As of today (2025-03-24), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Medifast is 0.00%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Medifast's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Medifast was 16.74%. The lowest was 0.00%. And the median was 2.58%.
STU:MDF's Dividend Yield % is not ranked *
in the Personal Services industry.
Industry Median: 2.835 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Dividend Yield % only.
During the past 12 months, Medifast's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -100.00% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Medifast was 106.10% per year. The lowest was 3.10% per year. And the median was 41.90% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.
Medifast Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Medifast's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Medifast's Dividend Yield %
For the Personal Services subindustry, Medifast's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Medifast's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Personal Services Industry
For the Personal Services industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Medifast's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Medifast's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Medifast Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Medifast (STU:MDF) Dividend Yield % Explanation
Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.
Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.
In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.
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Medifast Inc is a old health and wellness company known for its habit-based and coach-guided lifestyle solution OPTAVIA, which provides people with a simple, yet comprehensive approach to address obesity and support a healthy life. OPTAVIA provides unparalleled coaching support along with community, tailored nutrition and healthy habits, and empowers people to master their weight loss journey through each stage of life. The company has access to GLP-1 medications where clinically appropriate. Medifast remains committed to its mission of offering Lifelong Transformation, Making a Healthy Lifestyle Second Nature.
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