Kaya (OTCMKTS:KAYS – Get Free Report) and Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and dividends.
Risk & Volatility
Kaya has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Health Trends has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Kaya and Natural Health Trends’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Kaya | -44,929.98% | N/A | -5,461.05% |
| Natural Health Trends | -2.22% | -3.08% | -1.88% |
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Kaya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Natural Health Trends | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Kaya and Natural Health Trends”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Kaya | $10,000.00 | 148.40 | -$2.08 million | ($0.16) | -0.22 |
| Natural Health Trends | $39.78 million | 0.96 | -$880,000.00 | ($0.08) | -41.63 |
Natural Health Trends has higher revenue and earnings than Kaya. Natural Health Trends is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kaya, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
10.1% of Natural Health Trends shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.5% of Kaya shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Natural Health Trends shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Natural Health Trends beats Kaya on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Kaya
Kaya Holdings, Inc., a vertically integrated legal cannabis enterprise, engages in the operation of psychedelic treatment clinics and medical cannabis dispensaries primarily in the United States. It offers a range of cannabis products, including flower, oils, vape cartridges and cannabis infused confections, baked goods, and beverages. The company also operates retail outlets under the Kaya Shack brand name, as well as offers strain specific cannabis cigarettes under the Kaya Buddies name, and strains of cannabis under the Kaya Farms name. In addition, it is involved in the development of a psychedelic treatment center under The Sacred Mushroom name, that provides its guests access to psilocybin treatments, located in Portland, Oregon. The company was formerly known as Alternative Fuels America, Inc. and changed its name to Kaya Holdings, Inc. in April 2015. Kaya Holdings, Inc. is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
About Natural Health Trends
Natural Health Trends Corp., a direct-selling and e-commerce company, provides personal care, wellness, and lifestyle products under the NHT Global brand. The company offers wellness products, including liquid, encapsulated, tableted and powder dietary and nutritional supplements, vitamins, and minerals; and herbal products comprising herbal supplements. It also provides beauty products, such as age-defying and hydrating cleansers, creams, lotions, serums, and toners; and lifestyle products, which include weight management and energy enhancing supplements, as well as topical gels. In addition, the company offers home appliances; and daily products, such as oral care, hair care, and body care. It sells its products directly to consumers, as well as through an e-commerce retail platform in the United States, Canada, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Peru, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, India, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Europe. The company was formerly known as Florida Institute of Massage Therapy, Inc. and changed its name to Natural Health Trends Corp. in June 1993. Natural Health Trends Corp. was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.
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