{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Market Newsdesk","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com","author_name":"Newsdesk","author_url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/author\/newsdesk\/","title":"Medifast, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend - Market Newsdesk","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"bwNPxssSDq\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/medifast-inc-announces-quarterly-dividend-4\/\">Medifast, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/medifast-inc-announces-quarterly-dividend-4\/embed\/#?secret=bwNPxssSDq\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Medifast, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend&#8221; &#8212; Market Newsdesk\" data-secret=\"bwNPxssSDq\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"PR Newswire BALTIMORE, Dec. 10, 2020 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Medifast, Inc. (NYSE: MED), the company behind one of the fastest-growing health and wellness communities,\u00a0OPTAVIA\u00ae,\u00a0announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a $1.13 quarterly cash dividend to its stockholders. The quarterly cash dividend of $1.13 per share is payable on February 5, 2021 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on December 22, 2020. This will be the 20th consecutive quarterly dividend paid to stockholders, and the company has paid out to stockholders $139 million in cash dividends since December 2015. Medifast expects to maintain a program of paying dividends on a quarterly basis. The amount and declaration of future dividends remains subject to the discretion of the &hellip; Continue reading \"\"","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/686712\/MED_MED_IDN_03_Medifast_Logo_CMYK.jpg"}