Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) Stock Passes Below Fifty Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

Key Points

• Natural Health Trends Corp. (NASDAQ:NHTC) shares fell below their fifty-day moving average, reaching a low of $4.35 while trading volumes were recorded at 3,917 shares.
• The company recently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share, yielding an annualized rate of 18.4% with a payout ratio of 2,666.67%.
• Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its stake in Natural Health Trends by 5.5%, now holding about 0.38% of the company after adding 2,274 shares during the last quarter.

Natural Health Trends Corp. (NASDAQ:NHTC - Get Free Report)'s stock price crossed below its 50-day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a 50-day moving average of $4.53 and traded as low as $4.35. Natural Health Trends shares last traded at $4.35, with a volume of 3,917 shares.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Wall Street Zen started coverage on Natural Health Trends in a report on Thursday, May 22nd. They issued a "buy" rating for the company.

Natural Health Trends Stock Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of $51.16 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 148.22 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $4.53 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $4.76.

Natural Health Trends Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 22nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 12th were issued a $0.20 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, August 12th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 18.0%. Natural Health Trends's payout ratio is currently 2,666.67%.

Institutional Trading of Natural Health Trends

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Natural Health Trends stock. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its holdings in Natural Health Trends Corp. (NASDAQ:NHTC - Free Report) by 5.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 43,760 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 2,274 shares during the quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owned approximately 0.38% of Natural Health Trends worth $202,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Hedge funds and other 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.