Herbalife (HLF) Competitors

Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) and Prestige Consumer Healthcare (NYSE:PBH) are both personal products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HLF or PBH?

Herbalife has higher revenue and earnings than Prestige Consumer Healthcare. Herbalife is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prestige Consumer Healthcare, 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
Herbalife	$4.99B	0.18	$254.30M	$3.17	2.72
Prestige Consumer Healthcare	$1.14B	2.68	$214.60M	$4.26	14.54

Which has more volatility and risk, HLF or PBH?

Herbalife has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prestige Consumer Healthcare has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend HLF or PBH?

Herbalife presently has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.18%. Prestige Consumer Healthcare has a consensus target price of $94.80, suggesting a potential upside of 53.05%. Given Prestige Consumer Healthcare's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Prestige Consumer Healthcare is more favorable than Herbalife.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Herbalife	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Prestige Consumer Healthcare	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HLF or PBH?

100.0% of Prestige Consumer Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Herbalife shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Prestige Consumer Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is HLF or PBH more profitable?

Prestige Consumer Healthcare has a net margin of 19.02% compared to Herbalife's net margin of 6.59%. Prestige Consumer Healthcare's return on equity of 12.69% beat Herbalife's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Herbalife	6.59%	-27.36%	7.97%
Prestige Consumer Healthcare	19.02%	12.69%	6.79%

Does the media refer more to HLF or PBH?

In the previous week, Prestige Consumer Healthcare had 8 more articles in the media than Herbalife. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Prestige Consumer Healthcare and 4 mentions for Herbalife. Prestige Consumer Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Herbalife's score of 0.65 indicating that Prestige Consumer Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Herbalife	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Prestige Consumer Healthcare	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Prestige Consumer Healthcare beats Herbalife on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.