Herbalife Ltd [HLF] is -52.88% lower this YTD. Is it still time to buy?

HAPP Stock

Herbalife Ltd [NYSE: HLF] surged by $0.05 during the normal trading session on while it closed the day at $7.19.

Herbalife Ltd stock has also gained 5.58% of its value over the past 7 days. However, HLF stock has declined by -33.36% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has lost -13.37% and lost -52.88% year-on date.

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The market cap for HLF stock reached $724.18 million, with 99.20 million shares outstanding and 97.40 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 1.87M shares, HLF reached a trading volume of 2493258 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about Herbalife Ltd [HLF]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for HLF shares is $13.00 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on HLF stock is a recommendation set at 2.57. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

B. Riley Securities have made an estimate for Herbalife Ltd shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on August 01, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, DA Davidson raised their target price to Neutral. The new note on the price target was released on September 14, 2023, representing the official price target for Herbalife Ltd stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $13, while Mizuho analysts kept a Neutral rating on HLF stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Herbalife Ltd is set at 0.33, with the Price to Sales ratio for HLF stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.14. Price to Free Cash Flow for HLF in the course of the last twelve months was 4.63 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.75.

HLF stock trade performance evaluation

Herbalife Ltd [HLF] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 5.58. With this latest performance, HLF shares dropped by -0.28% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -13.37% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -48.42% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for HLF stock in for the last two-week period is set at 44.10, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 49.49, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 41.72 for Herbalife Ltd [HLF]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 7.92, while it was recorded at 7.08 for the last single week of trading, and 9.96 for the last 200 days.

Herbalife Ltd [HLF]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals

Herbalife Ltd’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.75 and a Current Ratio set at 1.24.

Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Herbalife Ltd [HLF] stock

With the latest financial reports released by the company, Herbalife Ltd posted 0.65/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 0.73/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company fail the estimates by a Surprise Factor of -0.08. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for HLF. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Herbalife Ltd go to 19.61%.

Herbalife Ltd [HLF]: Institutional Ownership

There are presently around $110.66%, or 112.64%% of HLF stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of HLF stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 10.42 million shares, which is approximately 10.3538%. WINDACRE PARTNERSHIP LLC, holding 8.7 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$90.43 million in HLF stocks shares; and WINDACRE PARTNERSHIP LLC, currently with $$89.68 million in HLF stock with ownership which is approximately 8.5799%.

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