Helen of Troy Limited (HELE)Consumer Defensive | Household & Personal Products | El Paso, United States | NasdaqGS
20.50 USD
+0.72
(3.640%)
⇧
(April 21, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:35 p.m. EDT
A battered fundamental value trap facing imminent selling pressure. The stock has cratered ~50% from its high and is hovering near its 52-week low with no dividend support. As of mid-April 2026, the price trend shows a temporary recovery from a low of $14.01, but the recent $28% slide noted in news highlights eroded confidence. With a forward P/E of only 5.6 yet still reporting negative earnings and booking margins of -64%, the long-term outlook remains poor until the P&L turns consistently positive. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.052148 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.057098 |
| MSTL | 0.058818 |
| AutoETS | 0.075689 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 52% |
| H-stat | 3.43 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.481 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.74 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 111.107 |
| Revenue per Share | 78.531 |
| Market Cap | 472,978,144 |
| Forward P/E | 6.27 |
| Beta | 0.86 |
| Profit Margins | -43.97% |
| Website | https://www.helenoftroy.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 11:35 p.m. EDT: Options flow exhibits a distinct defensive posture. In near-term expirations (May/Aug 2026), there is heavy Open Interest (OI) on OTM puts at deep strikes ($12.5-$15.0), suggesting significant downside protection buying or hedging against the engineered decline from the $36.58 high to the $15 range. Call activity is skewed towards ATM strikes (~$20), with an escalated $70 strike call volume in 2027 expirations, indicating speculative momentum-seeking by traders hoping for a seniorate recovery, though this specific point is most likely a data anomaly given the price context.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.4125334 |
| Address1 | 201 E. Main Street |
| Address2 | Suite 300 |
| All Time High | 265.97 |
| All Time Low | 0.041667 |
| Ask | 25.6 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 4 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.8 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 583,420 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 624,908 |
| Average Volume | 624,908 |
| Average Volume10Days | 583,420 |
| Beta | 0.858 |
| Bid | 14.84 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 1 |
| Book Value | 36.981 |
| City | El Paso |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 5 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 20.5 |
| Current Ratio | 1.812 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 20.65 |
| Day Low | 19.855 |
| Debt To Equity | 111.107 |
| Display Name | Helen of Troy |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,776,949,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,776,949,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,776,947,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,776,947,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,776,947,400 |
| Ebitda | 200,076,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.11102 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 6.863 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.762 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,373,220,224 |
| Eps Current Year | 3.46506 |
| Eps Forward | 3.27062 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -34.48 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 16.655 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 3.8449993 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.23086156 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -41.25334 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 36.58 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -16.080002 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.4395845 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 13.85 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 6.6499996 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.48014435 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 13.85 - 36.58 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 205,680,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 22,465,537 |
| Forward Eps | 3.27062 |
| Forward P E | 6.2679243 |
| Free Cashflow | 90,932,752 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 1,883 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.4672 |
| Gross Profits | 841,964,992 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.021440001 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.01652 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 23,072,103 |
| Industry | Household & Personal Products |
| Industry Disp | Household & Personal Products |
| Industry Key | household-personal-products |
| Ir Website | http://www.hotus.com/investor-relations/ |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,740,700,800 |
| Last Split Date | 874,972,800 |
| Last Split Factor | 2:1 |
| Long Business Summary | 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 in two segments: Home & Outdoor and Beauty & Wellness. The Home & Outdoor segment offers food storage containers, kitchen utensils for cooking and preparing salads, fruits, vegetables and meats, graters, slicers and choppers, baking essentials, kitchen organization, bath, cleaning, infant and toddler products, and coffee preparation tools and electronics; and insulated beverageware, including bottles, travel tumblers, drinkware, mugs, food and lunch containers, insulated totes, soft coolers, outdoor kitchenware, and accessories. This segment provides technical and outdoor sports packs, bike packs and bags, hydration and travel packs, duffel bags and luggage, lifestyle and everyday packs, kid carrier packs, and accessories. The Beauty & Wellness segment offers mass, professional and prestige hair appliances, brushes, grooming tools, and accessories; and prestige shampoos, liquid hair styling products, treatments, and conditioners. This segment provides thermometers, blood pressure monitors, pulse oximeters, nasal aspirators, humidifiers, faucet mount and pitcher water filtration systems, air purifiers, heaters, fans, and humidification, thermometry, water filtration, and air purification consumables. The company sells its products through mass merchandisers, sporting goods retailers, department stores, drugstore chains, home improvement stores, grocery stores, specialty stores, prestige beauty chains, beauty supply retailers, e-commerce retailers, wholesalers, warehouse clubs, and various types of distributors, as well as directly to consumers under the OXO, Good Grips, Soft Works, OXO tot, OXO Brew, OXO Strive, OXO Outdoor, Hydro Flask, Osprey, Drybar, Hot Tools, Curlsmith, Olive & June, and PUR brands. Helen of Troy Limited was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in El Paso, Texas. |
| Long Name | Helen of Troy Limited |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 472,978,144 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_277500 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,764,460,800 |
| Net Income To Common | -792,499,968 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,772,236,800 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 456,366,197 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 19.88 |
| Operating Cashflow | 94,790,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.11414 |
| Overall Risk | 1 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.19 |
| Phone | 915 225 8000 |
| Previous Close | 19.78 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 5.9162035 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.55433875 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.26245126 |
| Profit Margins | -0.43975 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.856 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.75 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.7199993 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 3.6400368 |
| Regular Market Day High | 20.65 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 19.855 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 19.855 - 20.65 |
| Regular Market Open | 19.88 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 19.78 |
| Regular Market Price | 20.5 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,784,831 |
| Regular Market Volume | 207,085 |
| Return On Assets | 0.03437 |
| Return On Equity | -0.639 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.034 |
| Revenue Per Share | 78.531 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 1 |
| Shares Outstanding | 23,072,103 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1369 |
| Shares Short | 3,158,106 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,737,221 |
| Short Name | Helen of Troy Limited |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.2219 |
| Short Ratio | 6.31 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TX |
| Symbol | HELE |
| Target High Price | 40.0 |
| Target Low Price | 16.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 24.66667 |
| Target Median Price | 18.0 |
| Total Cash | 30,066,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.303 |
| Total Debt | 946,920,000 |
| Total Revenue | 1,802,156,032 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -34.48 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 20.3833 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.11669922 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.0057252366 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 207,085 |
| Website | https://www.helenoftroy.com |
| Zip | 79,901 |