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Also trades as: 0K05.L (LSE) · $vol 0M

MED Short Interest

Medifast, Inc.
1W: +0.5% 1M: -0.7% 3M: +24.0% YTD: +16.2% 1Y: -3.1% 3Y: -83.8% 5Y: -93.1%
$12.49
+0.38 (+3.14%)
After Hours: $12.27 (-0.22, -1.76%)
Weekly Expected Move ±3.4%
$11 $11 $12 $12 $13
NYSE · Consumer Cyclical · Personal Products & Services · Tech Score Buy · Power 57 · $135.4M mcap · 8M float · 2.10% daily turnover · Short 45% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 55% of companies Debt: 13.3% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.18 (down 98%), Medifast, Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $20.7M against a stock market value of $135.4M.
Distance to default 5.59 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-09-30, debt counted $10.3M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 49.5%; Altman Z'' 8.59. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
50.9%
Short Ratio
of total volume
44.5%
20-Day Avg
50.2%
50-Day Avg
▲ Rising
5-Day Trend
0.0M
Short Volume
0.1M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 45,145 88,011 51.3%
NYSE 666 3,007 22.2%
BATS 1,282 1,446 88.6%

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