Use Herbalife to protect against small markets fluctuations. The stock experiences somewhat bearish sentiment, but market may correct it shortly
1 Month Beta ..........
0.19
As returns on market increase, Herbalife returns are expected to increase less than the market. However during bear market, the loss on holding Herbalife will be expected to be smaller as well.
The median price of Herbalife for the period between Thu, Apr 26, 2012 and Sat, May 26, 2012 is 45.96 with a coefficient of variation of 15.79. The daily time series for the period is distributed with a sample standard deviation of 7.68, arithmetic mean of 48.61, and mean deviation of 5.11. The Stock received substential amount of media coverage during this period.
Herbalife Ltd. [HLF] is traded on American Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in Grand Cayman, and employs 5,100 people. The company currently falls under 'Mid-Cap' category with total capitalization of 5.24 B. Herbalife Ltd. runs under Healthcare sector within Drug Related Products industry. This company has 116.84 M outstanding shares of which 5.9 M shares are currently shorted by investors with about 4.4 days to cover shorted positions.
Herbalife Liquidity
HERBALIFE LTD. has about 305.86 M in cash with 521.73 M of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 2.62.
The company has 236.29 M in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 0.39 which is OK given its current industry classification. Herbalife Ltd. has Current Ratio of 1.46 which is typical for the industry and considered as normal.