NHTC vs. JRSH, CRWS, GAIA, PET, AACG, VIRC, LIVX, CULP, BTN, and YQ
Should you be buying Natural Health Trends stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Natural Health Trends include Jerash Holdings (US) (JRSH), Crown Crafts (CRWS), Gaia (GAIA), Wag! Group (PET), ATA Creativity Global (AACG), Virco Mfg. (VIRC), LiveXLive Media (LIVX), Culp (CULP), Ballantyne Strong (BTN), and 17 Education & Technology Group (YQ). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Natural Health Trends vs.
Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) and Jerash Holdings (US) (NASDAQ:JRSH) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
Natural Health Trends pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.8%. Jerash Holdings (US) pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Natural Health Trends pays out 2,667.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Jerash Holdings (US) pays out 58.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Jerash Holdings (US) has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 108.33%. Given Jerash Holdings (US)'s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Jerash Holdings (US) is more favorable than Natural Health Trends.
Natural Health Trends has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jerash Holdings (US) has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Natural Health Trends' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Jerash Holdings (US)'s average media sentiment score.
Jerash Holdings (US) has higher revenue and earnings than Natural Health Trends. Jerash Holdings (US) 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.
10.9% of Natural Health Trends shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of Jerash Holdings (US) shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of Natural Health Trends shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.2% of Jerash Holdings (US) shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Jerash Holdings (US) has a net margin of 2.94% compared to Natural Health Trends' net margin of 0.64%. Jerash Holdings (US)'s return on equity of 6.06% beat Natural Health Trends' return on equity.
Natural Health Trends received 50 more outperform votes than Jerash Holdings (US) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.16% of users gave Natural Health Trends an outperform vote while only 53.18% of users gave Jerash Holdings (US) an outperform vote.
Summary
Jerash Holdings (US) beats Natural Health Trends on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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