Nu Skin Scores Highest Margin In Personal Products Industry

  • Below are the top five companies in the Personal Products industry as ranked by gross margin. Gross Margin tells you how many of your sales dollars are profit. If efficiency is improved, more profits will result. Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE:NUS) has gross margin of 82.2%, a sales growth of 22.9%, and trailing 12 months sales of $1.4 billion. USANA Health Sciences (NASDAQ:USNA) has gross margin of 80.7%, a sales growth of 22.4%, and trailing 12 months sales of $458.7 million. Estee Lauder (NYSE:EL) has gross margin of 76.2%, a sales growth of 9.6%, and trailing 12 months sales of $7.6 billion. Medifast (NYSE:MED) has gross margin of 75.5%, a sales growth of 75.1%, and trailing 12 months sales of $192.5 million. China-Biotics (NASDAQ:CHBT) has gross margin of 70.9%, a sales growth of 47.3%, and trailing 12 months sales of $71.4 million. SmarTrend is bearish on shares of CHBT and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on May 05, 2010 at $15.93. The stock has fallen 5.8% since the alert was issued.