Reviewing Energizer Holdings Inc. (ENR)’s and Natural Health Trends Corp. (NASDAQ:NHTC)’s results – The FinExaminer

Energizer Holdings Inc. (NYSE:ENR) and Natural Health Trends Corp. (NASDAQ:NHTC), both competing one another are Personal Products companies. We will compare their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings and valuation, institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Energizer Holdings Inc.	1.80B	1.75	103.90M	1.86	25.09
Natural Health Trends Corp.	191.91M	0.75	31.04M	2.70	4.84

Table 1 shows the gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation for Energizer Holdings Inc. and Natural Health Trends Corp. Natural Health Trends Corp. is observed to has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Energizer Holdings Inc. The company that is more expensive between the two has a higher price-to-earnings ratio. Energizer Holdings Inc. is thus presently the expensive of the two stocks because it has a higher price-to-earnings ratio.

Profitability

Table 2 hightlights the return on equity, net margins and return on assets of the two companies.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Energizer Holdings Inc.	5.77%	221.8%	3.7%
Natural Health Trends Corp.	16.17%	22.8%	13%

Volatility & Risk

A beta of 0.52 shows that Energizer Holdings Inc. is 48.00% less volatile than Standard and Poor’s 500. Competitively, Natural Health Trends Corp.’s beta is 1.42 which is 42.00% more volatile than Standard and Poor’s 500.

Liquidity

1.5 and 1.1 are the respective Current Ratio and a Quick Ratio of Energizer Holdings Inc. Its rival Natural Health Trends Corp.’s Current and Quick Ratios are 3.4 and 3.1 respectively. Natural Health Trends Corp. has a better chance of clearing its pay short and long-term debts than Energizer Holdings Inc.

Dividends

Energizer Holdings Inc. shareholders receive an annual dividend of $1.17 per share which is subject to 2.54% dividend yield. Natural Health Trends Corp. has an annual dividend pay of $0.58 per share while its annual dividend yield is 4.46%.

Analyst Ratings

Energizer Holdings Inc. and Natural Health Trends Corp. Ratings and Recommendations are available on the next table.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Energizer Holdings Inc.	1	3	2	2.33
Natural Health Trends Corp.	0	0	0	0.00

Energizer Holdings Inc.’s upside potential is 27.30% at a $57.4 consensus price target.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

Energizer Holdings Inc. and Natural Health Trends Corp. has shares held by institutional investors as follows: 81.2% and 37.5%. About 0.7% of Energizer Holdings Inc.’s share are held by insiders. Competitively, 2.1% are Natural Health Trends Corp.’s share held by insiders.

Performance

Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
Energizer Holdings Inc.	0.28%	-1.79%	-0.02%	-27.63%	-12.75%	3.1%
Natural Health Trends Corp.	-2.8%	-19.76%	-40.11%	-50.45%	-15.16%	-28.88%

For the past year Energizer Holdings Inc. had bullish trend while Natural Health Trends Corp. had bearish trend.

Summary

Energizer Holdings Inc. beats Natural Health Trends Corp. on 11 of the 16 factors.

Energizer Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and distributes household batteries, specialty batteries, and lighting products worldwide. It offers lithium, alkaline, carbon zinc, nickel metal hydride, zinc air, and silver oxide batteries; and hearing aid batteries, as well as primary rechargeable options under the Energizer and Eveready brands. The company also provides headlights, lanterns, kidÂ’s lights, and area lights, as well as flash lights under the Hard Case, Dolphin, and WeatherReady brands. In addition, it designs and markets automotive fragrance and appearance products under the Refresh Your Car!, California Scents, Driven, Bahama & Co., LEXOL, and Eagle One brands; and licenses the Energizer and Eveready brands to companies developing consumer solutions in gaming, automotive batteries, portable power for critical devices, LED light bulbs, and other lighting products. The company sells its products through direct sales force, distributors, and wholesalers; and through various retail locations, including mass merchandisers and warehouse clubs, food stores, drug and convenience stores, electronics specialty stores and department stores, hardware and automotive centers, and military stores, as well as through ecommerce. Energizer Holdings, Inc. is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Natural Health Trends Corp., a direct-selling and e-commerce company, provides personal care, wellness, and lifestyle products under the NHT Global brand in North America, Greater China, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Europe, Russia, and Kazakhstan. Its wellness products include liquid, encapsulated, tableted, and powder dietary and nutritional supplements, as well as vitamins and minerals; and herbal products comprise herbal supplements. The company’s beauty products consists of anti-aging and hydrating cleansers, creams, lotions, serums, and toners; and lifestyle products include weight management, intimacy support, and energy enhancing supplements. In addition, it offers home and car appliances. The company sells its products directly to consumers through an e-commerce retail platform. Natural Health Trends Corp. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Rolling Hills Estates, California.