Nu Skin
Pharmanex / Big Planet / Photomax

Nu Skin was "Founded in 1984 with a commitment to providing quality skin care that features only premium, wholesome ingredients, Nu Skin remains true to this "all of the good, none of the bad" heritage today, developing innovative products that support the health and longevity of skin and hair." --NuSkin web site

Over the years, NuSkin has reinvented itself more than any other multilevel marketing (MLM) or network marketing company with new divisions:  Pharmanex, Big Planet, Photomax.  Reportedly, approximately 50% of NuSkin revenues come from Asia.

Compensation Plan: Stair-step Breakaway

NUS - Financials for NuSkin Enterprises, Inc.
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NuSkin News

UPDATE 1-Nu Skin Q1 profit beats estimates; backs '09 view

Apr 30, 2009  ... Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS.N) posted a 1st quarter profit that topped analysts' estimates, driven by higher sales of its galvanic spa system and restructuring efforts, and it also backed its revenue outlook for 2009 ..."Our restructuring efforts over the past 3 years are increasing profitability, as demonstrated by a significant improvement in 1st quarter operating margin when excluding restructuring charges," Chief Executive Truman Hunt ... Total revenue was largely flat at $296.2 million, but sales at its personal care business jumped 19% on the strength of its Nu Skin Galvanic Spa System, a hand-held device that uses electric current to deliver spa-like treatments for the skin.

Nu Skin Presents Findings at ASCS
Inside Cosmeceuticals.com - Phoenix, AZ, USA  03/18/2009
PROVO, Utah  ...Additional research on a newly identified internal free radical generator, age-related NOX (arNOX), by scientists working with Nu Skin ... esearch was presented at the Ninth Scientific Conference of the Asian Societies of Cosmetic Scientists (ASCS), March 2 to 4, in Yokohama, Japa

Morningstar Stock Analyst comments [link removed]
12-12-08 Erin Swanson, CFA
... Product safety and regulatory issues seem to be constant problems at Nu Skin, a direct-seller of personal-care products, nutritional supplements, and technology-related products and services. Nu Skin was recently forced to stop selling some of its nutritional products in several markets across Europe. In addition, Nu Skin has also had its fair share of execution issues, which have only added to the volatility inherent in the [MLM] business model. The firm has missed its financial targets on more than one occasion and recently refused to offer any sort of near-term earnings guidance, given the lack of transparency they have into their own business as economic conditions deteriorate worldwide and the U.S. dollar strengthens against most currencies ...

Nu Skin 2009 forecast is below analyst estimates [link removed]
Forbes - NY, USA AP , 12.04.08, 09:45 AM EST
NuSkin Enterprises Inc. ...  forecast slightly lower profit and revenue than analysts expected in 2009 ... company said Thursday it expects to earn between $1.10 and $1.20 per share for the year, on $1.24 Billion to $1.27 Billion ...  implies modest sales growth from 2008, as the company said revenue will grow 3 to 5% in local currency, but foreign exchange rates are expected to reduce revenue by 3 to 5 percent.

On average, analysts expect ... $1.29Billion in revenue.

Anti-Age Product Could Lift NuSkin; Dividend Rising
Investor's Business Daily (subscription) - USA  11/19/2008
BY PAUL WHITFIELD Utah-based Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) plans to roll out an anti-aging product in January that, if not a fountain of youth ... According to a study conducted at Stanford, people with high levels of arNox, the enzyme, look about 7 years older than those with low levels

Nu Skin wins key concession in China  TMCnet.com (NAT)  8/7/06 9:36 PM  ... not be allowed to operate under the same multilevel marketing format it operates under in the United States. In this country and elsewhere, sales associates ...

Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. signs a world wide Distribution agreement with a major player 1/17/05 10:21 AM

... from it.  Pharmanex is one of the largest MLM Corporations and is now aggressively penetrating new countries with NKO(TM)" said Tina Sampalis, M.D., Ph.D. Vice President, Research / Business & Development, at Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc.

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NUS: Income Statement Financials for NU SKIN - Yahoo! Finance
... Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc (NUS), At 1:01PM ET: 22.90 0.17 (0.75%) Reuters. ... Quote data provided by Reuters.Financials data provided by Edgar Online.Data and ...