This week I’m seeking a prestigious and long-term dividend-paying stock from the consumer defensive sector.

That defensive sector includes thirteen industries all related to providing those convenient packaged goods we’ve just gotta have. Industries like: beverages, brewed, soft, or distilled; confections; discount stores; education & training; farm products; food distribution; grocery stores; household & personal products; packaged goods; pharmaceutical retailers; tobacco.

Today I’m reviewing a small-cap household and personal products firm named Natural Health Trends Corporation. It’s trading ticker symbol is NHTC. 

Natural Health Trends Corp is engaged in the direct selling industry, selling lifestyle enhancement products, cosmetics, personal care, and dietary supplements, in a process called network marketing, or multi-level marketing.

The company provides personal care, wellness, and lifestyle products under the NHT Global brand.

The company’s wellness products include liquid, encapsulated, tableted, and powder dietary and nutritional supplements. 

Its herbal products are herbal supplements. Its beauty products consist of anti-aging and hydrating cleansers, creams, lotions, serums, and toners. The lifestyle products include weight management, intimacy support, and energy enhancing supplements.  In addition, the company offers home and car appliances; and infant and toddler bath and body care products. 

It sells its products directly to consumers through an e-commerce retail platform. The company has operations in the United States, Canada, Peru, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Russia, Kazakhstan, Europe, and internationally. 

Natural Health Trends Corp. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Rolling Hills Estates, California.

I use three key data points to gauge the value of any dividend equity or fund like Natural Health Trends Corporation: 

(1) Price

(2) Dividends