Consumer Defensive
Helen of Troy Limited(HELE)
Live Price
Offline$26.47
+0.00% today
1Y Change
-4.09%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $540.00M
- Revenue Growth
- -6.4%
- EPS Growth
- -826.4%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Helen of Troy Limited (HELE) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $540.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $26.47 and down 4.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -6.4%, EPS growth of -826.4%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -6.4%, EPS -826.4%, free cash flow +58.7% with operating margin -39.3% and ROIC -43.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines HELE price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-6.4% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
-39.3% vs +6.6% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 23, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -6.4% and EPS is at -826.4%, with operating margin around -39.3%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Jul 9, 2026, which is the clearest near-term catalyst for confirming whether the current trend is holding up.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -4.0% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 23, 2026 | โ | -0.8% | -2.8% | +4.1% |
2026 Jan 8, 2026 | +0.0% | -5.7% | -5.1% | -8.8% |
2025 Oct 9, 2025 | +9.3% | -0.5% | -4.1% | -7.2% |
Benchmark Edge
HELE vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
HELE
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Normalized return
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
HELE Max Drawdown
-58.26%
Trailing 1Y
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for HELE and SPY.
Company Overview
Helen of Troy Limited
NASDAQ Global Select
Helen of Troy Limited provides various consumer products in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company operates through three segments: Home & Outdoor, Health & Wellness, and Beauty. The Home & Outdoor segment offers food preparation tools and gadgets, storage containers, and organization products; coffee makers, grinders, manual pour overs, and tea kettles; household cleaning products, shower organization, and bathroom accessories; feeding and drinking products, child seating products, cleaning tools, and nursery accessories; insulated water bottles, hydration packs, drinkware, mugs, food containers, lunch containers, insulated totes, soft coolers, and accessories; and technical and outdoor sports packs, travel packs, luggage, daypacks, and everyday packs. The Health & Wellness segment provides thermometers, blood pressure monitors, pulse oximeters, nasal aspirators, and humidifiers; faucet mount water-filtration systems and pitcher-based water filtration systems; and air purifiers, heaters, fans, and humidifiers. The Beauty segment offers grooming brushes, tools, and decorative hair accessories; and shampoos, liquid hair styling, and treatment and conditioning products, as well as hair appliances. The company sells its products through mass merchandisers, drugstore chains, warehouse clubs, home improvement stores, grocery and specialty stores, beauty supply and e-commerce retailers, wholesalers, and various types of distributors, as well as directly to consumers under the OXO, Good Grips, Hydro Flask, Soft Works, OXO tot, OXO Brew, OXO Strive, OXO Outdoor, Osprey, PUR, Honeywell, Braun, Vicks, Drybar, Hot Tools, Revlon, and Bed Head brands. Helen of Troy Limited was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in El Paso, Texas.
- Leadership
- George Scott Uzzell
- IPO Date
- Jul 8, 1976
- Employees
- 1.9k
- Street Address
- 1 Helen of Troy Plaza
- Mailing
- El Paso, TX, 79912
- Region
- El Paso, TX, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 915 225 8000
- Last Updated
- Apr 29, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- โ
- Price/Sales
- 0.3
- Price/Book
- 0.7
Growth
- Revenue
- -6.4%
- EPS
- -826.4%
- Free Cash Flow
- +58.7%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 45.7%
- Operating Margin
- -39.3%
- Net Margin
- -50.3%
- ROE
- -94.5%
- ROIC
- -43.0%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.04
- Current Ratio
- 1.71
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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