undamentalytics Newsletter
Sign in

Natures Sunshine Products Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Natures Sunshine Products Inc had return on equity of 12.1%, an operating margin of 5.2%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 2.28. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin80.0%74.5%75.7%74.7%75.0%75.0%73.7%73.3%73.4%73.8%74.1%73.7%74.0%71.0%72.1%71.5%72.4%73.2%
Operating margin3.6%3.2%5.5%9.4%6.4%5.2%4.3%2.9%0.4%1.5%4.5%5.6%7.8%3.9%4.2%4.4%5.2%6.0%
Net margin1.8%−0.4%4.8%7.0%4.8%2.7%4.5%0.6%−3.8%−0.2%1.9%5.5%6.5%−0.1%3.4%1.7%4.1%3.7%
Free-cash-flow margin−0.7%3.9%0.4%5.5%5.6%−3.3%−3.8%−2.2%1.5%4.7%0.9%8.5%6.3%−1.6%6.9%3.2%6.0%3.7%
Return on equity10.7%−2.0%22.6%25.0%15.9%8.6%11.1%1.6%−10.3%−0.7%5.4%14.9%18.1%−0.3%9.8%4.8%12.1%10.9%
Return on assets—−0.8%10.5%13.7%8.9%5.1%7.4%1.1%−6.5%−0.4%3.3%9.2%11.4%−0.2%6.3%3.1%7.8%6.9%
Asset turnover—2.192.191.951.881.851.631.681.711.881.781.671.751.731.861.851.911.89
Current ratio—1.631.852.372.172.091.911.501.911.601.952.212.152.282.162.442.282.60
Debt to equity0.0%0.0%10.5%4.9%11.7%0.0%4.0%15.0%11.0%0.0%0.0%2.4%1.5%1.6%0.0%—0.0%0.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)———190.3x102.1x101.9x106.7x—4.8x13.8x——138.7x65.3x—137.6x——
Effective tax rate55.6%39.5%20.0%29.7%31.0%−3.9%13.1%92.7%——55.7%−0.6%5.1%96.4%18.7%57.2%31.4%34.8%
R&D as % of revenue—0.6%0.4%0.4%0.5%0.7%0.9%0.9%1.0%0.8%0.6%0.4%0.3%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.4%—
SG&A as % of revenue39.5%34.0%29.8%29.0%32.0%32.7%33.2%35.3%37.9%37.9%35.5%34.1%34.7%36.3%37.5%36.1%37.2%37.1%
Capital spending as % of revenue0.9%0.7%0.7%1.8%2.3%7.2%6.9%3.2%1.6%1.3%1.4%1.3%1.5%1.8%2.4%2.4%1.3%1.9%
Free cash flow ÷ net income−37.4%—8.5%78.9%118.2%−120.8%−84.2%−355.8%——50.9%153.5%96.8%—204.0%186.2%147.7%99.9%
Dividends ÷ net income12.7%——9.3%172.7%351.6%51.0%351.1%———0.0%68.8%—————
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow———11.7%158.4%———36.8%0.0%—0.0%97.6%—20.8%61.8%56.5%36.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 3 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $260m
Short-term assets $178mLonger-term assets $81m
What it owes, and who funded it · $260m
Short-term liabilities $69mLonger-term liabilities $22mShareholders' equity $169m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $178m of assets due within a year against $69m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $178m short-term assets against $22m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $29m against $141,000 of interest.

From Natures Sunshine Products Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

68 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Natures Sunshine Products's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 20 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 63.8% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 20 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 73.2%, moving by 0.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 2 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 4.7%; its worst year was 0.7%.

  • Cash conversion 11 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 4.0% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 11.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.0% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (73 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

Compare with peers

Head to head: HNST vs NATRNATR vs ODDNATR vs USNALFVN vs NATR

More: Personal Care Products stocks compared, Consumer Staples sector, rankings of US companies

Figures from Natures Sunshine Products Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Natures Sunshine Products Inc.