--- title: Oprah Moves the Needle on Weight Watchers Stock description: Weight Watchers' stock jumped 16% after Oprah Winfrey tweeted she lost 26 pounds using the service. authors: - name: Alicia Adamczyk url: https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 201 covers: - Investing - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Lifestyle - Loans - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk former_staff: true published: '2016-01-26T19:20:30.000Z' modified: '2016-01-26T19:20:30.000Z' section: Investing tags: - Oprah Winfrey - pubdesk - stocks word_count: 215 canonical: https://money.com/oprah-weight-watchers-stock/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![American talk show host Oprah Winfrey poses during rehearsals for her 'An Evening With Oprah' arena show at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Victoria.](https://img.money.com/2016/01/160126_em_oprah.jpg) *American talk show host Oprah Winfrey poses during rehearsals for her 'An Evening With Oprah' arena show at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Victoria.* Oprah Winfrey, TV host, business mogul and [philanthropist extraordinaire](http://www.oprah.com/oprahdotcom/Oprahs-Favorite-Things-A-History-in-190-Seconds-Video), has had a very public history with weight loss attempts. She's up, she's down, she's pulling [fat around in a wagon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVOtzMX3ZvU). Tuesday, Oprah said she was down 26 pounds, and all that weight loss quite literally paid off, as Weight Watchers stock, of which Winfrey is a shareholder, rose more than 20%. After the talk show host posted a video on Twitter Tuesday claiming she's lost weight despite eating bread every day, Weight Watchers shares climbed [20.7% to $13.42](http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=WTW&ql=1), as of 2:20 p.m. It's a nice bump for the company, though it's still below the $13.92 price for the company back in October, when Oprah announced she was buying a 10% stake in the company and joining its board. Shares [jumped more than 100%](http://www.businessinsider.com/oprah-buys-stake-in-weight-watchers-2015-10) back then, according to Business Insider. "Weight Watchers has given me the tools to begin to make the lasting shift that I and so many of us who are struggling with weight have longed for," Opra said at the time. "I believe in the program so much I decided to invest in the company and partner in its evolution." \[findthebest id="azWese2ngSF" title="Weight Watchers International Inc. 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