The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 5.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are down 43%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 20%.
Natural Health Trends Corp NHTC
Outside both standardsAn entry written while the outcome is still unknown. It will be scored by what the market does next, and it will never be edited to look cleverer than it was.
In plain words · Natural Health Trends Corp., a direct-selling and e-commerce company, provides personal care, wellness, and lifestyle products under the NHT Global brand.
read at $1.91
Natural Health Trends Corp holds its Distribution at $1.91.
- PHPhase · the trend structure carries the Distribution label
- INInsiders · no filings inside 60 days, left as found
- POPositioning · no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- OPOptions · no verdict drawn today, left as found
- SCScreen · does not pass the values gate
- edge confirmed
- edge broken
- edge forming
Each arm is one independent read. Conviction is not a single call, it is how many edges converge.
The investor read · the season, not the day
| Phase | Distribution · caution |
| Quantitative state | Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 110 days |
| Price | $1.91 |
| Valuation | N/A trailing · N/A forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 70.0 |
| Beta | 0.88 |
The business, in plain words · what the numbers mean
| Revenue growth | -14.3% revenue is shrinking |
| Profit margin | -3.0% currently unprofitable |
| Return on equity | -4.9% not currently earning a positive return on equity |
| Debt to equity | 0.18 minimal debt — a conservative balance sheet |
| Current ratio | 2.00 comfortably covers its short-term bills |
| Beta | 0.88 steadier than the market |
| Market cap | $16M |
| Employees | 118 |
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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The trader read · the latest dated commentary
The dated journal · newest first, never edited
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are down 43%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 20%.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
What holding actually paid · price plus dividends
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $3.07 | -24.1% | $0.10 | $792 | -20.8% |
| 2 months | $2.78 | -16.2% | $0.10 | $874 | -12.6% |
| 3 months | $3.02 | -22.9% | $0.10 | $804 | -19.6% |
| 6 months | $2.96 | -21.3% | $0.20 | $855 | -14.5% |
| 1 year | $4.09 | -43.0% | $0.60 | $716 | -28.4% |
| 2 years | $5.04 | -53.8% | $1.40 | $740 | -26.0% |
| 3 years | $3.47 | -32.9% | $2.20 | $1,304 | +30.4% |
| 5 years | $3.66 | -36.4% | $3.80 | $1,674 | +67.4% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.