Nature's Sunshine Products (NATR) Competitors $15.67 +0.02 (+0.13%) (As of 12:01 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends NATR vs. HLF, USNA, NUS, MED, VERU, EL, IPAR, PBH, ELVN, and RCKTShould you be buying Nature's Sunshine Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nature's Sunshine Products include Herbalife (HLF), USANA Health Sciences (USNA), Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS), Medifast (MED), Veru (VERU), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Inter Parfums (IPAR), Prestige Consumer Healthcare (PBH), Enliven Therapeutics (ELVN), and Rocket Pharmaceuticals (RCKT). Nature's Sunshine Products vs. Herbalife USANA Health Sciences Nu Skin Enterprises Medifast Veru Estée Lauder Companies Inter Parfums Prestige Consumer Healthcare Enliven Therapeutics Rocket Pharmaceuticals Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) and Nature's Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation. Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HLF or NATR? 79.4% of Nature's Sunshine Products shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Herbalife shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Nature's Sunshine Products shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Do analysts prefer HLF or NATR? Herbalife presently has a consensus price target of $9.90, indicating a potential upside of 35.25%. Nature's Sunshine Products has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.48%. Given Herbalife's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Herbalife is more favorable than Nature's Sunshine Products.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Herbalife 1 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.20Nature's Sunshine Products 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HLF or NATR? Herbalife has higher revenue and earnings than Nature's Sunshine Products. Herbalife is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nature's Sunshine Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioHerbalife$5.00B0.15$142.20M$0.858.61Nature's Sunshine Products$445.10M0.65$15.08M$0.8817.77 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HLF or NATR? Herbalife received 549 more outperform votes than Nature's Sunshine Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.26% of users gave Herbalife an outperform vote while only 63.60% of users gave Nature's Sunshine Products an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformHerbalifeOutperform Votes71567.26% Underperform Votes34832.74% Nature's Sunshine ProductsOutperform Votes16663.60% Underperform Votes9536.40% Does the media favor HLF or NATR? In the previous week, Herbalife had 1 more articles in the media than Nature's Sunshine Products. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Herbalife and 2 mentions for Nature's Sunshine Products. Nature's Sunshine Products' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Herbalife's score of -0.08 indicating that Nature's Sunshine Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Herbalife 1 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Nature's Sunshine Products 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is HLF or NATR more profitable? Nature's Sunshine Products has a net margin of 3.81% compared to Herbalife's net margin of 1.73%. Nature's Sunshine Products' return on equity of 11.08% beat Herbalife's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Herbalife1.73% -18.66% 7.12% Nature's Sunshine Products 3.81%11.08%7.23% Which has more risk and volatility, HLF or NATR? Herbalife has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nature's Sunshine Products has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is HLF or NATR a better dividend stock? Herbalife pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.4%. Nature's Sunshine Products pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Herbalife pays out 141.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Nature's Sunshine Products pays out 45.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SummaryNature's Sunshine Products beats Herbalife on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart NATR vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricNature's Sunshine ProductsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$288.97M$6.84B$5.14B$9.30BDividend YieldN/A3.06%4.81%4.06%P/E Ratio17.7710.77135.3017.49Price / Sales0.65284.121,186.56136.36Price / Cash10.0156.6540.4237.95Price / Book1.875.374.874.92Net Income$15.08M$151.75M$118.61M$225.42M7 Day Performance-2.01%-4.72%15.32%-1.20%1 Month Performance-1.45%2.09%15.26%7.09%1 Year Performance-7.51%16.12%34.42%22.83% Nature's Sunshine Products Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NATRNature's Sunshine Products3.3694 of 5 stars$15.67+0.1%$19.00+21.3%-5.2%$289.52M$445.10M17.81814HLFHerbalife4.6886 of 5 stars$7.25-3.1%$9.90+36.6%-51.9%$730.74M$5.00B8.669,200USNAUSANA Health Sciences2.8185 of 5 stars$36.50-0.4%$35.00-4.1%-30.7%$695.69M$921.01M12.951,800NUSNu Skin Enterprises4.3084 of 5 stars$7.35-1.9%$8.88+20.7%-62.2%$365.38M$1.78B-3.593,700Positive NewsMEDMedifast1.3306 of 5 stars$18.26-4.7%$17.00-6.9%-72.8%$199.73M$674.48M29.03870VERUVeru2.1403 of 5 stars$0.74+2.4%$4.00+440.5%-6.1%$108.32M$14.09M-1.51189Earnings ReportNews CoverageGap UpELEstée Lauder Companies4.9139 of 5 stars$79.26-1.0%$98.57+24.4%-45.6%$28.45B$15.61B142.9362,000Short Interest ↓Positive NewsIPARInter Parfums4.0972 of 5 stars$135.84-0.2%$159.75+17.6%-5.5%$4.35B$1.42B29.36530Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↑Positive NewsPBHPrestige Consumer Healthcare3.8834 of 5 stars$82.68+0.5%$85.25+3.1%+34.2%$4.08B$1.11B20.02540Positive NewsELVNEnliven Therapeutics3.0153 of 5 stars$23.55+1.7%$38.25+62.4%+105.0%$1.15BN/A-12.4350RCKTRocket Pharmaceuticals4.8583 of 5 stars$11.94-0.7%$51.00+327.1%-57.9%$1.09BN/A-4.37240Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies HLF Alternatives USNA Alternatives NUS Alternatives MED Alternatives VERU Alternatives EL Alternatives IPAR Alternatives PBH Alternatives ELVN Alternatives RCKT Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:NATR) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThis drone stock is setting up to transform medical supply deliveryDrone stocks are on a tear, with certain symbols seeing gains as high as 300% over just a matter of weeks.The Tomorrow Investor | SponsoredUncover the Top Gold Stock of the Bull MarketGold Stocks Are Surging—Is West Red Lake Gold Mines Your Next Profit Play?Huge Alerts | SponsoredHealthcare Takes A Big Step Forward With The Help of A.I.To date, we've seen baseline AI models lay the groundwork. 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