Herbalife Ltd First Quarter Earnings Sneak Peek

Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) will unveil its latest earnings on Monday, April 30, 2012. Herbalife is a marketing company that sells weight management, nutritional supplement, energy, sports and fitness products and personal care products.

Herbalife Ltd. Earnings Preview Cheat Sheet

Wall St. Earnings Expectations: The average analyst estimate is for profit of 81 cents per share, a rise of 14.1% from the company’s actual earnings for the year-ago quarter. During the past three months, the average estimate has moved up from 78 cents. Between one and three months ago, the average estimate moved up. It has been unchanged at 81 cents during the last month. For the year, analysts are projecting net income of $3.64 per share, a rise of 10% from last year.

Past Earnings Performance: Last quarter, the company beat estimates by 13 cents, coming in at profit of 86 cents a share versus the estimate of net income of 73 cents a share. It marked the fourth straight quarter of beating estimates.

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Wall St. Revenue Expectations: Analysts predict a rise of 12.3% in revenue from the year-earlier quarter to $892.9 million.

Analyst Ratings: Analysts are bullish on this stock, with 11 analysts rating it as a buy, none rating it as a sell and one rating it as a hold.

A Look Back: In the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year, profit rose 30.1% to $105.4 million (86 cents a share) from $81 million (65 cents a share) the year earlier, exceeding analyst expectations. Revenue rose 19.8% to $884.6 million from $738.4 million.

Key Stats:

The company enters this earnings announcement with substantial revenue momentum. The company has averaged year-over-year revenue growth of 26.5% over the last four quarters.

After experiencing income increases the last three quarters, the company is hoping to keep the good news coming with this earnings announcement. Net income rose 35.7% in the second quarter of the last fiscal year and 42.6% in the third quarter of the last fiscal year before increasing again in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year.

Stock Price Performance: Between January 27, 2012 and April 24, 2012, the stock price rose $11.88 (20.8%), from $57.22 to $69.10. The stock price saw one of its best stretches over the last year between May 20, 2011 and May 31, 2011, when shares rose for seven straight days, increasing 8.1% (+$4.19) over that span. It saw one of its worst periods between November 3, 2011 and November 10, 2011 when shares fell for six straight days, dropping 7.3% (-$4.40) over that span.

(Company fundamentals by Xignite Financials. Earnings estimates provided by Zacks)

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Herbalife-sponsored team Reading FC automatically promoted to the Premier League next season!

Join us in congratulating Herbalife-sponsored team Reading FC, who won 1-0 against Nottingham Forest last night at Madejski Stadium, to now guarantee them a place in the Premier League next season!

This becomes Herbalife's first English Premier League sponsorship.

As a Herbalife Distributor, make sure you're following Reading in the last 2 games of the season to see if they will win the Championship, and follow them next season in the Premiership.

For more information on our work with Reading, please click here.

Wishing you every success in your Herbalife business,

Herbalife UK & Ireland

Herbalife Announced as sponsor of Sussex County Cricket Club's South-West Stand

Sussex County Cricket Club has announced Herbalife as the new sponsor of their South-West Stand, and it will now simply be known as The ‘Herbalife Stand’.

Herbalife has been Sussex County Cricket Club’s Official Nutrition Partner for the past twelve months and has increased their involvement with the Club by sponsoring the stand which is now fully open for the new season. With the Sussex CCC Club Shop and Newbery housed in the rear of the stand, there is a completely new look to visitors who enter The PROBIZ County Ground from Eaton Road.

The company has signed a three-year deal with Sussex and can look forward to the new 1,700 seat structure being known as The Herbalife Stand until at least the end of the 2014 season.

Gavin Aley, Herbalife Country Director UK and Ireland said, "Herbalife is absolutely delighted to be the Official Nutrition Partner of Sussex CCC. Our first season was a huge success for both parties, especially as the Sussex players love using our products and have reaped the benefits of our leading edge Herbalife24 Sports range.

"The Herbalife Stand is a natural progression in the relationship and we are very excited about Sussex’s prospects for the forthcoming season."

Trevor Mould, Sussex’s Communications and Marketing Manager, said, "We’ve had an excellent relationship with Herbalife since they first got involved with the Club and the feedback from the players regarding their products has been excellent.

"We can now look forward to welcoming Herbalife’s representatives and clients to The PROBIZ County Ground far more often and we’re extremely grateful for their continued support of the Club. They’ll certainly be able to bag a great view of the action from The Herbalife Stand!"

Wishing you every success in your Herbalife business,

Herbalife UK & Ireland

A Special Message from Michael O Johnson - Herbalife CEO

Dear Team Herbalife,

Mark Hughes had a dream of reaching $5 billion in retail sales. In 2011, you helped make his dream come true, and more. Your passion, pride, and incredible drive have taken this company to unbelievable heights. Our 2011 retail sales were $5.4 billion. Congratulations!

We just had our best year ever. All six of our regions had double-digit volume growth in the fourth quarter, and five out of six had double-digit growth for the full year. Volume points grew 23 percent and exceeded 1 billion in the fourth quarter.

Daily consumption business methods are continuing to drive our business, making access to our products easier, and enabling more Distributors to be successful than ever before in our history. Our overall retention rate is 52 percent, astounding. In some regions, our retention rate has reached even higher – 59 percent in Mexico and in Russia, 77 percent. Throughout 2011 and now in 2012 we continue to focus on making it easier for Distributors to be successful with better tools and technologies.

At our own manufacturing facilities we are manufacturing 25 percent of our global volume and continue to benefit from our improved infrastructure and Seed to Feed program, taking more control over our entire supply chain.

We introduced several significant products last year. Early in the year we released Prolessa Duo in the U.S., a unique satiety and fat reduction product that was designed as a boost for our Formula 1 meal replacement shake. We released several seasonal Formula 1 flavors as well as our Herbalife24 product line, nutrition for the 24-hour athlete, in the U.S and Europe. It’s great to hear from our sponsored athletes and Distributors about how the products are helping to improve their performance. From our title sponsorship of the World Football Challenge, which was aired on ESPN, Univision and other networks, to MLS Cup champions LA Galaxy, to three-time FIFA Ballon d’Or recipient Leo Messi representing us, our brand was seen by more people than ever before.

Through all our growth, we helped to improve our communities. We partnered with GAIN, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and DSM, one of our nutrient suppliers, to distribute 20 million micronutrient sachets to those in need in Ethiopia and Kenya and the Herbalife Family Foundation opened nine Casa Herbalife programs – we now have 72 Casa Herbalife programs around the world where your time and financial donations are helping more than 20,000 children each day.

Our products and our business opportunity are more relevant for the global marketplace than at any time in our 32-year history. We continue to address the three mega trends that are affecting people the world over – obesity, an aging population and under employment. The hard work and leadership of our Distributors, combined with our products and our industry-leading compensation plan continue to positively differentiate our company.

Our aspirational goal is to achieve 10 billion volume points in the Herbalife Decade by 2020. I believe we can achieve it…because we are just getting started.

Yours in the best of health,

Michael