Herbalife (HLF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Herbalife Ltd. provides health and wellness products in North America, Mexico, South and Central America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, China, and the Asia Pacific. It offers products in the areas of weight management; targeted nutrition; energy, sports, and fitness; outer nutrition; and literature and promotional items. The company also provides weight management products, including meal replacement products, protein shakes, drink mixes, weight loss supplements, healthy snacks, and metabolism boosting teas; targeted nutrition products, which comprise functional beverages, and dietary and nutritional supplements that contain herbs, vitamins, minerals, and other natural ingredients; outer nutrition products, such as facial skin, body, and hair care products; and energy, sports, and fitness products, including N-R-G tea and energy drink products. In addition, it offers literature, promotional, and other materials that comprise start-up kits, sales tools, and educational materials. The company sells its products through sales representatives, independent service providers, and company-operated retail platforms. Herbalife Ltd. was formerly known as Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. and changed its name to Herbalife Ltd. in April 2023. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $5.18 to $5.41
• 50-Day Range: $5.30 to $8.15
• 52-Week Range: $5.18 to $12.81
• Volume: 1.77 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.95 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $543.46 million
• P/E Ratio: 6.34
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $9.90
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Herbalife Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Herbalife scored higher than 92% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 29th out of 217 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Herbalife has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.20, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Herbalife has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 12.58%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Herbalife are expected to grow by 12.58% in the coming year, from $1.51 to $1.70 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Herbalife is 6.34, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 111.48.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Herbalife is 6.34, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 121.73.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Herbalife has a PEG Ratio of 0.18. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

14.97% of the float of Herbalife has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Herbalife has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Herbalife has recently increased by 7.52%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Herbalife does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Herbalife does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.09

Percentage of Shares Shorted

14.97% of the float of Herbalife has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Herbalife has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Herbalife has recently increased by 7.52%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.11

News Sentiment

Herbalife has a news sentiment score of 0.11. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.62 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Herbalife this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

25 people have searched for HLF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 56% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

20 people have added Herbalife to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 67% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Herbalife insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $41,175.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.94% of the stock of Herbalife is held by insiders.

HLF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have HLF shares performed this year?

Herbalife's stock was trading at $6.69 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HLF shares have decreased by 19.4% and is now trading at $5.3920.
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How were Herbalife's earnings last quarter?

Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 31st. The company reported $0.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.11. The company's revenue was down 2.5% on a year-over-year basis.

When did Herbalife's stock split?

Shares of Herbalife split before market open on Tuesday, May 15th 2018. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, April 24th 2018. The newly created shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Monday, May 14th 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Who are Herbalife's major shareholders?

Herbalife's top institutional shareholders include Iridian Asset Management LLC CT (2.49%), Wolverine Asset Management LLC, Perpetual Ltd (0.96%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.53%). Insiders that own company stock include Windacre Partnership Master Fu, John Tartol, Henry C Wang, Ibelis Montesino, John O Agwunobi, Juan Miguel Mendoza, John Desimone, Alan L Hoffman, Stephan Paulo Gratziani, Alan W Lefevre, Sophie L'helias and Rodica Macadrai.
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How do I buy shares of Herbalife?

Shares of HLF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Herbalife own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Herbalife investors own include Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Netflix (NFLX), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Visa (V).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/31/2024
• Today: 2/04/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 2/19/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Retail/Wholesale
• Industry: Drugs, proprietaries, & sundries
• Sub-Industry: Personal Products
• Current Symbol: NYSE:HLF
• CUSIP: G4412G10
• CIK: 1180262
• Web: www.herbalife.com
• Phone: 213-745-0500
• Fax: 310-258-7019
• Employees: 9,200
• Year Founded: 1980

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $9.90
• High Stock Price Target: $13.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $7.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +83.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.20
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $0.85
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 6.34
• Forward P/E Ratio: 3.57
• P/E Growth: 0.18
• Net Income: $142.20 million
• Net Margins: 1.73%
• Pretax Margin: 2.69%
• Return on Equity: -18.66%
• Return on Assets: 7.12%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.97
• Quick Ratio: 0.57

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5.06 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.11
• Cash Flow: $3.35 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.61
• Book Value: ($10.70) per share
• Price / Book: -0.50

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 100,790,000
• Free Float: 99,845,000
• Market Cap: $543.46 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.15