Herbalife (HLF) Competitors

Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) and USANA Health Sciences (NYSE:USNA) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is HLF or USNA more profitable?

USANA Health Sciences has a net margin of 6.30% compared to Herbalife's net margin of 5.09%. USANA Health Sciences' return on equity of 10.64% beat Herbalife's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Herbalife	5.09%	-20.78%	7.48%
USANA Health Sciences	6.30%	10.64%	8.48%

Does the media prefer HLF or USNA?

In the previous week, Herbalife had 3 more articles in the media than USANA Health Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Herbalife and 5 mentions for USANA Health Sciences. Herbalife's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat USANA Health Sciences' score of 0.57 indicating that Herbalife is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Herbalife	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
USANA Health Sciences	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HLF or USNA?

Herbalife has higher revenue and earnings than USANA Health Sciences. Herbalife is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than USANA Health Sciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Herbalife	$4.95B	0.15	$142.20M	$2.74	2.72
USANA Health Sciences	$876.24M	0.62	$63.79M	$1.82	15.95

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HLF or USNA?

54.3% of USANA Health Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Herbalife shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of USANA Health Sciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, HLF or USNA?

Herbalife has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, USANA Health Sciences has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate HLF or USNA?

Herbalife presently has a consensus target price of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 54.05%. USANA Health Sciences has a consensus target price of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.99%. Given Herbalife's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Herbalife is more favorable than USANA Health Sciences.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Herbalife	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
USANA Health Sciences	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HLF or USNA?

Herbalife received 321 more outperform votes than USANA Health Sciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.32% of users gave Herbalife an outperform vote while only 60.42% of users gave USANA Health Sciences an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Herbalife	Outperform Votes 721 67.32%	Underperform Votes 350 32.68%
USANA Health Sciences	Outperform Votes 400 60.42%	Underperform Votes 262 39.58%

Summary

Herbalife beats USANA Health Sciences on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.