StockNews.com Begins Coverage on Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC)

StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) in a research report released on Wednesday. The firm issued a buy rating on the stock.

Natural Health Trends Trading Up 2.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ NHTC opened at $5.14 on Wednesday. Natural Health Trends has a twelve month low of $4.02 and a twelve month high of $7.40. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $5.00 and a two-hundred day moving average of $5.38. The stock has a market cap of $59.18 million, a P/E ratio of 85.68 and a beta of 0.97.

Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The company reported $0.02 earnings per share for the quarter. Natural Health Trends had a return on equity of 1.53% and a net margin of 1.33%.

Natural Health Trends Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 28th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th were issued a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 15.56%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 18th. Natural Health Trends’s payout ratio is currently 1,333.33%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of NHTC. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. acquired a new position in shares of Natural Health Trends in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Millennium Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of 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 period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in shares of 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 period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Natural Health Trends by 6.9% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 86,590 shares of the company’s stock valued at $515,000 after purchasing an additional 5,624 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.