Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) Share Price Crosses Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average – What’s Next?

Natural Health Trends Corp. (NASDAQ:NHTC) shares 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 traded.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

Natural Health Trends Stock Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of $60.66 million, a P/E ratio of 87.85 and a beta of 0.91. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $4.74 and a 200 day moving average of $5.71.

Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The company reported $0.02 earnings per share (EPS) 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 $0.20 dividend. 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 1,333.56%.

Institutional Trading of Natural Health Trends

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its position in Natural Health Trends by 5.5% in the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 43,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $202,000 after purchasing an additional 2,274 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake 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, SBI Securities Co. Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Natural Health Trends during the 4th quarter worth about $40,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.13% of the company’s stock.

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.