Energy
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(HLX)
Live Price
Offline$8.69
-2.03% today
1Y Change
+40.61%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
- Market Cap
- $1.52B
- Revenue Growth
- -4.9%
- EPS Growth
- -43.2%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 245 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (HLX) is a Energy stock with a market cap of $1.52B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $8.69 and up 40.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -4.9%, EPS growth of -43.2%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -4.9%, EPS -43.2%, free cash flow -26.0% with operating margin 3.4% and ROIC 1.2%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 106.1 and price/sales 1.2. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines HLX price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Energy peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-4.9% vs +11.2% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+3.4% vs +8.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
106.1 vs 7.9 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 22, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -4.9% and EPS is at -43.2%, with operating margin around 3.4%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +3.0% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 3 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 22, 2026 | โ | +0.7% | +4.9% | -2.9% |
2026 Feb 23, 2026 | +900.0% | +16.3% | +2.6% | +8.0% |
2025 Oct 22, 2025 | +0.0% | +4.8% | +1.5% | -3.3% |
Benchmark Edge
HLX vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
HLX
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
HLX Max Drawdown
-18.24%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for HLX and SPY.
Company Overview
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., an offshore energy services company, provides specialty services to the offshore energy industry primarily in Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico, North Sea, the Asia Pacific, and West Africa regions. The company operates through three segments: Well Intervention, Robotics, and Production Facilities. It engages in the installation of flowlines, control umbilicals, and manifold assemblies and risers; trenching and burial of pipelines; installation and tie-in of riser and manifold assembly; commissioning, testing, and inspection activities; and provision of cable and umbilical lay, and connection services. The company also provides well intervention, intervention engineering, and production enhancement services; inspection, repair, and maintenance of production structures, trees, jumpers, risers, pipelines, and subsea equipment; and related support services. In addition, it offers reclamation and remediation services; well plug and abandonment services; pipeline abandonment services; and site inspections. Additionally, the company offers oil and natural gas processing facilities and services; and fast response system, as well as site clearance and subsea support services. It serves independent oil and gas producers and suppliers, pipeline transmission companies, renewable energy companies, and offshore engineering and construction firms. The company was formerly known as Cal Dive International, Inc. and changed its name to Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. in March 2006. Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
- Leadership
- Owen Eugene Kratz
- IPO Date
- Jul 1, 1997
- Employees
- 2.3k
- Street Address
- 3505 West Sam Houston Parkway North
- Mailing
- Houston, TX, 77043
- Region
- Houston, TX, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 281 618 0400
- Last Updated
- Apr 30, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 106.1
- EV/EBITDA
- 9.2
- Price/Sales
- 1.2
- Price/Book
- 1.0
Growth
- Revenue
- -4.9%
- EPS
- -43.2%
- Free Cash Flow
- -26.0%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 10.8%
- Operating Margin
- 3.4%
- Net Margin
- 1.1%
- ROE
- 0.9%
- ROIC
- 1.2%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.40
- Current Ratio
- 2.92
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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