Herbalife Valuation

Is HLF undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of HLF when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HLF ($8.41) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($31.53)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HLF is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HLF?

Key metric: As HLF is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HLF. This is calculated by dividing HLF's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HLF's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio9.8x
EarningsUS$86.60m
Market CapUS$778.11m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does HLF's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for HLF vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average26.1x
USNA USANA Health Sciences
13.9x-0.7%US$744.1m
HKHC Horizon Kinetics Holding
35xn/aUS$680.2m
THRN Thorne HealthTech
27.1x57.2%US$550.6m
OLPX Olaplex Holdings
28.4x3.7%US$1.2b
HLF Herbalife
9.8x50.6%US$778.1m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HLF is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.8x) compared to the peer average (25.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HLF's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Personal Products Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
NEPT.F Neptune Wellness Solutions
n/an/aUS$4.00
No more companies available in this PE range
HLF 9.8xIndustry Avg. 26.6xNo. of Companies3PE01632486480+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HLF is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.8x) compared to the North American Personal Products industry average (26.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HLF's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

HLF PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio9.8x
Fair PE Ratio41.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HLF is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (41.2x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst HLF forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$7.72
US$9.70
+25.6%
24.7%US$13.00US$7.00n/a5
Nov ’25US$7.83
US$9.70
+23.9%
24.7%US$13.00US$7.00n/a5
Oct ’25US$7.02
US$13.00
+85.2%
25.3%US$17.00US$8.00n/a5
Sep ’25US$8.16
US$13.00
+59.3%
25.3%US$17.00US$8.00n/a5
Aug ’25US$11.23
US$13.00
+15.8%
25.3%US$17.00US$8.00n/a5
Jul ’25US$10.34
US$12.10
+17.0%
27.5%US$16.00US$8.00n/a5
Jun ’25US$10.30
US$11.90
+15.5%
28.7%US$16.00US$8.00n/a5
May ’25US$8.68
US$11.90
+37.1%
28.7%US$16.00US$8.00n/a5
Apr ’25US$9.11
US$12.50
+37.2%
33.9%US$19.00US$8.00n/a5
Mar ’25US$8.75
US$13.60
+55.4%
24.9%US$19.00US$10.00n/a5
Feb ’25US$12.45
US$17.30
+39.0%
29.6%US$24.00US$12.00n/a5
Jan ’25US$15.26
US$17.30
+13.4%
29.6%US$24.00US$12.00n/a5
Dec ’24US$13.15
US$17.30
+31.6%
29.6%US$24.00US$12.00n/a5
Nov ’24US$13.91
US$20.70
+48.8%
40.2%US$33.00US$12.00US$7.835
Oct ’24US$13.99
US$20.70
+48.0%
40.2%US$33.00US$12.00US$7.025
Sep ’24US$15.40
US$22.50
+46.1%
37.3%US$33.00US$12.00US$8.164
Aug ’24US$16.33
US$21.00
+28.6%
40.8%US$31.00US$12.00US$11.234
Jul ’24US$13.24
US$21.00
+58.6%
40.8%US$31.00US$12.00US$10.344
Jun ’24US$11.91
US$23.67
+98.7%
35.2%US$31.00US$12.00US$10.303
May ’24US$15.04
US$24.33
+61.8%
30.4%US$31.00US$14.00US$8.683
Apr ’24US$16.10
US$24.33
+51.1%
30.4%US$31.00US$14.00US$9.113
Mar ’24US$19.72
US$24.33
+23.4%
30.4%US$31.00US$14.00US$8.753
Feb ’24US$18.58
US$28.50
+53.4%
8.8%US$31.00US$26.00US$12.452
Jan ’24US$14.88
US$28.50
+91.5%
8.8%US$31.00US$26.00US$15.262
Dec ’23US$17.33
US$28.50
+64.5%
8.8%US$31.00US$26.00US$13.152
Nov ’23US$20.91
US$30.50
+45.9%
1.6%US$31.00US$30.00US$13.912

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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