Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) Stock Breaks Below Fifty Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Natural Health Trends Corp. (NASDAQ:NHTC) passed below its fifty day moving average during trading on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $1.55 and traded as low as $1.00. Natural Health Trends shares last traded at $1.00, with a volume of 46,042 shares trading hands.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Natural Health Trends in a research report on Monday, September 14th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Sell”.

Natural Health Trends Stock Performance

The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $1.55 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $2.16. The stock has a market cap of $8.58 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.25 and a beta of 1.03.

Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported ($0.05) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The business had revenue of $7.60 million during the quarter. Natural Health Trends had a negative net margin of 4.51% and a negative return on equity of 8.00%.

Institutional Trading of Natural Health Trends

A hedge fund recently bought a new position in Natural Health Trends stock. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new stake in Natural Health Trends Corp. (NASDAQ:NHTC) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 95,588 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $169,000. BlackRock Inc. owned 1.11% of Natural Health Trends at the end of the most recent quarter. 10.13% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Natural Health Trends

Natural Health Trends Corp. (NASDAQ: NHTC) is a direct-selling company that develops and distributes health, wellness and lifestyle products under the NHT Global brand. The company markets its products through independent distributors and online channels.

NHT Global’s product portfolio includes nutritional supplements, personal-care and skin-care products, beauty items, and household or lifestyle products. Its direct-selling model combines product sales with distributor-led marketing and customer referrals.

Natural Health Trends has historically focused much of its business in Asian markets, including Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, while also serving customers and distributors in other international markets.