Natrol results
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Chatsworth, Calif.-based supplement firm's sales increase 9.1% to $6.6 mil. in 2004, with net earnings of $1.9 mil. compared to a $1.5 mil. loss from discontinued operations in 2003. Diet products and "core items" such as Ester-C yielded strong results during the year, offsetting "softness in our raw material business as well as essentially flat sales in our sports nutrition business," President & Chairman Elliot Balbert reported March 15. Natrol recorded flat sales and a net loss of $402,000 in the fourth quarter...