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Helen of Troy Limited (HELE)

NASDAQ / Consumer Defensive / Household & Personal Products

Share price

29.53 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

690.7M USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2026, filed Apr 23, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 14, 2026
Filed years
15, FY2011 to FY2026
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on equity

-112.6% Computed

From the FY2026 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to book

0.82x Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

20.1% Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2017 Revenue: 1.40B USDFY2017 Net income: 140.7M USDFY2018 Revenue: 1.48B USDFY2018 Net income: 44.4M USDFY2019 Revenue: 1.56B USDFY2019 Net income: 168.5M USDFY2020 Revenue: 1.71B USDFY2020 Net income: 152.3M USDFY2021 Revenue: 2.10B USDFY2021 Net income: 253.9M USDFY2022 Revenue: 2.22B USDFY2022 Net income: 223.8M USDFY2023 Revenue: 2.07B USDFY2023 Net income: 143.3M USDFY2024 Revenue: 2.01B USDFY2024 Net income: 168.6M USDFY2025 Revenue: 1.91B USDFY2025 Net income: 123.8M USDFY2026 Revenue: 1.79B USDFY2026 Net income: -899.0M USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
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The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it good

Return on equity was -112.6% in FY2026, in the band labelled "Likely below the cost of equity" (below 8.0%), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting returns on shareholders' money below the usual cost of equity.

Today, against the Consumer Defensive sector (198 companies), -112.6% sits at the 9th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from -19.4% to 16.4%.

Is it safe

Debt to equity was 1.05 in FY2026, in the band labelled "Leveraged" (1.00 to 2.00), on lines anchored on Graham's defensive-investor criteria.

Today, against the Consumer Defensive sector (124 companies), 1.05 sits at the 62nd percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 0.37 to 1.57.

Year by year against peers
Whether Helen of Troy Limited's return on equity stayed above the median of the Consumer Defensive sector, year by year. (FY2019 to FY2026, 8 fiscal years of Helen of Troy Limited with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way Helen of Troy Limited's return on equity has moved, and how steadily. (FY2017 to FY2026, 10 filed years of Helen of Troy Limited)
What could explain it
What in Helen of Troy Limited's filed statements could explain the movements. (6 readings drawn from the statement lines Helen of Troy Limited filed)
What to check next
What to check next on Helen of Troy Limited, and where in its filings. (2 questions for Helen of Troy Limited)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on Helen of Troy Limited's returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (9 of sixteen figures read for Helen of Troy Limited)

These are HELE’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2026 annual report: 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, accession 0000916789-26-000048.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

Helen of Troy Limited: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax
Why n/a

The filed income tax is outside 0 to 100% of pre-tax income (a tax benefit on a profit, a charge on a loss, or a charge above the profit), which is a one-off in the tax line and not a rate operating profit was taxed at, so after-tax operating profit is not computed.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Return on equity-112.6% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Return on capital employed, pre-tax-48.6% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Return on assets-42.5% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Gross margin45.7% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Operating margin-43.8% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Net margin-50.3% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
HELE -50.3%
BRCC -3.0%AIIR -52.2%WEST -7.6%MGPI -20.1%GOTU -5.3%
-52.2%-3.0%
Net margin: HELE against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

Helen of Troy Limited: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity1.05 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Current ratio1.71 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Quick ratio0.81 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Interest coverage
Why n/m

Operating income is zero or below, so there is no operating profit to cover the interest bill and coverage is not meaningful (n/m).

n/m ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Altman Z-score0.40 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Net debt821.8M ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Total assets 2.12BTotal liabilities 1.32BShareholders' equity 798.2MOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What Helen of Troy Limited owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2026, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048).

Helen of Troy Limited: balance sheet position
Total assets2.12B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026
Total liabilities1.32B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026
Shareholders' equity798.2M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026
Cash18.9M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026
Total debt840.7M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026
Net debt821.8M
Current ratio1.71
Debt to equity1.05
  • Interest cover: FY2026: Operating income is zero or below, so there is no operating profit to cover the interest bill and coverage is not meaningful (n/m).

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Helen of Troy Limited: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings
Why n/m

Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.

n/m ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
P/E on trailing twelve months5.77x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book0.82x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Price to sales0.37x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Enterprise value to EBIT
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Enterprise value to EBITDA
Why n/m

EBITDA is zero or negative, so a multiple of it is not meaningful.

n/m ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Price to earnings over growth
Why n/m

Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.

n/m ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Diluted earnings per share-39.08 USD FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Graham number
Why n/m

Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.

n/m ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value HELE on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for Helen of Troy Limited today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

Helen of Troy Limited: valuation
Share price29.53 USD
Market capitalisation690.7M USD
Enterprise value to EBITDAn/m
Graham numbern/m
Diluted earnings per share, FY2026-39.08 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Oct 3, 2016: low 4.56x, median 21.49x, high 164.07x, latest 5.77x. 2,203 trading days with a meaningful ratio, 319 more on a loss and left out. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like Helen of Troy Limited

  1. BRC Inc. (BRCC)Market cap 334.7M USD
  2. Air Global PLC Ordinary Shares (AIIR)Market cap 1.20B USD
  3. Westrock Coffee Company, LLC (WEST)Market cap 835.7M USD
  4. MGP Ingredients, Inc. (MGPI)Market cap 329.8M USD
  5. Gaotu Techedu Inc. (GOTU)Market cap 961.7M USD

Same sector (Consumer Defensive) and size band (Small, 300M to 2B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

Helen of Troy Limited: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield20.1% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Free cash flow131.9M USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Free cash flow margin7.4% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Dividend yield
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Payout ratio
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
FY2017 Free cash flow: 213.0M USDFY2017 Net income: 140.7M USDFY2018 Free cash flow: 210.6M USDFY2018 Net income: 44.4M USDFY2019 Free cash flow: 168.9M USDFY2019 Net income: 168.5M USDFY2020 Free cash flow: 253.5M USDFY2020 Net income: 152.3M USDFY2021 Free cash flow: 215.4M USDFY2021 Net income: 253.9M USDFY2022 Free cash flow: 62.8M USDFY2022 Net income: 223.8M USDFY2023 Free cash flow: 33.4M USDFY2023 Net income: 143.3M USDFY2024 Free cash flow: 269.4M USDFY2024 Net income: 168.6M USDFY2025 Free cash flow: 83.1M USDFY2025 Net income: 123.8M USDFY2026 Free cash flow: 131.9M USDFY2026 Net income: -899.0M USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

Helen of Troy Limited: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
n/mFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT.
0.82xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/a Operating profit is zero or negative, so there is no profit for a buyer's price to be a multiple of.
20.1%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2026Apr 23, 2026
n/a The filed income tax is outside 0 to 100% of pre-tax income (a tax benefit on a profit, a charge on a loss, or a charge above the profit), which is a one-off in the tax line and not a rate operating profit was taxed at, so after-tax operating profit is not computed.
n/aFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/a The filed cash flow statement reports no dividend paid at all. That is not the same as a filed zero, and we will not read it as one.
1.05FY2026Apr 23, 2026
1.71FY2026Apr 23, 2026
0.37xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/mFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT.
0.40FY2026Oct 15, 2026
-3.19FY2026Apr 23, 2026
4/9FY2026Apr 23, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2026, the newest full year on file. 15 filed fiscal years on record, FY2011 to FY2026, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 14, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2017 to FY2026, read from the annual reports Helen of Troy Limited filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

Helen of Troy Limited: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY20261.79B-782.1M-899.0M-39.08131.9M-43.8%-112.6%10-K, Apr 23, 20260000916789-26-000048
FY20251.91B142.7M123.8M5.3783.1M7.5%7.3%10-K, Apr 24, 20250000916789-25-000012
FY20242.01B260.6M168.6M7.03269.4M13.0%10.3%10-K, Apr 24, 20240000916789-24-000015
FY20232.07B211.8M143.3M5.9533.4M10.2%9.6%10-K, Apr 27, 20230000916789-23-000017
FY20222.22B272.6M223.8M9.1762.8M12.3%16.9%10-K, Apr 28, 20220000916789-22-000025
FY20212.10B281.5M253.9M10.08215.4M13.4%20.5%10-K, Apr 29, 20210000916789-21-000034
FY20201.71B178.3M152.3M6.02253.5M10.4%13.1%10-K, Apr 29, 20200000916789-20-000024
FY20191.56B199.4M168.5M6.41168.9M12.8%16.9%10-K, Apr 29, 20190000916789-19-000008
FY20181.48B169.1M44.4M1.63210.6M11.4%4.4%10-K, Apr 30, 20180001558370-18-003549
FY20171.40B169.7M140.7M5.04213.0M12.1%13.8%10-K, May 1, 20170001558370-17-003176
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 2.8%
  • Earnings: Earnings was not positive in both 2017 and 2026, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.
  • Earnings per share: Earnings per share was not positive in both 2017 and 2026, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.
  • Free cash flow, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: -5.2%

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

Helen of Troy Limited: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-3.19 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Piotroski F-score4/9 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Apr 23, 2026, 0000916789-26-000048
Named tests met2 of 30 Computed
Beta1.14 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 2 met, 21 not met, 7 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman)
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High returns and growth; EV/EBITDA and coverage; High yield, low payout; Dividends and buybacks; Low beta, profitable; Near the 52-week low; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt; Owner earnings yield; High return on tangibles; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Clean books, high ROIC
Not measured
Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); ROIC at or above WACC; P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); Cash-covered dividend; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff). A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(14)
  • P/E Ratio: Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.
  • EV/EBIT: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Return on Invested Capital: The filed income tax is outside 0 to 100% of pre-tax income (a tax benefit on a profit, a charge on a loss, or a charge above the profit), which is a one-off in the tax line and not a rate operating profit was taxed at, so after-tax operating profit is not computed.
  • PEG Ratio: Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.
  • Eps Growth 5Y: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • EV/EBITDA: EBITDA is zero or negative, so a multiple of it is not meaningful.
  • Interest Coverage: Operating income is zero or below, so there is no operating profit to cover the interest bill and coverage is not meaningful (n/m).
  • Dividend Yield: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Payout Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • ROIC-WACC Spread: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Price To Graham: Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.
  • Dividend Coverage Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Dividend Streak: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Price Tangible Book: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by Javier Sanz Alvarez: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 14 figures could not be read on this company, among them P/E Ratio, EV/EBIT, Return on Invested Capital. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 7 named tests come back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.

And the one that is true of all of it: This is what the numbers say today. It cannot tell you the day one of them stops being true. Nothing here can, because the reasons are not written down.

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