Head-To-Head Comparison: HempAmericana (OTCMKTS:HMPQ) and Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC)

HempAmericana (OTCMKTS:HMPQ) and Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares HempAmericana and Natural Health Trends’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HempAmericana	N/A	N/A	N/A
Natural Health Trends	0.83%	1.09%	0.66%

Risk & Volatility

HempAmericana has a beta of -0.15, indicating that its share price is 115% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Health Trends has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

10.1% of Natural Health Trends shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of Natural Health Trends shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares HempAmericana and Natural Health Trends”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HempAmericana	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Natural Health Trends	$42.09 million	1.23	$570,000.00	$0.03	150.33

Natural Health Trends has higher revenue and earnings than HempAmericana.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for HempAmericana and Natural Health Trends, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HempAmericana	0	0	0	0	0.00
Natural Health Trends	1	0	0	0	1.00

Given HempAmericana’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe HempAmericana is more favorable than Natural Health Trends.

Summary

Natural Health Trends beats HempAmericana on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About HempAmericana

HempAmericana, Inc. researches, develops, and sells products made of industrial hemp in the United States. It provides hemp-based concrete, hemp bags, hemp seeds for consumption, hemp clothing, and hemp rolling paper products. HempAmericana, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.

About Natural Health Trends

Natural Health Trends Corp., a direct-selling and e-commerce company, provides personal care, wellness, and lifestyle products under the NHT Global brand. The company offers wellness products, including liquid, encapsulated, tableted and powder dietary and nutritional supplements, vitamins, and minerals; and herbal products comprising herbal supplements. It also provides beauty products, such as age-defying and hydrating cleansers, creams, lotions, serums, and toners; and lifestyle products, which include weight management and energy enhancing supplements, as well as topical gels. In addition, the company offers home appliances; and daily products, such as oral care, hair care, and body care. It sells its products directly to consumers, as well as through an e-commerce retail platform in the United States, Canada, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Peru, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, India, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Europe. The company was formerly known as Florida Institute of Massage Therapy, Inc. and changed its name to Natural Health Trends Corp. in June 1993. Natural Health Trends Corp. was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.