MED Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own MED shares is 193, representing 86% of the company's common stock.

LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in MED by -0.37% restricting it's holding to 32.11 thousand shares of worth nearly $1.23M. NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC also lessened -42.79% of the MED shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 30.19 thousand shares of worth $1.16M. ADVISORS ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. also shunned MED shares holding by -42.8% last quarter which brought its holding to 27.07 thousand shares worth $1.04M.

As per its latest 13F filing, TREXQUANT INVESTMENT LP increased its stake in MED by 100% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 42.61 thousand shares having worth more than $1.63M. VIRTUS FAMILY OFFICE LLC also added 6.02% more shares of MED to its portfolio, raising its holding to 26.78 thousand shares of worth $1.03M. DENALI ADVISORS LLC also increased its MED shares holding by 21.09% which brought its holding to 26.41 thousand shares worth $1.01M.

The insider with the most stakes in MED is Chard Daniel R , Chairman & CEO at the company. Additionally, MED stock is highly held by director Hoer Michael A. and director BYRNES KEVIN G among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 2.54% percent of Medifast, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which MED insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include SCHLACKMAN SCOTT, HALLQUIST CONSTANCE J., and BROWN JEFFREY J.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Medifast, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 0 Medifast, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 2.54% of MED stock.

MED Chairman & CEO, Chard Daniel R holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. MED shares owned by Chard total nearly 108.6 thousand.

LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC is the largest institutional owner in MED which holds 32.11 thousand shares worth $1.23M or 0.29% of the total MED shares outstanding followed by TREXQUANT INVESTMENT LP with ownership of 42.61 thousand shares representing 0.39% of the MED ownership. NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC is the third largest stakeholder with 30.19 thousand shares or 0.28% of the ownership worth more than $1.16M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the MED is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of MED shares short is 1.40M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 10.94M shares of MED are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, MED has 9.44M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for MED is 5.74.