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Helen of Troy Limited

HELE

Consumer Defensive · 26.79 +1.0% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

Helen of Troy Limited's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 11 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 18 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Company+1.0% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 11 activeConsumer Services · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 8 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • HELE's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if HELE's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products

No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 11 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 18 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports

No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.

Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • HELE's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 12, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations320
Usable filing statements180
Verified relationships12
Evidence supporting the case
  • Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
  • Product pipeline and R&D has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
  • Material customer TGT most recently reported revenue +5.3% year over year.
  • Material customer WMT most recently reported revenue +6.9% year over year.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed -6.4% year over year.
  • Operating margin changed -51.3 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Net margin changed -56.8 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
  • Input and raw-material costs has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
  • Restructuring and cost reductions has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
  • Tariffs and trade policy has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
Questions before a position
  • EV/sales is 45% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 11, 2026

26.79
6m+56.2%12m+10.2%24m
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2022-02-28$2.2B+5.9%$9.17-3.1%
2023-02-28$2.1B-6.8%$5.95-1.3%
2024-02-29$2.0B-3.3%$7.03-0.5%
2025-02-28$1.9B-4.9%$5.37-3.8%
2026-02-28$1.8B-6.4%$-39.08-0.3%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Credit and interest ratesmixed · 4 filings
In connection with the Amendment, we recognized a $0.9 million charge within “Interest expense” to write-off unamortized prepaid financing fees related to the revolver due to the reduced commitment and capitalized $1.0 million of lender and third-party fees d…
10-K · Apr 23, 2026
Demand and volumemixed · 4 filings
94 Table of Contents During fiscal 2025, our Drybar business continued to experience a decline in net sales revenue due to lower consumer demand, increased competition, and net distribution declines, all of which contributed to reduced earnings and cash flows.
10-K · Apr 23, 2026
Foreign exchangemixed · 4 filings
Segment net sales revenue was favorably impacted by net foreign currency fluctuations of approximately $1.4 million, or 0.1%.
10-K · Apr 23, 2026
Input and raw-material costsnegative · 4 filings
The remaining 5.7 percentage point decrease in segment operating margin was primarily due to: • the net unfavorable impact of higher tariffs on our gross profit; • higher retail trade and promotional expense; • less favorable inventory obsolescence impact yea…
10-K · Apr 23, 2026

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 0.3× · EV/sales 0.8×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

26.79+1.0% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for HELE. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Filing analysis

No comparable filing assessment is available yet

Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for HELE. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind HELE

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

WMT13.0% of HELEcustomerApr 23, 2026

Sales to our second largest customer, Walmart, Inc., including its worldwide affiliates, accounted for approximately 13%, 11% and 9% of our consolidated net sales revenue in fiscal 2026, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

TGT12.0% of HELEcustomerApr 23, 2026

Sales to our third largest customer, Target Corporation, accounted for approximately 12%, 11% and 10% of our consolidated net sales revenue in fiscal 2026, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Depended on by

SPBSpectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.competitorNov 18, 2025

Primary competitors for the personal care product category within our HPC segment include Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

HELE is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Consumer Services. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

This group is retained as the last observed read for HELE; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.