Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) Rating Lowered to Hold at StockNews.com

StockNews.com lowered shares of Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report released on Saturday morning.

Natural Health Trends Price Performance

Shares of NHTC opened at $7.05 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $81.22 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 141.03 and a beta of 0.85. Natural Health Trends has a one year low of $4.90 and a one year high of $7.24. The company has a 50-day moving average of $6.59 and a two-hundred day moving average of $6.09.

Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 1st. The company reported $0.02 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of $10.95 million for the quarter. Natural Health Trends had a return on equity of 1.18% and a net margin of 1.16%.

Natural Health Trends Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 24th. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 14th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 11.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 13th. Natural Health Trends’s payout ratio is presently 1,600.32%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Natural Health Trends

A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in Natural Health Trends stock. Hartline Investment Corp purchased a new stake in shares of Natural Health Trends Corp. (NASDAQ:NHTC) in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor purchased 14,241 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $95,000. Hartline Investment Corp owned 0.12% of Natural Health Trends at the end of the most recent reporting period. 10.13% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Natural Health Trends

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.