Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (HLX)Energy | Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | Houston, United States | NYSE
9.52 USD
+0.30
(3.254%)
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(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
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Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 5:17 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is a tale of two realities: a fundamentally distressed business trading at a bargain valuation, versus a speculative frenzy driven by index inflows and aggressive options positioning. Fundamentally, the company is struggling; operating margins are deeply negative, return on equity is barely above zero, and the stock has suffered a significant multi-year decline (-10% over nine years) capped by a sharp drop last year. The lack of any dividend history confirms this is a pure growth/speculative play with no income floor. However, the market narrative has shifted dramatically. The addition to the Russell 2000 Defensive Index appears to be the catalyst, triggering fresh capital flows that analysts are already pricing in with a 'Buy' rating and a target price nearly 30% higher than current levels. This optimism is reflected vividly in the options chain, where traders are betting big on a surge to $12-$13 within the year, ignoring the weak underlying earnings mechanics. For the short term, this momentum and the defensive index status provide a compelling reason to lean bullish, as the stock is likely to ride the wave of passive inflows. Long-term, however, the structural damage to profitability and the volatile price history suggest caution; the current price is cheap because the business quality has eroded, and the path to restoring the margins needed to sustain a 5-star long-term rating remains unclear. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL_55_126 ✓ | 0.035346 |
| MSTL_126 | 0.041064 |
| MSTL_55 | 0.045150 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.051202 |
| AutoETS | 0.051202 |
| AutoTheta | 0.051544 |
| MSTL | 0.051655 |
Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_55_126
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 42% |
| H-stat | 1.03 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.477 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.77 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Energy |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 40.194 |
| Revenue per Share | 8.83 |
| Market Cap | 1,403,080,960 |
| Trailing P/E | 95.20 |
| Forward P/E | 17.55 |
| Beta | 1.12 |
| Profit Margins | 1.10% |
| Website | https://www.helixesg.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 5:17 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly bullish, positioning heavy call volume and open interest at strikes significantly above the current price (12.0 and 13.0 for December expiry), while put activity is negligible. This indicates a strong expectation of a continued rally, despite elevated implied volatility on near-term calls suggesting some uncertainty around the immediate upside.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.45655608 |
| Address1 | 3,505 West Sam Houston Parkway North |
| Address2 | Suite 400 |
| All Time High | 47.35 |
| All Time Low | 0.99 |
| Ask | 0.0 |
| Ask Size | 900 |
| Audit Risk | 4 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.0 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,675,530 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,805,616 |
| Average Volume | 1,805,616 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,675,530 |
| Beta | 1.118 |
| Bid | 0.0 |
| Bid Size | 1,700 |
| Board Risk | 2 |
| Book Value | 10.57 |
| City | Houston |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 9.52 |
| Current Ratio | 2.915 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 9.54 |
| Day Low | 9.32 |
| Debt To Equity | 40.194 |
| Display Name | Helix Energy |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,776,945,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,776,945,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,776,888,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,784,750,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,784,750,400 |
| Ebitda | 196,624,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.15109 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 7.765 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.173 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,526,748,800 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.28667 |
| Eps Forward | 0.5425 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.1 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 281 618 0500 |
| Fifty Day Average | 9.5116 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.008400917 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.0008832286 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 45.65561 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 10.75 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.2299995 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.11441856 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 5.52 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 4.0000005 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.72463775 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 5.52 - 10.75 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 867,763,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 137,229,877 |
| Forward Eps | 0.5425 |
| Forward P E | 17.548388 |
| Free Cashflow | 208,449,248 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 2,212 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.10791001 |
| Gross Profits | 140,428,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.06784 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.91134 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 147,382,447 |
| Industry | Oil & Gas Equipment & Services |
| Industry Disp | Oil & Gas Equipment & Services |
| Industry Key | oil-gas-equipment-services |
| Ir Website | http://www.helixesg.com/Investor-Relations/ |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,134,086,400 |
| Last Split Factor | 2:1 |
| Long Business Summary | Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, an offshore energy services company, provides specialty services to the offshore energy industry in Brazil, the United States, North Sea, the Asia Pacific, West Africa, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Well Intervention, Robotics, Shallow Water Abandonment, 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; and cable and umbilical lay. The company also provides well intervention, intervention engineering, and production enhancement services; coiled tubing operations; and inspection, repair, and maintenance IRM of production structures, trees, jumpers, risers, pipelines, and subsea equipment, as well as related support services. In addition, it offers reclamation and remediation services; well plug and abandonment P&A services; pipeline, cable and umbilical abandonment services; and site inspections. Further, the company offers oil and natural gas processing facilities and services; and fast response system, as well as site clearance and subsea support services. Additionally, it provides offshore oilfield decommissioning and reclamation, site clearance, project management, engineered solutions, intervention, heavy lift, and commercial diving 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. The company was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. |
| Long Name | Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,403,080,960 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_93027 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 14,329,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,403,080,895 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 9.31 |
| Operating Cashflow | 182,092,992 |
| Operating Margins | -0.046240002 |
| Overall Risk | 3 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 17.67 |
| Phone | 281 618 0400 |
| Pre Market Change | -0.020000458 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | -0.21008883 |
| Pre Market Price | 9.5 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,784,021,972 |
| Previous Close | 9.22 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 33.20892 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.9006623 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.0781684 |
| Profit Margins | 0.011030001 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.702 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.3 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 3.2538 |
| Regular Market Day High | 9.54 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 9.32 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 9.32 - 9.54 |
| Regular Market Open | 9.31 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 9.22 |
| Regular Market Price | 9.52 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,802 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,487,650 |
| Return On Assets | 0.014830001 |
| Return On Equity | 0.00925 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.036 |
| Revenue Per Share | 8.83 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Energy |
| Sector Disp | Energy |
| Sector Key | energy |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 5 |
| Shares Outstanding | 147,382,447 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.049200002 |
| Shares Short | 7,245,659 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 7,583,425 |
| Short Name | Helix Energy Solutions Group, I |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0623 |
| Short Ratio | 4.41 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TX |
| Symbol | HLX |
| Target High Price | 14.0 |
| Target Low Price | 9.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 12.5 |
| Target Median Price | 13.5 |
| Total Cash | 501,272,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.403 |
| Total Debt | 625,761,984 |
| Total Revenue | 1,301,356,032 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.1 |
| Trailing P E | 95.200005 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 8.21285 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 1.3071508 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.15915923 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,487,650 |
| Website | https://www.helixesg.com |
| Zip | 77,043 |