. With regards to $WTW I dnt know
about 23 days ago by nobr3ga
@nobr3ga been long $MED for a while but feeling a bit squeamish in light of recent Q's from $HLF and $WTW. Maybe they will break trend.
about 23 days ago by WallStreetBean
$MED anyone getting LONG before the earnings?
about 23 days ago by nobr3ga
$MED reports after bell. (holding)
about 23 days ago by WallStreetBean
Competitor $MED reports 5/8. Keep Einhorn away! RT @harmongreg It may be time to give Herb a new Life, if you know what I mean $$
about 25 days ago by WallStreetBean
$HLF $WTW $MED seems like trading community thinks drugs $VVUS etc are the wt loss future. The American way, dont have self cntrl use drugs.
about 28 days ago by TrendHunter
Surprised $MED held up as well as it did today after $HLF's punishment.
about 29 days ago by WallStreetBean
@epime7heus no but same wt loss space $WTW $HLF $MED
about 34 days ago by TrendHunter
$MED more than 20% float is short with about 12 days to cover. Bloodsport.
about 43 days ago by WallStreetBean
Medifast continues to make investors fat. $MED number 10 overall today. Great Chart.
about 44 days ago by billgunderson
Medifast $MED looks very interesting again. #15 today.
about 50 days ago by billgunderson
Sidoti Cuts Medifast (MED) to Neutral
Apr 11, 3:02PM Street Insider
$med looks interesting
about 56 days ago by billgunderson
stopped $MED 17.95, -.013. will wait for a pull
about 59 days ago by bricktop13
started swing long in $MED 18.08
about 59 days ago by bricktop13
don't know why but not complaining. RT @bricktop13 $MED breaking out of an 8-month base.
about 59 days ago by WallStreetBean
Medifast's Stock by the Numbers
Mar 26, 10:06AM Fool
MEDIFAST INC Financials
Mar 24, 1:04PM
Medifast Beats on the Top Line
Mar 14, 9:27AM Fool
Medifast Bid Lower on Q4 Results
Mar 13, 4:37PM Benzinga

Recent Quotes

Symbol Price Chg Chg % Market Cap
MED 18.07 -0.79 -4.19% 280.27M
MEAS 32.91 -0.63 -1.88% 503.77M
MEAD 3.54 +0.00 +0.00% 4.354M
MAXY 5.81 -0.06 -1.02% 163.01M
MAV 15.16 +0.00 +0.00%
MATW 29.98 -0.49 -1.61% 864.43M
MATR 6.93 -0.06 -0.86% 117.29M
MAT 31.17 -0.34 -1.08% 10.68B
MASC 8.05 -0.05 -0.62% 85.37M
MAS 12.36 -0.64 -4.92% 4.645B
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