Medifast (MED)

18.07 -0.79  -4.19%  May 30, 8:00PM Go Pro
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MED Total Return Price Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 3.52 Nov 21 2008
Maximum 36.78 May 13 2010
Average 15.33

About Total Return Price

Total return price is a theoretical price that helps investors look at their returns over time, accounting for both price appreciation and dividends received rather than price alone. It is the best way to calculate the actual returns on a stock over a period of time.

YCharts' total return price assumes that all dividends were reinvested and that no taxes were collected on dividend payments. This follows Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) methodology.

When calculating the return on an investment, an investor should look both at the changes in the value of the stock price as well as the gains from dividend payments. For example, if you buy a stock for $10, its price appreciates to $15 and it pays a $1 dividend, and you sell it, you have made $5 from the change in price and $1 from dividends. This $6 increase is your total gain, and your total return is 60%.

The total return price helps you to look backward to determine an equivalent price that you would have paid to get the same returns from a stock that paid no dividends (also adjusted for splits). Let's look at the previous example again.

Assumptions:
Price paid (1/1/01): $10.00
Closing price (12/30/01): $15.00
Dividend Paid (12/31/01): $1.00
Closing Price (12/31/01): $15.00

Your total returns for the year: $6.00 or 60%

Calculating Total Return Price:

12/31/01:
Actual Price: $15.00
Total Return Price: $15.00
The most recent total return price is always equal to the current price.

12/30/01:
Actual Price: $15.00
Total Return Price: $14.00 = $15.00 x (1-$1/$15.00)
The $1 dividend was 1/15 of the value of the stock, so if you could have received the dividend immediately after buying the stock on 12/30/01, you could have paid $14 for the stock and had a stock worth $15 because of the dividend that was paid.

1/1/01:
Actual Price: $10.00
Total Return Price: $9.33 = $10 x (1-$1/$15.00)
This is exactly like the previous problem. We received 1/15th of the stock's value on 12/30/01, so looking back we need to remove this value from the historical total returns price.
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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 &amp; 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&#39;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 23 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&#39;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&#39;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&#39;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&#39;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
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