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May 7, 2019 Weight Watchers International (WW) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.16 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.26. This compares to earnings of $0.31 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 38.46%. The […]
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April 23, 2019 Marketdata LLC (theparent company of this website) has just published a brand new market research study entitled: “The Digital Weight Loss Market: Websites, Apps and More”, a 121-page analysis with 21 competitor profiles. This is a groundbreaking new analysis of weight loss… apps, websites, blogs, online courses, and telemedicine-related services. Digital or
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April 16, 2019 Recently, a J.P. Morgan analysts, Christina Brathwaite, claimed that WTW’s business was eroding, based on a 40% yoy drop in daily average users of the company’s app. This assessment triggered a sell-off and worried investors. However, It is Marketdata’s contention that this assessment was reckless and represented a woefully incomplete picture of
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April, 5, 2019 Private equity fund HIG Capital has purchased Jenny Craig from North Castle Partners, which had owned Jenny Craig since 2013. HIG managing director Jeff Zanarini said, “We believe Jenny Craig represents an ideal opportunity to invest in the premier provider of weight loss services, especially with the rising prevalence of overweight adults.
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Feb. 26, 2019 — As reported in a Medifast Press Release… “We are very pleased with our strong finish to 2018,” commented Dan Chard, Medifast’s Chief Executive Officer. “We reached a significant corporate milestone generating over $500 million in annual revenue and profitability exceeded our expectations. Importantly, we achieved these results while accelerating the level of
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Feb. 26, 2019 – As reported in a company press release: “2018 was a significant year for WW. We launched WW FreestyleTM, built an expanded technology ecosystem, rebranded to WW and reinforced our mission to become the world’s partner in wellness,” said Mindy Grossman, President and CEO. “While we are proud of our accomplishments in
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Feb. 20, 2019 – NutiSystem reported its full-year 2018 and 4th Quarter result, along with new partner Tivity health. CEO Dawn Zier said: ” To provide some color around the start of 2019, our early diet season trends indicate mixed results. On the program and product innovation front, our focus has been on personalized nutrition
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Jan. 16, 2019 J.P. Morgan analyst Christina Brathwaite recently downgraded WTW stock due to “channel check” that indicated falling interest in WW. She claims that traffic to the WW website is down year over year, spelling trouble for enrollments, and that the app Noom is providing competition. Well, I have a problem with this assessment.
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Jan. 15, 2019 What do most consumers think about when they hear the term “wellness”? Some may think about being free of any disease, or being physically fit, or mentally fit. Do they also think about weight loss? Maybe. Maybe not. In any case, in America the term wellness has always been kind of vague
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Jan. 9, 2019 A recent interview by the news site Cheddar, with Jenny Craig CEO Monty Sharma, revealed that the company is not stressing the wellness aspect of its program, in contrast to competitors such as WW (Weight Watchers). Mr. Sharma claims that consumers are confused by the term “wellness”. Rather, the company is placing
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