Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE:NUS) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results

Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE:NUS) posted its earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.05 by $0.04, Briefing.com reports. Nu Skin Enterprises had a net margin of 0.44% and a return on equity of 10.73%. The company had revenue of $417.31 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $426.55 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.37 EPS. Nu Skin Enterprises’s quarterly revenue was down 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

Nu Skin Enterprises Price Performance

NUS traded up $0.19 on Thursday, hitting $12.61. 376,887 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 725,236. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58, a current ratio of 2.13 and a quick ratio of 1.28. Nu Skin Enterprises has a 12 month low of $11.73 and a 12 month high of $38.23. The firm has a market capitalization of $623.19 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 70.56 and a beta of 1.13. The business has a 50-day moving average of $12.66 and a two-hundred day moving average of $15.89.

Nu Skin Enterprises Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 26th were issued a dividend of $0.06 per share. This represents a $0.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.90%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 23rd. Nu Skin Enterprises’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 133.34%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

NUS has been the topic of a number of research reports. DA Davidson decreased their price objective on Nu Skin Enterprises from $15.50 to $12.50 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. StockNews.com lowered shares of Nu Skin Enterprises from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, February 24th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $20.83.

Nu Skin Enterprises Company Profile

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and distribution of various beauty and wellness products worldwide. It offers skin care devices, cosmetics, and other personal care products, including ageLOC LumiSpa and ageLOC LumiSpa iO; and nutricentials skin care products.