MED — MEDIFAST INC

US Consumer Staples Food & beverage equity mkt cap 129.9M
11.95 +2.84% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 9.45 · high 14.57

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Performance

1 day+2.84%
1 week+4.46%
1 month+26.46%
3 months-5.38%
6 months+12.42%
Year to date+14.90%
1 year-12.45%
3 years-86.06%
5 years-94.94%

Technicals

RSI 1466.3
vs 50-day avg+9.20%
vs 200-day avg+7.19%
Volatility 1y53.4%
Max drawdown 1y-35.14%
Avg volume 30d187.8K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Measured signals that fired on MED

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-04Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-25Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-03-11Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-20Kiai Parsa
Director
Open-market purchase42.0K11.60487.1K
2026-08-20Kiai Parsa
Director
Open-market purchase1.2K11.6013.6K
2026-08-19Kiai Parsa
Director
Open-market purchase28.5K11.66332.7K
2026-08-19Kiai Parsa
Director
Open-market purchase79911.669.3K
2026-05-26Kiai Parsa
Director
Grant or award11.7K0.000
2026-05-26Kiai Parsa
Director
Grant or award7.6K0.000
2026-05-26Rose Jeffrey Matthew
Director
Grant or award11.7K0.000
2026-05-26Thomas Andrea B
Director
Grant or award11.7K0.000
2026-05-26SCHLACKMAN SCOTT
Director
Grant or award11.7K0.000
2026-05-26Geary Elizabeth A.
Director
Grant or award11.7K0.000

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.9.6M944.5K
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC7.9M773.7K
Steamboat Capital Partners, LLC7.2M707.6K
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC6.4M631.5K
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC4.5M444.5K
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP3.7M361.8K
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP3.4M338.2K
MORGAN STANLEY3.3M325.3K
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC2.6M253.3K
Man Group plc2.4M236.2K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d57.0% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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