Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (HLF)

Nutrition products maker sold through members. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 18, 2026. Ranked 21 of the 71 Consumer Defensive companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

A nutrition company whose filing states 8,500 employees with 2,200 in the U.S. and describes manufacturing, distribution and sales to independent Members, so the split is by description with distribution leading.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 20% now, 32% at the end of 2027, 37% at the end of 2028, 39% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 39% desk work, 17% people work and 44% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 61% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 30% becomes checking a model's work and 7% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

8,500 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Stated by count: approximately 2,200 of 8,500 employees are located in the United States.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 8,500 employees, of which approximately 2,200 were located in the United States.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 8,500 employees as of December 31, 2025 (8,600 a year earlier), about 2,200 in the United States; the Winston-Salem and Lake Forest plants are ISO 45001 certified; an Industrial Athlete program for manufacturing and distribution employees; the independent Members who sell its products are not employees.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4242 and 4246 only), largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH, 63,900 employees)27% now, 45% by 2028
• Cencora, Inc. (COR, 51,000 employees)26% now, 46% by 2028
• McKesson Corporation (MCK, 43,000 employees)30% now, 49% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

9 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says it is leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance operational efficiency and improve services for its Members alongside new cloud applications, and names AI laws among the privacy and data regulations it must follow.

• “Important factors that could cause our actual results, performance and achievements, or industry results to differ materially from estimates or projections contained in or implied by our forward-looking statements include the following: the potential impacts of current global economic conditions, including inflation, unfavorable foreign exchange rate fluctuations, and tariffs or retaliatory tar...”
• “Our actual or perceived failure to comply with privacy, artificial intelligence (AI), and data protection laws, rules, and regulations could materially harm our business, financial condition, and operating results.”
• “While we continue to invest in our information technology infrastructure, including leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance operational efficiency and improve services for our Members, and implementing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions, such as Oracle Fusion Cloud applications, there can be no assurance that there will not be any significant interruptions to such systems, that t...”
• “In addition, numerous and evolving cybersecurity threats, including advanced and persistent cyberattacks, such as unauthorized attempts to access, disable, improperly modify, exfiltrate, or degrade our information technology infrastructure, or the introduction of computer viruses, malware, "phishing" emails, and other destructive software, social engineering schemes, and emerging cyber threats...”
• “Our actual or perceived failure to comply with privacy, artificial intelligence (AI), and data protection laws, rules, and regulations could materially harm our business, financial condition, and operating results.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20210median 0
• Fiscal 20220median 0
• Fiscal 20230median 1
• Fiscal 20245median 4
• Fiscal 20259median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• Independent Members who sell and promote its products are not employees and are not counted (rule 8).
• No count by kind of work: the split among distribution, food manufacturing and supplements is by description (c).

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001193125-26-057113, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.