HLF vs. IPAR, PBH, NUS, USNA, NATR, MED, VERU, EL, TGLS, and BKE
Should you be buying Herbalife stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Herbalife include Interparfums (IPAR), Prestige Consumer Healthcare (PBH), Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS), USANA Health Sciences (USNA), Nature's Sunshine Products (NATR), Medifast (MED), Veru (VERU), Estee Lauder Companies (EL), Tecnoglass (TGLS), and Buckle (BKE).
Herbalife vs. Its Competitors
Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) and Interparfums (NASDAQ:IPAR) are both personal products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Herbalife had 3 more articles in the media than Interparfums. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Herbalife and 1 mentions for Interparfums. Herbalife's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Interparfums' score of 0.02 indicating that Herbalife is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Interparfums has a net margin of 11.03% compared to Herbalife's net margin of 6.59%. Interparfums' return on equity of 16.45% beat Herbalife's return on equity.
Herbalife has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Interparfums has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Herbalife currently has a consensus price target of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.90%. Interparfums has a consensus price target of $162.00, suggesting a potential upside of 72.46%. Given Interparfums' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Interparfums is more favorable than Herbalife.
55.6% of Interparfums shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Herbalife shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.7% of Interparfums shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Herbalife pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.7%. Interparfums pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Herbalife pays out 37.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Interparfums pays out 64.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Interparfums has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Herbalife is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Herbalife has higher revenue and earnings than Interparfums. Herbalife is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Interparfums, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Interparfums beats Herbalife on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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This page (NYSE:HLF) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
