Herbalife Ltd. (HLF): Today's Featured Consumer Goods Winner

Herbalife was a winner within the consumer goods sector, rising $1.32 (2.8%) to $48.90 on light volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

Herbalife

(

HLF

) pushed the Consumer Goods sector higher today making it today's featured consumer goods winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.8%. By the end of trading, Herbalife rose $1.32 (2.8%) to $48.90 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1,646,635 shares of Herbalife exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2,477,700 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $47.68-$49.30 after having opened the day at $47.68 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $47.58. Other companies within the Consumer Goods sector that increased today were:

Tandy Brands Accessories

(

TBAC

), up 13.1%,

China Automotive Systems

(

CAAS

), up 12.9%,

Prestige Brands Holdings

(

PBH

), up 10.9% and

Tufco Technologies

(

TFCO

), up 10.8%.

Herbalife Ltd., a network marketing company, sells weight management, healthy meals and snacks, sports and fitness, energy and targeted nutritional products, and personal care products worldwide. Herbalife has a market cap of $5.0 billion and is part of the consumer non-durables industry. Shares are up 44.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 6 analysts that rate Herbalife a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Herbalife

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations and impressive record of earnings per share growth. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.

On the negative front,

Primo Water

(

PRMW

), down 6.0%,

SodaStream International

(

SODA

), down 5.2%,

China New Borun Corporation

(

BORN

), down 3.9% and

G. Willi-Food International

(

WILC

), down 3.5% , were all laggards within the consumer goods sector with

Monster Beverage

(

MNST

) being today's consumer goods sector laggard.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the consumer goods sector could consider

iShares Dow Jones US Cons Goods

(

IYK

) while those bearish on the consumer goods sector could consider

ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods

(

SZK

).

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