Natural Health Trends Corp. (NASDAQ:NHTC - Get Free Report)'s share price crossed above its fifty day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a fifty day moving average of $5.05 and traded as high as $5.24. Natural Health Trends shares last traded at $5.16, with a volume of 13,701 shares.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Separately, StockNews.com began coverage on shares of Natural Health Trends in a research note on Friday. They issued a "buy" rating for the company.
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Natural Health Trends Stock Performance
The company has a market cap of $55.26 million, a PE ratio of 80.01 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $5.05 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $5.22.
Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The company reported $0.02 EPS for the quarter. Natural Health Trends had a return on equity of 1.53% and a net margin of 1.33%.
Natural Health Trends Announces Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 28th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th were given a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 16.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 18th. Natural Health Trends's dividend payout ratio is presently 1,333.33%.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Natural Health Trends
Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. acquired a new stake in Natural Health Trends in the fourth quarter valued at $40,000. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Natural Health Trends by 6.9% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 86,590 shares of the company's stock worth $515,000 after acquiring an additional 5,624 shares in the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC lifted its stake in Natural Health Trends by 51.4% during the fourth quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 16,108 shares of the company's stock worth $74,000 after purchasing an additional 5,467 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in Natural Health Trends by 5.5% during the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 43,760 shares of the company's stock worth $202,000 after purchasing an additional 2,274 shares during the last quarter. 10.13% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
About Natural Health Trends
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Natural Health Trends Corp., a direct-selling and e-commerce company, provides personal care, wellness, and lifestyle products under the NHT Global brand. The company offers wellness products, including liquid, encapsulated, tableted and powder dietary and nutritional supplements, vitamins, and minerals; and herbal products comprising herbal supplements.
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