NUTR ==> The Memorial Day Winner

[Websman]

NUTR is looking like it may be about ready to make a comeback.
The time may be right to get one of Mr Market's future winners at a steeply discounted price.

[Websman]

Looks like NUTR is silently creeping back up. Here comes another Mr Market winner.

[New-born baby]

Nutr

Looks like NUTR is silently creeping back up. Here comes another Mr Market winner.

Webs, well look carefully at the chart below. Yeah, the ascending triangle has already reached its target. But notice something else?


It is currently forming a cup. That's right. It is slowing setting itself up for a real nice pop in a month or so. How's that for excitement?

[mimo_100]

showing some life

It looks like NUTR is trying to plow through all the volume at 13.80.

I think it may make a run at 15.25.

Tim

[New-born baby]

Nutr

It looks like NUTR is trying to plow through all the volume at 13.80.

I think it may make a run at 15.25.

Tim

Tim,
Here's a look at my view of the chart:

http://img466.imageshack.us/img466/3782/chart10il.gif

[Websman]

Uh, guys? Have you noticed what's happening with NUTR? Could this be another Mr Market winner in the making?

[stenzrob]

Uh, guys? Have you noticed what's happening with NUTR? Could this be another Mr Market winner in the making?

I'm sorry, but what amazes me is that anyone continues to follow this stock. This is a prime example of a stock that looked like a good pick at the time, but then the situation changed. The steadily rising EPS became falling EPS. Revenue growth stalled, and the steady upward trend as carefully measured by R^2 etc. reversed. I'm not about to advocate tight trailing stops that can whipsaw you out of a good stock. I'm not about to say that a 15% profit is not a good thing. But c'mon. If this does ever return 15%, it will be after several years, with a net return equal to a savings account, but even that is not my argument. My argument is: If the criteria to buy is steadily rising earnings and stock price, then I believe the criteria to sell is that the criteria to buy is no longer met.

spike is better than me, but trendlines can easily be drawn showing lower highs and lower lows starting back in July 04, after the initial crash. Volume has also been steadily dropping.

Anyway, that's my philosophy and my take on this particular stock. I had not stated it here for a year or so, so I thought I'd take this chance to reiterate.

regards ... stenz

[Websman]

All Mr Market critics need to take another look at NUTR. Do I sense another Mr Market winner coming???

[jiesen]

latest NUTR earnings report

http://biz.yahoo.com/e/060427/nutr10-q.html

I like this one- all of the numbers are moving in the right direction.

I especially like this excerpt:

We adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R, Share-Based Payment ("SFAS 123R") effective October 1, 2005, using the modified prospective application method. SFAS 123R requires companies to record compensation expense for the value of all outstanding and unvested share-based payments, including employee stock options and similar awards. As of October 1, 2005, we had no outstanding and unvested share-based payments. Also, on September 30, 2005, we terminated the 1995 Stock Option Plan, the 1998 Stock Incentive Plan and the 1998 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan. After September 30, 2005, no new awards of any kind will be granted under any of these plans. As a result, we did not recognize any compensation expense related to share-based payments in our consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended March 31, 2006.

That's one way to deal with those pesky new rules for options reporting... just STOP GIVING THEM OUT!

[df21084]

Just say no

That's one way to deal with those pesky new rules for options reporting... just STOP GIVING THEM OUT!

You said it! More companies need to do this.

I just love companies who hand out endless options to the head honchos, and then allow the head honchos to authorize stock buy-backs, thereby automatically increasing the value of the options without increasing shareholder value. Then the options get exercised, and the investors get the shaft.

[mimo_100]

This one is moving in the right direction again!

[mrmarket]

Buying back shares = bullish??

Nutraceutical Reports Sales and Income
Thursday July 27, 10:44 am ET


PARK CITY, Utah, July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nutraceutical International Corporation (Nasdaq: NUTR - News) today reported results for the fiscal 2006 third quarter and nine months ended June 30, 2006. Net sales for the fiscal 2006 third quarter were $37.0 million compared to $37.2 million for the same quarter of fiscal 2005. For the third quarter, net income was $3.4 million, or $0.29 diluted earnings per share, compared to $3.2 million, or $0.27 diluted earnings per share, for the same quarter of fiscal 2005.
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Net sales for the nine months ended June 30, 2006 were $114.7 million compared to $111.4 million for the same period in fiscal 2005. For the nine months ended June 30, 2006, net income was $11.9 million, or $1.02 diluted earnings per share, compared to $9.5 million, or $0.80 diluted earnings per share, for the same period of fiscal 2005.

Bill Gay, chairman and chief executive officer, commented, "We continue to invest in our brands through marketing and sales programs that will build long-term loyalty with our health and natural food store customers. Our business continued to show positive improvements in operating margins as we further integrated our manufacturing processes in our recently purchased facility. We remain confident in the ongoing strength of our business and are well-positioned to take advantage of synergistic opportunities within the Healthy Foods Channel we serve."

Mr. Gay continued, "I am pleased to announce that our Board of Directors has agreed to add an additional one million shares to its previously approved share repurchase program, which means the Company is authorized to buy up to 1.15 million total shares of its outstanding common stock." Under this approved share repurchase program, the Company may purchase common stock from time to time on the open market and in individually negotiated transactions. The amount and timing of any purchases will be dependent upon a number of factors, including the price and availability of Nutraceutical shares and general market conditions. The Company currently has approximately 11.3 million shares of its common stock outstanding.

ABOUT NUTRACEUTICAL

We are an integrated manufacturer, marketer, distributor and retailer of branded nutritional supplements and other natural products sold primarily to and through domestic health and natural food stores. Internationally, we market and distribute branded nutritional supplements and other natural products to and through health and natural product distributors and retailers. Our core business strategy is to acquire, integrate and operate, from beginning to end, the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of branded nutritional supplement businesses in the natural products industry. We believe that the consolidation and integration of these acquired businesses provides ongoing financial synergies through increased scale and market penetration, as well as strengthened customer relationships.

We sell branded nutritional supplements and other natural products under the trademarks Solaray®, KAL®, Nature's Life®, Natural Balance®, NaturalMax®, VegLife®, Premier One®, Pioneer®, Sunny Green®, Natural Sport®, FunFresh Foods(TM), ActiPet®, Action Labs®, Thompson®, Montana Big Sky(TM), Body Gold®, Healthway®, Living Flower Essences® and Monarch Nutritional Laboratories(TM). Under the name Woodland Publishing(TM), we publish, print and market a line of books and booklets to, among others, book distributors, national retail bookstores and health and natural food stores. We also distribute branded products of certain third parties.

We own neighborhood natural food markets, which operate under the trade names The Real Food Company (TM), Thom's Natural Foods(TM) and Cornucopia Community Market(TM). We also own health food stores, which operate under the trade names Arizona Health Foods(TM), Granola's(TM) and Pilgrim's Natureway(TM).

We manufacture and/or distribute one of the broadest branded product lines in the industry with over 3,000 SKUs, including over 650 SKUs sold internationally. We believe that as a result of our emphasis on innovation, quality, loyalty, education and customer service, our brands are widely recognized in health and natural food stores and among their customers.

This Press Release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements relate to our future plans, objectives, expectations, intentions and financial performance and the assumptions that underlie these statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these statements. We undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this Press Release. Important factors that may cause our results to differ from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, government regulations, product liability claims and litigation, insurance coverage issues, a decrease in or slowing of the growth rate of the vitamin, mineral and supplement market, the success of the healthy foods channel, consumer perception of safety and quality of our products and similar products, competition, intellectual property rights of other parties, the loss of key personnel, disruptions from acquisitions, issues with obtaining raw materials of adequate quality or quantity, problems with information management systems, manufacturing efficiencies and operations, litigation generally, the volatility of the stock market generally and of our stock specifically, a general lack of adequate industry analyst coverage, and other factors indicated from time to time in our SEC reports, copies of which are available upon request from our investor relations group or which may be obtained at the SEC's website (www.sec.gov).


© 2006 Nutraceutical Corporation. All rights reserved.

[mrmarket]

up almost 20% in the last week...you? some?? NOW???

[jiesen]

along with the market, it

looks like both NUS and NUTR are waking out of their long slumber...

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=NUS&t=3m&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=nutr,%5EIXIC

While both of these guys are still down about 30%, on its current trajectory NUTR would probably be the next $$MM pick to hit the 15% target.

[mrmarket]

NUTR looking GOOOOOOD

Nutraceutical Reports Stronger Q2 Results
Thursday May 1, 7:00 am ET


PARK CITY, Utah, May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nutraceutical International Corporation (Nasdaq: NUTR - News) today reported results for the fiscal 2008 second quarter ended March 31, 2008. Net sales for the fiscal 2008 second quarter were $44.4 million compared to $42.1 million for the same quarter of fiscal 2007. For the second quarter of fiscal 2008, net income was $4.4 million, or $0.39 diluted earnings per share, compared to net income of $4.2 million, or $0.37 diluted earnings per share, for the same quarter of fiscal 2007.
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Net sales for the six months ended March 31, 2008 were $85.5 million compared to $78.0 million for the same period in fiscal 2007. For the six months ended March 31, 2008, net income was $7.6 million, or $0.67 diluted earnings per share, compared to net income of $7.5 million, or $0.67 diluted earnings per share, for the same period of fiscal 2007.

Operating cash flow for the six months ended March 31, 2008 was $9.4 million compared to $10.1 million for the same period of fiscal 2007. This operating cash flow, combined with net borrowings of $7.5 million, was used to invest $10.0 million in property and equipment, $5.9 million in acquisitions of branded natural product businesses and $2.1 million in repurchases of common stock.

Bill Gay, chairman and chief executive officer, commented, "Revenue, net income and EBITDA for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 all strengthened and reflect the synergistic contributions of the six acquisitions completed during fiscal 2007. The late March acquisition of the Health from the Sun® brand, which specializes in essential fatty acid and phytonutrient products, enhances our portfolio of brands and expands our offerings. We continue to invest heavily in consolidating manufacturing and distribution so that additional operating efficiencies can be achieved. Our day to day focus is on revenue growth and controlling expenses. We are appreciative of everyone who supports us in our efforts to achieve leadership in the Healthy Foods Channel."