Natural Health Trends (NHTC) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate HFFG or NHTC?

Hf Foods Group currently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 114.72%. Given Hf Foods Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly 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

Is HFFG or NHTC more profitable?

Natural Health Trends has a net margin of 1.18% compared to Hf Foods Group's net margin of -4.11%. Hf Foods Group's return on equity of 5.33% beat Natural Health Trends' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hf Foods Group	-4.11%	5.33%	2.38%
Natural Health Trends	1.18%	1.48%	0.89%

Does the media refer more to HFFG or NHTC?

In the previous week, Hf Foods Group and Hf Foods Group both had 3 articles in the media. Natural Health Trends' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Hf Foods Group's score of 0.63 indicating that Natural Health Trends is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hf Foods Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Natural Health Trends	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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	0.14	-$48.51M	-$0.93	-3.51
Natural Health Trends	$42.96M	1.21	$570K	$0.05	90.00

Do insiders and institutionals 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, HFFG or NHTC?

Hf Foods Group has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Health Trends has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Natural Health Trends beats Hf Foods Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.