HLF vs. USNA, NUS, NATR, MED, VERU, EL, IPAR, PBH, WBA, and ZGN
Should you be buying Herbalife stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Herbalife include USANA Health Sciences (USNA), Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS), Nature's Sunshine Products (NATR), Medifast (MED), Veru (VERU), Estee Lauder Companies (EL), Interparfums (IPAR), Prestige Consumer Healthcare (PBH), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), and Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN).
Herbalife vs. Its Competitors
USANA Health Sciences (NYSE:USNA) and Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) are both small-cap personal products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
54.3% of USANA Health Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of USANA Health Sciences shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Herbalife shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, USANA Health Sciences had 4 more articles in the media than Herbalife. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for USANA Health Sciences and 3 mentions for Herbalife. Herbalife's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat USANA Health Sciences' score of 0.63 indicating that Herbalife is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
USANA Health Sciences presently has a consensus target price of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.86%. Herbalife has a consensus target price of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.06%. Given Herbalife's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Herbalife is more favorable than USANA Health Sciences.
Herbalife has a net margin of 5.66% compared to USANA Health Sciences' net margin of 3.98%. USANA Health Sciences' return on equity of 8.94% beat Herbalife's return on equity.
Herbalife has higher revenue and earnings than USANA Health Sciences. Herbalife is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than USANA Health Sciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
USANA Health Sciences has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Herbalife has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Herbalife beats USANA Health Sciences on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HLF) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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