Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) Competitors

Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) and Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE:NUS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, HLF or NUS?

Herbalife has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nu Skin Enterprises has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HLF or NUS a better dividend stock?

Herbalife pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.8%. Nu Skin Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Herbalife pays out 48.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nu Skin Enterprises pays out -8.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, HLF or NUS?

Herbalife has higher revenue and earnings than Nu Skin Enterprises. Nu Skin Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Herbalife, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Herbalife	$4.99B	0.16	$142.20M	$2.49	3.26
Nu Skin Enterprises	$1.73B	0.22	-$146.59M	-$2.95	-2.60

Do analysts rate HLF or NUS?

Herbalife currently has a consensus target price of $9.90, suggesting a potential upside of 22.07%. Nu Skin Enterprises has a consensus target price of $6.88, suggesting a potential downside of 10.37%. Given Herbalife's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Herbalife is more favorable than Nu Skin Enterprises.

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)	2.20
Nu Skin Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to HLF or NUS?

In the previous week, Herbalife had 1 more articles in the media than Nu Skin Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Herbalife and 3 mentions for Nu Skin Enterprises. Nu Skin Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Herbalife's score of 0.46 indicating that Nu Skin Enterprises 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)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Nu Skin Enterprises	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HLF or NUS?

Herbalife received 202 more outperform votes than Nu Skin Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.20% of users gave Herbalife an outperform vote while only 63.89% of users gave Nu Skin Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Herbalife	Outperform Votes 715 67.20%	Underperform Votes 349 32.80%
Nu Skin Enterprises	Outperform Votes 513 63.89%	Underperform Votes 290 36.11%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HLF or NUS?

82.8% of Nu Skin Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Herbalife shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Nu Skin Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HLF or NUS more profitable?

Herbalife has a net margin of 5.09% compared to Nu Skin Enterprises' net margin of -8.46%. Nu Skin Enterprises' return on equity of 5.86% beat Herbalife's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Herbalife	5.09%	-20.78%	7.48%
Nu Skin Enterprises	-8.46%	5.86%	2.62%

Summary

Herbalife beats Nu Skin Enterprises on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.