Natrol bulks up

Executive Summary

Supplement firm's sales increase 9.6% to $20.7 mil. in the second quarter (ended June 30), with earnings of $769,000 compared to a net loss of $246,000 in the prior-year period. Natrol has focused on its core Natrol brand following the divestment of multi-level and direct marketing businesses Annasa and Tamasa in January. Weight-loss product sales as well as the consolidation of its Prolab sports nutrition business into the firm's Chatsworth, Calif. corporate headquarters also contributed to profitability, President Elliot Balbert maintained...