Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) Now Covered by StockNews.com

StockNews.com began coverage on shares of Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) in a research report sent to investors on Thursday morning. The firm issued a buy rating on the stock.

Natural Health Trends Stock Performance

Shares of NHTC opened at $5.01 on Thursday. Natural Health Trends has a 52-week low of $4.02 and a 52-week high of $7.40. The firm has a market cap of $57.68 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 83.51 and a beta of 0.97. The business’s fifty day moving average is $5.04 and its 200-day moving average is $5.31.

Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The company reported $0.02 earnings per share (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 business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 28th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 18th were paid a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 15.97%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 18th. Natural Health Trends’s payout ratio is 1,333.33%.

Institutional Trading of Natural Health Trends

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. bought a new position in shares of Natural Health Trends in the 4th quarter valued at $40,000. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Natural Health Trends by 6.9% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 86,590 shares of the company’s stock worth $515,000 after purchasing an additional 5,624 shares in the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC raised its position in Natural Health Trends by 51.4% in the fourth quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 16,108 shares of the company’s stock valued at $74,000 after purchasing an additional 5,467 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its position in Natural Health Trends by 5.5% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 43,760 shares of the company’s stock valued at $202,000 after purchasing an additional 2,274 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 10.13% of the company’s stock.

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.