Helen of Troy Limited

HELE

Household & Personal Products · Consumer Defensive

Price

$28.10

-0.57 (-1.99%)

Market Cap

$654.5M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

−5.8% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 24.4M (2022) → 23.0M (2026)

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 accessorie

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-3.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-208.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$54M/ year

→ Flat (+0% vs prior year)

3.0% of revenue

1.5x the sector average (2%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

2.5%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$19M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

Helen of Troy Limited's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

44.6%

Healthy — 44.6% gross margin

Operating Margin

6.0%

Modest — 6.0% operating margin

ROCE

1.8%

Weak — 1.8% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+1.9%

Nearly flat sales (1.9% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

6.0%

Modest free cash flow (6.0%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.98

Moderate — manageable debt (0.98)

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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