Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) Shares Pass Below 200 Day Moving Average – What’s Next?

Natural Health Trends Corp. (NASDAQ:NHTC)’s stock price crossed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of $5.72 and traded as low as $5.20. Natural Health Trends shares last traded at $5.27, with a volume of 88,380 shares trading hands.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, StockNews.com started coverage on Natural Health Trends in a research note on Saturday. They issued a “buy” rating for the company.

Natural Health Trends Trading Up 1.9 %

The firm has a market capitalization of $60.67 million, a P/E ratio of 87.85 and a beta of 0.91. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $4.74 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $5.72.

Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The company reported $0.02 earnings per share for the quarter. Natural Health Trends had a return on equity of 1.53% and a net margin of 1.33%.

Natural Health Trends Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 28th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be issued a dividend of $0.20 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 15.18%. Natural Health Trends’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 1,333.33%.

Institutional Trading of Natural Health Trends

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of NHTC. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of Natural Health Trends during the 4th quarter worth approximately $40,000. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Natural Health Trends by 6.9% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 86,590 shares of the company’s stock worth $515,000 after acquiring an additional 5,624 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of Natural Health Trends by 5.5% during the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 43,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $202,000 after acquiring an additional 2,274 shares in the last quarter. 10.13% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.