NATR vs. HLF, NUS, USNA, MED, VERU, EL, PBH, IPAR, COLL, and SPRY
Should you be buying Nature's Sunshine Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nature's Sunshine Products include Herbalife (HLF), Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS), USANA Health Sciences (USNA), MEDIFAST (MED), Veru (VERU), Estee Lauder Companies (EL), Prestige Consumer Healthcare (PBH), Interparfums (IPAR), Collegium Pharmaceutical (COLL), and ARS Pharmaceuticals (SPRY).
Nature's Sunshine Products vs. Its Competitors
Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) and Nature's Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR) are both small-cap personal products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Herbalife has higher revenue and earnings than Nature's Sunshine Products. Herbalife is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nature's Sunshine Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Herbalife has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nature's Sunshine Products has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Herbalife presently has a consensus target price of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.31%. Nature's Sunshine Products has a consensus target price of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 35.49%. Given Nature's Sunshine Products' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nature's Sunshine Products is more favorable than Herbalife.
79.4% of Nature's Sunshine Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Herbalife shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Nature's Sunshine Products shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Herbalife has a net margin of 6.59% compared to Nature's Sunshine Products' net margin of 3.06%. Nature's Sunshine Products' return on equity of 10.19% beat Herbalife's return on equity.
In the previous week, Herbalife had 2 more articles in the media than Nature's Sunshine Products. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Herbalife and 3 mentions for Nature's Sunshine Products. Nature's Sunshine Products' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Herbalife's score of 0.40 indicating that Nature's Sunshine Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Nature's Sunshine Products beats Herbalife on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:NATR) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
