HERBALIFE LTD. (HLF) has a current P/E ratio of 5.4, compared to its historical median P/E of 13.5. The stock is currently considered Fair based on its historical valuation range.
HERBALIFE LTD. (HLF) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 23.6%. This indicates strong capital allocation and a potential competitive advantage.
HERBALIFE LTD. (HLF) has a market capitalization of $1.2B. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
HERBALIFE LTD. (HLF) does not currently pay a regular dividend. However, the company returns capital to shareholders through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 0.54%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, HERBALIFE LTD. (HLF) appears fair. The current P/E of 5.4 is 60% below its historical median of 13.5. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is -4.2%.
HERBALIFE LTD. (HLF) operates in the Wholesale-Drugs, Proprietaries & Druggists' Sundries industry, within the Consumer Defensive sector.
HERBALIFE LTD. (HLF) reported annual revenue of $5.0 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
Herbalife is a global health and wellness company, that, for 46 years, has empowered millions of people to reach their nutrition, health and wellness goals using our science-backed products and the individual coaching provided by our network of independent members. We are the number one active and lifestyle nutrition brand in the world and sell the number one protein shake in the world. We provide weight management, targeted nutrition, energy, sports and fitness, and outer nutrition products in 95 markets around the world. We use a direct-selling business model to distribute and market our nutrition products to and through a global network of Members. Members include consumers who purchase products for their own personal use and distributors who wish to resell products or build a sales organization. We further discuss the segmentation of our Members in Our Network Marketing Program – Segmentation, section below.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 5.1B | 5.0B | 5.0B | 5.1B | 5.2B | 5.8B |
| Net Income | 240M | 228M | 254M | 142M | 321M | 447M |
| EPS | $2.32 | $2.20 | $2.50 | $1.42 | $3.23 | $4.13 |
| Free Cash Flow | 374M | 253M | 163M | 223M | 196M | 309M |
| ROIC | 36.5% | 29.3% | 22.5% | 12.8% | 20.7% | 32.5% |
| Gross Margin | 77.8% | 77.9% | 77.9% | 76.5% | 77.4% | 78.6% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.00 | -4.24 | -3.53 | -3.45 | -3.08 | -2.94 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating Income | 497M | 481M | 386M | 356M | 545M | 734M |
| Operating Margin | 9.7% | 9.5% | 7.7% | 7.0% | 10.5% | 12.7% |
| ROE | 0.0% | -34.7% | -27.3% | -12.2% | -24.2% | -39.8% |
| Shares Outstanding | 103M | 104M | 102M | 100M | 99M | 108M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
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| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 5.0B | 4.5B | 4.5B | 4.4B | 4.9B | 4.9B | 5.5B | 5.8B | 5.2B | 5.1B | 5.0B | 5.0B | 5.1B |
| Gross Margin | 52.4% | 55.3% | 56.3% | 56.2% | 55.2% | 54.2% | 79.2% | 78.6% | 77.4% | 76.5% | 77.9% | 77.9% | 77.8% |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 2.0B | 1.8B | 2.0B | 1.8B | 2.0B | 1.9B | 2.1B | 2.0B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.7B | 1.7B |
| EBIT | 514M | 584M | 458M | 617M | 683M | 568M | 641M | 734M | 545M | 356M | 386M | 481M | 497M |
| Op. Margin | 10.4% | 13.1% | 10.2% | 13.9% | 14.0% | 11.6% | 11.6% | 12.7% | 10.5% | 7.0% | 7.7% | 9.5% | 9.7% |
| Net Income | 309M | 339M | 260M | 214M | 297M | 311M | 373M | 447M | 321M | 142M | 254M | 228M | 240M |
| Net Margin | 6.2% | 7.6% | 5.8% | 4.8% | 6.1% | 6.4% | 6.7% | 7.7% | 6.2% | 2.8% | 5.1% | 4.5% | 4.7% |
| Non-Recurring | 28M | 4.3M | 16M | 21M | 17M | 19M | 21M | 29M | 38M | 29M | 88M | 33M | 3.7M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 24.3% | 27.4% | 25.8% | 39.7% | 40.2% | 24.0% | 28.1% | 32.5% | 20.7% | 12.8% | 22.5% | 29.3% | 36.5% |
| ROE | 284.5% | -174.8% | 364.1% | -309.1% | -56.1% | -55.9% | -59.8% | -39.8% | -24.2% | -12.2% | -27.3% | -34.7% | 0.0% |
| ROA | 12.8% | 14.0% | 10.3% | 7.8% | 10.4% | 11.4% | 12.9% | 15.2% | 11.6% | 5.1% | 9.2% | 8.3% | 8.3% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 511M | 629M | 367M | 591M | 648M | 458M | 629M | 460M | 353M | 358M | 285M | 333M | 447M |
| Free Cash Flow | 338M | 550M | 224M | 495M | 564M | 351M | 517M | 309M | 196M | 223M | 163M | 253M | 374M |
| Owner Earnings | 372M | 486M | 229M | 449M | 513M | 321M | 477M | 299M | 193M | 196M | 114M | 168M | -658M |
| CapEx | 174M | 79M | 143M | 96M | 84M | 106M | 112M | 151M | 156M | 135M | 122M | 80M | 73M |
| Maint. CapEx | 93M | 98M | 98M | 100M | 100M | 98M | 100M | 108M | 115M | 113M | 121M | 121M | 1.1B |
| Growth CapEx | 80M | 0 | 45M | 0 | 0 | 8.4M | 12M | 44M | 41M | 22M | 600K | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 93M | 98M | 98M | 100M | 100M | 98M | 100M | 108M | 115M | 113M | 121M | 121M | 1.1B |
| CapEx/OCF | 34.0% | 12.6% | 39.0% | 16.2% | 13.0% | 23.2% | 17.8% | 32.9% | 44.4% | 37.8% | 42.7% | 24.1% | 16.3% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 30M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.6% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 1.3B | 17M | 13M | 844M | 750M | 17M | 924M | 1.0B | 147M | 11M | 8.3M | 8.2M | 6.7M |
| Buyback Yield | 37.0% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 14.9% | 8.6% | 0.2% | 14.3% | 23.3% | 10.4% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 46M | 45M | 40M | 42M | 36M | 39M | 51M | 54M | 44M | 48M | 50M | 44M | 43M |
| Debt Repayment | 0 | 6.2M | 0 | 483M | 583M | 675M | 7.9M | 8.4M | 273M | 64M | 197M | 100K | 100K |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 2.0B | 1.4B | 1.0B | 989M | 2.2B | 2.1B | 2.6B | 3.5B | 3.4B | 3.1B | 2.4B | 1.8B | 1.5B |
| Cash & Equiv. | 645M | 890M | 844M | 1.3B | 1.2B | 839M | 1.0B | 602M | 508M | 575M | 415M | 353M | 451M |
| Long-Term Debt | 1.7B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 2.2B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 2.4B | 2.7B | 2.7B | 2.3B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.0B |
| Debt/Equity | -7.90 | -42.27 | 9.46 | -6.78 | -4.75 | -7.63 | -4.26 | -2.94 | -3.08 | -3.45 | -3.53 | -4.24 | 0.00 |
| Interest Coverage | 5.6 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| Equity | -334M | -54M | 196M | -335M | -723M | -390M | -856M | -1.4B | -1.3B | -1.1B | -801M | -515M | -442M |
| Total Assets | 2.4B | 2.5B | 2.6B | 2.9B | 2.8B | 2.7B | 3.1B | 2.8B | 2.7B | 2.8B | 2.7B | 2.8B | 2.9B |
| Total Liabilities | 2.7B | 2.5B | 2.4B | 3.2B | 3.5B | 3.1B | 3.9B | 4.2B | 4.0B | 3.9B | 3.5B | 3.3B | 3.3B |
| Intangibles | 310M | 310M | 310M | 310M | 310M | 310M | 313M | 317M | 316M | 314M | 312M | 315M | 315M |
| Retained Earnings | -665M | -326M | -66M | -248M | -526M | -215M | -687M | -1.2B | -1.2B | -1.1B | -808M | -580M | -518M |
| Working Capital | 519M | 542M | 671M | 954M | 216M | 524M | 649M | 351M | 380M | 122M | -87M | 132M | 230M |
| Current Assets | 1.4B | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.9B | 1.8B | 1.5B | 1.8B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.3B |
| Current Liabilities | 875M | 1.0B | 792M | 907M | 1.6B | 964M | 1.1B | 1.1B | 977M | 1.3B | 1.2B | 1.0B | 1.0B |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 1.70 | 1.99 | 0.76 | 0.65 | 1.98 | 2.20 | 2.77 | 4.13 | 3.23 | 1.42 | 2.50 | 2.20 | 2.32 |
| Owner EPS | 2.05 | 2.84 | 0.66 | 1.35 | 3.42 | 2.27 | 3.55 | 2.76 | 1.94 | 1.96 | 1.12 | 1.62 | -6.36 |
| Book Value | -1.84 | -0.31 | 0.57 | -1.01 | -4.83 | -2.76 | -6.36 | -12.85 | -12.73 | -10.59 | -7.88 | -4.96 | -4.27 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 2.82 | 3.68 | 1.07 | 1.78 | 4.33 | 3.24 | 4.67 | 4.25 | 3.54 | 3.57 | 2.81 | 3.21 | 12.59 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 181.6M | 170.8M | 344.4M | 331.6M | 149.8M | 141.4M | 134.5M | 108.3M | 99.5M | 100.1M | 101.7M | 103.8M | 103.4M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 11.3 | 13.8 | 16.1 | 26.5 | 29.4 | 21.7 | 17.3 | 9.7 | 4.4 | 10.8 | 2.7 | 6.1 | 5.1 |
| P/FCF | 10.3 | 8.5 | 37.4 | 22.9 | 15.4 | 19.2 | 12.5 | 14.1 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 3.3 |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 13.8 | 12.2 | 10.6 | 8.1 | 5.7 | 9.2 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 5.6 |
| Price/Book | N/A | N/A | 21.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Sales | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| FCF Yield | 9.7% | 11.8% | 5.4% | 8.7% | 6.5% | 5.2% | 8.0% | 7.1% | 13.9% | 14.4% | 24.0% | 18.3% | 30.4% |
| Market Cap | 3.5B | 4.7B | 4.2B | 5.7B | 8.7B | 6.8B | 6.5B | 4.3B | 1.4B | 1.5B | 682M | 1.4B | 1.2B |
| Avg. Price | 28.05 | 24.10 | 28.71 | 32.60 | 51.27 | 46.74 | 43.40 | 47.58 | 26.77 | 15.05 | 9.37 | 8.61 | 11.89 |
| Year-End Price | 19.21 | 27.39 | 24.30 | 34.24 | 58.20 | 47.84 | 47.99 | 40.17 | 14.19 | 15.40 | 6.70 | 13.33 | 11.89 |
HERBALIFE LTD. passes 3 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
HERBALIFE LTD. trades at 5.4x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 13.5x, suggesting it is currently Fair relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 4.9x vs a median of 13.3x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 23.6% with a gross margin of 77.7%. Total shareholder yield (buybacks) is 0.5%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -11.0%.
HERBALIFE LTD. (HLF) has a net profit margin of 4.5%. This is a modest margin.
HERBALIFE LTD. (HLF) generated $253 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
HERBALIFE LTD. (HLF) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $2.20 in its most recent fiscal year.
HERBALIFE LTD. (HLF) has a return on equity (ROE) of -34.7%. A negative ROE may indicate losses or negative equity.
HERBALIFE LTD. (HLF) has a 5-year average gross margin of 77.7%. This high margin suggests strong pricing power and a potential competitive moat.
The Ledger Terminal provides 16 years of financial data for HERBALIFE LTD. (HLF), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
HERBALIFE LTD. (HLF) has a book value per share of $-4.96, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.