Medifast Inc Stock Price Prediction

MED Stock  USD 18.30  0.14  0.77%   
At the present time, The relative strength index (RSI) of MEDIFAST INC's share price is at 54. This indicates that the stock is in nutural position, most likellhy at or near its resistance level. The main idea of RSI analysis is to track how fast people are buying or selling MEDIFAST INC, making its price go up or down.

Oversold Vs Overbought

54

 
Oversold
 
Overbought
The successful prediction of MEDIFAST INC's future price could yield a significant profit. Please, note that this module is not intended to be used solely to calculate an intrinsic value of MEDIFAST INC and does not consider all of the tangible or intangible factors available from MEDIFAST INC's fundamental data. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with MEDIFAST INC, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting MEDIFAST INC's stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.95)
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
(0.19)
EPS Estimate Current Year
1.77
EPS Estimate Next Year
0.3
Wall Street Target Price
16.5
Using MEDIFAST INC hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of MEDIFAST INC from the perspective of MEDIFAST INC response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors.
The fear of missing out, i.e., FOMO, can cause potential investors in MEDIFAST INC to buy its stock at a price that has no basis in reality. In that case, they are not buying MEDIFAST because the equity is a good investment, but because they need to do something to avoid the feeling of missing out. On the other hand, investors will often sell stocks at prices well below their value during bear markets because they need to stop feeling the pain of losing money.

MEDIFAST INC after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 18.3  
There is no one specific way to measure market sentiment using hype analysis or a similar predictive technique. This prediction method should be used in combination with more fundamental and traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, analysts consensus, earnings estimates, and various momentum models.
  
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Sophisticated investors, who have witnessed many market ups and downs, anticipate that the market will even out over time. This tendency of MEDIFAST INC's price to converge to an average value over time is called mean reversion. However, historically, high market prices usually discourage investors that believe in mean reversion to invest, while low prices are viewed as an opportunity to buy.
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
12.9815.6020.13
Details
Naive
Forecast
LowNextHigh
13.8816.5119.13
Details
2 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
73.7181.0089.91
Details
Earnings
Estimates (0)
LowProjected EPSHigh
0.430.240.46
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MEDIFAST INC After-Hype Price Prediction Density Analysis

As far as predicting the price of MEDIFAST INC at your current risk attitude, this probability distribution graph shows the chance that the prediction will fall between or within a specific range. We use this chart to confirm that your returns on investing in MEDIFAST INC or, for that matter, your successful expectations of its future price, cannot be replicated consistently. Please note, a large amount of money has been lost over the years by many investors who confused the symmetrical distributions of Stock prices, such as prices of MEDIFAST INC, with the unreliable approximations that try to describe financial returns.
   Next price density   
       Expected price to next headline  

MEDIFAST INC Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting MEDIFAST INC's stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on MEDIFAST INC's historical news coverage. MEDIFAST INC's after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 15.68 and 20.92, respectively. We have considered MEDIFAST INC's daily market price in relation to the headlines to evaluate this method's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that news-based prediction models outperform traditional linear, nonlinear models or artificial intelligence models to provide accurate predictions consistently.
Current Value
18.30
18.30
After-hype Price
20.92
Upside
MEDIFAST INC is not too volatile at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of MEDIFAST INC is based on 3 months time horizon.

MEDIFAST INC Stock Price Prediction Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as MEDIFAST INC is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading MEDIFAST INC backward and forwards among themselves. Have you ever observed a lot of a particular company's price movement is driven by press releases or news about the company that has nothing to do with actual earnings? Usually, hype to individual companies acts as price momentum. If not enough favorable publicity is forthcoming, the Stock price eventually runs out of speed. So, the rule of thumb here is that as long as this news hype has nothing to do with immediate earnings, you should pay more attention to it. If you see this tendency with MEDIFAST INC, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
  0.05 
2.62
  0.01 
  0.02 
8 Events / Month
7 Events / Month
In about 8 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
18.30
18.30
0.00 
1,139  
Notes

MEDIFAST INC Hype Timeline

On the 22nd of November MEDIFAST INC is traded for 18.30. The entity has historical hype elasticity of 0.01, and average elasticity to hype of competition of -0.02. MEDIFAST is forecasted not to react to the next headline, with the price staying at about the same level, and average media hype impact volatility is over 100%. The immediate return on the next news is forecasted to be very small, whereas the daily expected return is now at -0.05%. %. The volatility of related hype on MEDIFAST INC is about 647.8%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 18.28. About 86.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors. The company has price-to-book ratio of 0.96. Typically companies with comparable Price to Book (P/B) are able to outperform the market in the long run. MEDIFAST INC has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 1.95. The entity last dividend was issued on the 18th of September 2023. The firm had 1:20 split on the February 14, 2011. Considering the 90-day investment horizon the next forecasted press release will be in about 8 days.
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MEDIFAST INC Related Hype Analysis

Having access to credible news sources related to MEDIFAST INC's direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict MEDIFAST INC's future price movements. Getting to know how MEDIFAST INC's peers react to changing market sentiment, related social signals, and mainstream news is a great way to find investing opportunities and time the market. The summary table below summarizes the essential lagging indicators that can help you analyze how MEDIFAST INC may potentially react to the hype associated with one of its peers.
Hype
Elasticity
News
Density
Semi
Deviation
Information
Ratio
Potential
Upside
Value
At Risk
Maximum
Drawdown
ROLRollins(0.57)9 per month 1.78 (0.08) 1.45 (2.26) 9.52 
CSVCarriage Services 0.08 10 per month 0.84  0.11  2.84 (2.10) 16.85 
SCIService International 1.79 9 per month 0.74  0.07  1.89 (1.37) 8.36 
BFAMBright Horizons Family(1.29)9 per month 0.00 (0.20) 1.71 (2.27) 14.64 
HRBHR Block(2.75)8 per month 0.00 (0.17) 2.08 (1.60) 11.70 
DSEYDiversey Holdings 0.01 8 per month 0.00 (0.21) 0.49 (0.36) 1.22 
MCWMister Car Wash(0.01)9 per month 1.43  0.08  4.63 (3.20) 16.56 
TRNRInteractive Strength Common(0.90)6 per month 0.00 (0.21) 13.89 (20.17) 74.44 
EMSmart Share Global 0.00 4 per month 3.18  0.01  7.04 (5.66) 36.17 

MEDIFAST INC Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine MEDIFAST price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for MEDIFAST using various technical indicators. When you analyze MEDIFAST charts, please remember that the event formation may indicate an entry point for a short seller, and look at other indicators across different periods to confirm that a breakdown or reversion is likely to occur.

About MEDIFAST INC Predictive Indicators

The successful prediction of MEDIFAST INC stock price could yield a significant profit to investors. But is it possible? The efficient-market hypothesis suggests that all published stock prices of traded companies, such as MEDIFAST INC, already reflect all publicly available information. This academic statement is a fundamental principle of many financial and investing theories used today. However, the typical investor usually disagrees with a 'textbook' version of this hypothesis and continually tries to find mispriced stocks to increase returns. We use internally-developed statistical techniques to arrive at the intrinsic value of MEDIFAST INC based on analysis of MEDIFAST INC hews, social hype, general headline patterns, and widely used predictive technical indicators.
We also calculate exposure to MEDIFAST INC's market risk, different technical and fundamental indicators, relevant financial multiples and ratios, and then comparing them to MEDIFAST INC's related companies.
 2021 2022 2023 2024 (projected)
Dividend Yield0.0260.05550.09980.1
Price To Sales Ratio1.610.810.680.65

Story Coverage note for MEDIFAST INC

The number of cover stories for MEDIFAST INC depends on current market conditions and MEDIFAST INC's risk-adjusted performance over time. The coverage that generates the most noise at a given time depends on the prevailing investment theme that MEDIFAST INC is classified under. However, while its typical story may have numerous social followers, the rapid visibility can also attract short-sellers, who usually are skeptical about MEDIFAST INC's long-term prospects. So, having above-average coverage will typically attract above-average short interest, leading to significant price volatility.

MEDIFAST INC Short Properties

MEDIFAST INC's future price predictability will typically decrease when MEDIFAST INC's long traders begin to feel the short-sellers pressure to drive the price lower. The predictive aspect of MEDIFAST INC often depends not only on the future outlook of the potential MEDIFAST INC's investors but also on the ongoing dynamics between investors with different trading styles. Because the market risk indicators may have small false signals, it is better to identify suitable times to hedge a portfolio using different long/short signals. MEDIFAST INC's indicators that are reflective of the short sentiment are summarized in the table below.
Common Stock Shares Outstanding10.9 M
Cash And Short Term Investments150 M

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