Helen of Troy Limited (HELE) Key Metrics
HELE valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $678.1M
- Enterprise value
- $1.44B
- P/E (TTM)
- — 10-yr median 19.4
- Forward P/E
- 8.5
- PEG ratio
- 0.97
- Price / sales
- 0.4 10-yr median 1.8
- Price / book
- 0.8 10-yr median 2.5
- EV / EBITDA
- 7.0 10-yr median 14.1
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 1.34
HELE key metrics, FY2017–FY2026
Fiscal year ended February 28, 2026 · U.S. dollarsHELE valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
Price / sales−65.9%
0.2
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Price / book−32.6%
0.5
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Price / free cash flow−79.9%
3.1
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Free cash flow yield+26.0 pts
32.5%
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HELE returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
Return on equity−79.9 pts
−72.5%
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Return on invested capital−1.8 pts
4.0%
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Return on assets−38.4 pts
−34.3%
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Free cash flow margin+3.0 pts
7.4%
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Asset turnover+6.5%
0.68
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HELE per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
Revenue per share−6.1%
$77.66
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Earnings per share
−$39.08
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Free cash flow per share+59.1%
$5.73
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Book value per share−52.5%
$34.70
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Shares outstanding−0.3%
23.0M
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HELE financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
Debt / equity+83.8%
1.04
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Net debt−$123.2M
$814.8M
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Current ratio−14.2%
1.71
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Interest coverage−32.7%
1.8
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Debt / assets+29.0%
0.39
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HELE efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
Days sales outstanding+2 days
82 days
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Days of inventory+15 days
171 days
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Days payables outstanding+4 days
99 days
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Cash conversion cycle+12 days
154 days
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Capex / revenue+0.6 pts
2.2%
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Dividends + buybacks / FCF−122.7 pts
1.5%
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HELE valuation history
Fiscal year-endToday10-year median
HELE returns on capital
ROEROICROA
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
HELE debt vs cash
Total debtCash & short-term investments
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
HELE cash returned to shareholders
DividendsBuybacksFree cash flow
HELE price vs earnings per share
Share price at year-endEPS (right axis)
HELE key metrics
FY2017–FY2026| FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $405.8M | $1.27B | $3.00B | $2.71B | $5.02B | $5.46B | $4.17B | $2.95B | $2.45B | $2.72B |
| Enterprise value | $1.22B | $2.21B | $3.68B | $3.66B | $5.84B | $5.80B | $4.52B | $3.26B | $2.72B | $3.19B |
| P/E ratio | — | 10.3 | 17.8 | 18.9 | 22.4 | 21.5 | 27.4 | 17.5 | 55.2 | 19.4 |
| Price / sales | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Price / book | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| Price / free cash flow | 3.1 | 15.3 | 11.1 | 81.3 | 80.0 | 25.4 | 16.4 | 17.5 | 11.7 | 13.1 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 2.4 | 11.2 | 9.8 | 13.0 | 35.7 | 17.4 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 |
| EV / sales | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| EV / EBITDA | — | 8.2 | 12.2 | 12.8 | 18.8 | 17.6 | 17.5 | 14.1 | 12.0 | 15.2 |
| EV / free cash flow | 9.3 | 26.5 | 13.7 | 109.7 | 93.1 | 26.9 | 17.8 | 19.3 | 12.9 | 15.3 |
| Earnings yield | −221.6% | 9.7% | 5.6% | 5.3% | 4.5% | 4.6% | 3.7% | 5.7% | 1.8% | 5.2% |
| Free cash flow yield | 32.5% | 6.6% | 9.0% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 3.9% | 6.1% | 5.7% | 8.6% | 7.6% |
| Dividend yield | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1% | — | — | 18.9% | 14.9% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 0.5% | 8.1% | 1.8% | 0.7% | 3.7% | 3.8% | 0.2% | 7.4% | 21.8% | 17.7% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $17.64 | $55.03 | $125.00 | $112.69 | $205.67 | $216.80 | $164.60 | $112.11 | $90.05 | $97.70 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $77.66 | $82.71 | $83.65 | $86.04 | $91.08 | $83.30 | $67.43 | $59.47 | $54.26 | $50.11 |
| Earnings per share | −$39.08 | $5.37 | $7.03 | $5.95 | $9.17 | $10.08 | $6.02 | $6.41 | $1.63 | $5.04 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $7.44 | $4.91 | $12.77 | $8.64 | $5.77 | $12.47 | $10.71 | $7.43 | $8.23 | $8.19 |
| Free cash flow per share | $5.73 | $3.60 | $11.24 | $1.39 | $2.57 | $8.55 | $10.01 | $6.42 | $7.73 | $7.45 |
| Cash per share | $0.82 | $0.82 | $0.77 | $1.21 | $1.37 | $1.79 | $0.97 | $0.45 | $0.76 | $0.83 |
| Book value per share | $34.70 | $72.99 | $68.31 | $61.80 | $54.38 | $49.19 | $45.88 | $37.89 | $37.22 | $36.60 |
| Tangible book value per share | −$2.04 | −$2.87 | $1.42 | −$5.46 | −$6.53 | $5.64 | $4.77 | $3.91 | $4.01 | −$3.50 |
| Dividends per share | — | — | — | — | — | $0.21 | — | — | $16.99 | $14.54 |
| Capex per share | $1.71 | $1.30 | $1.53 | $7.26 | $3.20 | $3.92 | $0.70 | $1.00 | $0.50 | $0.74 |
| Debt per share | $36.24 | $41.48 | $29.33 | $40.56 | $35.11 | $15.16 | $15.01 | $12.20 | $10.64 | $17.41 |
| Shares outstanding | 23.0M | 23.1M | 24.0M | 24.1M | 24.4M | 25.2M | 25.3M | 26.3M | 27.3M | 27.9M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −0.3% | −3.8% | −0.5% | −1.3% | −3.1% | −0.5% | −3.7% | −3.5% | −2.3% | −3.0% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | −72.5% | 7.5% | 10.8% | 10.2% | 17.4% | 21.2% | 14.1% | 16.8% | 4.4% | 14.4% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 4.0% | 5.8% | 8.8% | 7.7% | 12.6% | 17.2% | 11.6% | 14.3% | 10.1% | 11.4% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | −34.3% | 4.1% | 5.9% | 5.0% | 8.8% | 12.2% | 8.6% | 10.3% | 2.6% | 7.6% |
| Return on tangible assets | −70.8% | 9.0% | 13.6% | 11.1% | 16.7% | 21.8% | 17.7% | 22.3% | 6.2% | 20.3% |
| Free cash flow margin | 7.4% | 4.4% | 13.4% | 1.6% | 2.8% | 10.3% | 14.8% | 10.8% | 14.2% | 14.9% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | — | 0.91 | 1.82 | 1.45 | 0.63 | 1.24 | 1.78 | 1.16 | 5.04 | 1.62 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $833.7M | $956.8M | $702.9M | $977.1M | $857.0M | $382.0M | $380.2M | $320.8M | $289.9M | $485.6M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $18.9M | $18.9M | $18.5M | $29.1M | $33.4M | $45.1M | $24.5M | $11.9M | $20.7M | $23.1M |
| Net debt | $814.8M | $938.0M | $684.4M | $948.0M | $823.6M | $336.9M | $355.7M | $308.9M | $269.1M | $462.5M |
| Debt / equity | 1.04 | 0.57 | 0.43 | 0.66 | 0.65 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.48 |
| Debt / assets | 0.39 | 0.31 | 0.25 | 0.34 | 0.30 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.27 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | 3.49 | 2.27 | 3.30 | 2.65 | 1.03 | 1.38 | 1.33 | 1.19 | 2.21 |
| Current ratio | 1.71 | 2.00 | 1.87 | 2.16 | 1.80 | 1.58 | 2.01 | 1.94 | 1.87 | 1.92 |
| Quick ratio | 0.81 | 1.03 | 0.99 | 1.06 | 0.87 | 0.80 | 1.26 | 0.97 | 1.02 | 0.92 |
| Interest coverage | 1.8 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 21.2 | 22.3 | 14.0 | 17.0 | 12.1 | 11.4 |
| Working capital | $360.6M | $465.5M | $393.1M | $479.9M | $479.4M | $357.0M | $343.9M | $292.8M | $258.2M | $266.7M |
| Invested capital | $1.61B | $2.62B | $2.32B | $2.44B | $2.15B | $1.58B | $1.52B | $1.31B | $1.28B | $1.48B |
| Tangible asset value | −$46.9M | −$66.2M | $34.0M | −$131.6M | −$159.4M | $142.2M | $120.9M | $102.8M | $109.2M | −$97.7M |
| Net current asset value | −$451.8M | −$516.9M | −$357.3M | −$532.9M | −$414.0M | −$52.2M | −$59.3M | −$48.0M | −$51.5M | −$236.3M |
| Graham number | — | $93.87 | $103.97 | $90.94 | $105.90 | $105.62 | $78.80 | $73.91 | $36.96 | $64.45 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$34.59 | −$38.06 | −$28.49 | −$36.57 | −$34.27 | −$17.71 | −$12.97 | −$10.63 | −$9.30 | −$16.23 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | — | — | $5.2M | — | — | $463.1M | $405.6M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $1.9M | $103.2M | $55.2M | $18.4M | $188.2M | $203.3M | $10.2M | $217.5M | $73.1M | $75.6M |
| Dividend payout ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0% | — | — | — | 288.3% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 1.5% | 124.1% | 20.5% | 55.0% | 299.8% | 96.8% | 4.0% | 128.8% | 254.6% | 231.5% |
| Capex / revenue | 2.2% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 8.4% | 3.5% | 4.7% | 1.0% | 1.7% | 0.9% | 1.5% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 22.9% | 26.6% | 12.0% | 84.0% | 55.4% | 31.4% | 6.5% | 13.5% | 6.1% | 9.0% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.74 | 0.55 | 0.71 | 3.91 | 2.18 | 2.62 | 0.47 | 0.88 | 0.40 | 0.57 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.1% |
| R&D / revenue | 3.0% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.8% |
| SG&A / revenue | 39.7% | 32.6% | 31.0% | 28.8% | 27.5% | 27.1% | 28.4% | 26.5% | 25.3% | 25.5% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 81.8 | 80.0 | 71.5 | 74.5 | 70.0 | 64.1 | 67.2 | 64.9 | 62.4 | 58.4 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 170.8 | 155.9 | 147.1 | 157.6 | 149.4 | 115.0 | 104.8 | 109.5 | 113.7 | 130.8 |
| Days payables outstanding | 98.9 | 94.6 | 75.3 | 77.6 | 92.4 | 75.9 | 55.6 | 54.0 | 49.4 | 46.4 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 153.8 | 141.4 | 143.3 | 154.5 | 126.9 | 103.1 | 116.4 | 120.4 | 126.6 | 142.9 |
| Receivables turnover | 4.46 | 4.56 | 5.11 | 4.90 | 5.22 | 5.69 | 5.44 | 5.62 | 5.85 | 6.25 |
| Payables turnover | 3.69 | 3.86 | 4.85 | 4.70 | 3.95 | 4.81 | 6.57 | 6.76 | 7.38 | 7.87 |
| Inventory turnover | 2.14 | 2.34 | 2.48 | 2.32 | 2.44 | 3.18 | 3.48 | 3.33 | 3.21 | 2.79 |
| Asset turnover | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.70 | 0.72 | 0.87 | 1.01 | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.86 | 0.76 |
| Average receivables | $400.4M | $418.3M | $392.6M | $422.9M | $426.1M | $368.6M | $314.2M | $278.1M | $252.7M | $223.7M |
| Average payables | $262.9M | $257.4M | $218.0M | $249.4M | $321.5M | $243.7M | $148.1M | $136.5M | $117.5M | $104.7M |
| Average inventory | $454.2M | $424.3M | $425.7M | $506.7M | $519.8M | $369.0M | $279.3M | $276.9M | $270.3M | $295.4M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 39.9% | 55.9% | 56.5% | 55.6% | 52.7% | 48.5% | 54.7% | 54.2% | 55.8% | 61.7% |
Computed from HELE's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed April 23, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
HELE valuation and financial ratios
Helen of Troy earned a return on equity of −72.5% and a return on invested capital of 4.0% in fiscal 2026. It ended the year with $833.7 million of debt and $18.9 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $814.8 million. It returned $1.9 million to shareholders: $0 in dividends and $1.9 million in share buybacks, 1% of free cash flow. The share count fell 17.5% from 27.9M to 23.0M over 9 years.
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HELE key metrics FAQ
What is Helen of Troy's return on equity?
Helen of Troy's return on equity (ROE) was −72.5% in fiscal 2026: net income of -$899.0 million on average shareholders' equity of $1.2 billion.
What is Helen of Troy's ROIC?
Helen of Troy's return on invested capital was 4.0% in fiscal 2026, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Helen of Troy have?
Helen of Troy had total debt of $833.7 million at the end of fiscal 2026, a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04.
Does Helen of Troy buy back its shares?
Yes. Helen of Troy spent $1.9 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2026 Shares outstanding changed −0.3% over the year, to 23.0M..
What is Helen of Troy's free cash flow yield?
Helen of Troy generated $131.9 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2026, a free cash flow yield of 32.5% on its market value at year-end ($405.8 million).
What is Helen of Troy's current ratio?
Helen of Troy's current ratio was 1.71 at the end of fiscal 2026: current assets were 1.71 times current liabilities.