Natural Health Trends (NHTC) Competitors

HF Foods Group (NASDAQ:HFFG) and Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Is HFFG or NHTC more profitable?

Natural Health Trends has a net margin of 1.33% compared to HF Foods Group's net margin of -0.16%. HF Foods Group's return on equity of 6.96% beat Natural Health Trends' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HF Foods Group	-0.16%	6.96%	3.30%
Natural Health Trends	1.33%	1.53%	0.92%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HFFG or NHTC?

Natural Health Trends has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HF Foods Group. HF Foods Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Natural Health Trends, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HF Foods Group	$1.20B	0.18	-$2.17M	-$0.93	-4.51
Natural Health Trends	$42.75M	1.25	$570K	$0.05	93.10

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HFFG or NHTC?

Natural Health Trends received 196 more outperform votes than HF Foods Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.89% of users gave Natural Health Trends an outperform vote while only 47.83% of users gave HF Foods Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HF Foods Group	Outperform Votes 11 47.83%	Underperform Votes 12 52.17%
Natural Health Trends	Outperform Votes 207 70.89%	Underperform Votes 85 29.11%

Does the media prefer HFFG or NHTC?

In the previous week, HF Foods Group had 3 more articles in the media than Natural Health Trends. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for HF Foods Group and 1 mentions for Natural Health Trends. HF Foods Group's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Natural Health Trends' score of 0.72 indicating that HF Foods Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HF Foods Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Natural Health Trends	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, HFFG or NHTC?

HF Foods Group has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Health Trends has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in HFFG or NHTC?

24.0% of HF Foods Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of Natural Health Trends shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of HF Foods Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Natural Health Trends shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate HFFG or NHTC?

HF Foods Group presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 67.06%. Given HF Foods Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe HF Foods Group is more favorable than Natural Health Trends.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HF Foods Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Natural Health Trends	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

HF Foods Group and Natural Health Trends tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.