Helios Technologies, Inc. (HLIO) Key Metrics
HLIO valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $2.23B
- Enterprise value
- $2.53B
- P/E (TTM)
- 31.6 10-yr median 37.5
- Forward P/E
- 11.7
- PEG ratio
- 1.03
- Price / sales
- 2.5 10-yr median 2.4
- Price / book
- 2.4 10-yr median 2.4
- EV / EBITDA
- 14.8 10-yr median 14.0
- Dividend yield
- 0.71% $0.48 a year
- Beta
- 1.30
HLIO key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsHLIO valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
HLIO returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
HLIO per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
HLIO financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
HLIO efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
HLIO valuation history
HLIO returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
HLIO debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
HLIO cash returned to shareholders
HLIO price vs earnings per share
HLIO key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $1.78B | $1.49B | $1.50B | $1.77B | $3.42B | $1.71B | $1.48B | $1.04B | $1.75B | $1.07B |
| Enterprise value | $1.82B | $1.91B | $2.01B | $2.20B | $3.86B | $2.17B | $1.78B | $1.37B | $1.80B | $1.13B |
| P/E ratio | 36.8 | 38.1 | 39.9 | 18.0 | 32.7 | 120.4 | 24.6 | 22.2 | 55.4 | 46.1 |
| Price / sales | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
| Price / book | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 6.4 | 4.5 |
| Price / free cash flow | 17.8 | 15.6 | 34.4 | 23.7 | 40.7 | 18.4 | 22.6 | 21.2 | 64.3 | 34.6 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 14.0 | 12.2 | 17.8 | 16.1 | 30.2 | 15.8 | 16.4 | 13.4 | 35.4 | 27.9 |
| EV / sales | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 5.8 |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.3 | 12.9 | 14.0 | 11.6 | 19.1 | 28.2 | 14.1 | 11.4 | 22.0 | 24.8 |
| EV / free cash flow | 18.2 | 20.1 | 46.3 | 29.3 | 46.0 | 23.3 | 27.1 | 27.9 | 66.3 | 36.5 |
| Earnings yield | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 5.5% | 3.1% | 0.8% | 4.1% | 4.5% | 1.8% | 2.2% |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.6% | 6.4% | 2.9% | 4.2% | 2.5% | 5.4% | 4.4% | 4.7% | 1.6% | 2.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 1.4% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $53.49 | $44.64 | $45.35 | $54.44 | $105.17 | $53.29 | $46.23 | $33.19 | $64.69 | $39.97 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $25.20 | $24.20 | $25.32 | $27.16 | $26.77 | $16.30 | $17.33 | $16.23 | $12.68 | $7.32 |
| Earnings per share | $1.45 | $1.17 | $1.14 | $3.02 | $3.22 | $0.44 | $1.88 | $1.49 | $1.17 | $0.87 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $3.82 | $3.67 | $2.54 | $3.37 | $3.49 | $3.38 | $2.83 | $2.47 | $1.83 | $1.43 |
| Free cash flow per share | $3.00 | $2.86 | $1.32 | $2.30 | $2.58 | $2.90 | $2.04 | $1.57 | $1.01 | $1.16 |
| Cash per share | $2.19 | $1.32 | $0.98 | $1.34 | $0.88 | $0.79 | $0.69 | $0.75 | $2.36 | $3.01 |
| Book value per share | $27.97 | $25.96 | $25.90 | $24.38 | $21.83 | $18.94 | $18.04 | $16.95 | $10.09 | $8.79 |
| Tangible book value per share | $1.91 | −$0.56 | −$2.60 | −$2.60 | −$5.04 | −$7.95 | −$2.95 | −$5.52 | $2.21 | $0.75 |
| Dividends per share | $0.36 | $0.36 | $0.36 | $0.36 | $0.36 | $0.36 | $0.36 | $0.35 | $0.38 | $0.40 |
| Capex per share | $0.82 | $0.81 | $1.22 | $1.07 | $0.90 | $0.48 | $0.78 | $0.91 | $0.82 | $0.28 |
| Debt per share | $3.33 | $14.15 | $16.62 | $14.26 | $14.51 | $15.18 | $9.95 | $11.26 | $4.29 | $5.21 |
| Shares outstanding | 33.3M | 33.3M | 33.0M | 32.6M | 32.5M | 32.1M | 32.0M | 31.3M | 27.0M | 26.9M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −0.0% | +0.9% | +1.2% | +0.4% | +1.2% | +0.2% | +2.3% | +15.8% | +0.5% | +0.8% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 5.4% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 13.1% | 15.9% | 2.4% | 10.9% | 11.6% | 12.4% | 10.2% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 4.5% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 9.4% | 10.7% | 2.2% | 8.3% | 10.6% | 13.2% | 11.8% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 3.2% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 6.8% | 7.7% | 1.2% | 5.8% | 6.2% | 7.0% | 6.8% |
| Return on tangible assets | 7.5% | 6.3% | 5.8% | 16.8% | 19.3% | 3.3% | 17.2% | 13.8% | 12.8% | 10.2% |
| Free cash flow margin | 11.9% | 11.8% | 5.2% | 8.5% | 9.7% | 17.8% | 11.8% | 9.7% | 7.9% | 15.8% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 2.63 | 3.13 | 2.24 | 1.12 | 1.08 | 7.64 | 1.50 | 1.66 | 1.56 | 1.65 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $110.9M | $471.2M | $548.5M | $464.8M | $471.3M | $487.2M | $318.7M | $352.7M | $116.0M | $140.0M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $73.0M | $44.1M | $32.4M | $43.7M | $28.5M | $25.2M | $22.1M | $23.5M | $63.9M | $81.0M |
| Net debt | $37.9M | $427.1M | $516.1M | $421.1M | $442.8M | $462.0M | $296.5M | $329.2M | $52.1M | $59.0M |
| Debt / equity | 0.12 | 0.55 | 0.64 | 0.58 | 0.66 | 0.80 | 0.55 | 0.66 | 0.43 | 0.59 |
| Debt / assets | 0.07 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.38 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.25 | 0.31 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.26 | 2.88 | 3.58 | 2.22 | 2.19 | 6.00 | 2.36 | 2.75 | 0.64 | 1.29 |
| Current ratio | 2.90 | 2.77 | 2.74 | 2.55 | 2.07 | 1.98 | 2.52 | 2.12 | 3.20 | 4.55 |
| Quick ratio | 1.58 | 1.40 | 1.25 | 1.29 | 1.10 | 1.12 | 1.40 | 1.19 | 2.29 | 3.58 |
| Interest coverage | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 2.7 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 16.3 | 43.6 |
| Working capital | $271.7M | $245.6M | $251.8M | $236.2M | $182.0M | $126.0M | $116.1M | $103.9M | $100.9M | $110.2M |
| Invested capital | $969.4M | $1.29B | $1.37B | $1.22B | $1.15B | $1.07B | $874.2M | $860.0M | $324.8M | $295.4M |
| Tangible asset value | $63.5M | −$18.5M | −$85.8M | −$84.8M | −$163.7M | −$255.1M | −$94.6M | −$172.9M | $59.7M | $20.2M |
| Net current asset value | −$168.1M | −$256.8M | −$339.1M | −$280.3M | −$354.7M | −$435.2M | −$251.5M | −$314.5M | −$40.3M | −$67.1M |
| Graham number | $30.25 | $26.15 | $25.73 | $40.69 | $39.78 | $13.73 | $27.64 | $23.86 | $16.28 | $13.09 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$9.87 | −$12.37 | −$15.36 | −$13.27 | −$15.16 | −$16.63 | −$10.22 | −$12.40 | −$2.75 | −$3.45 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $12.0M | $11.9M | $11.8M | $11.7M | $11.6M | $11.6M | $11.5M | $11.0M | $10.3M | $10.7M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $13.6M | $0 | $2.2M | $2.6M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Dividend payout ratio | 24.8% | 30.5% | 31.5% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 81.3% | 19.1% | 23.5% | 32.5% | 46.1% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 25.6% | 12.5% | 32.2% | 19.1% | 13.8% | 12.4% | 17.6% | 22.4% | 37.8% | 34.6% |
| Capex / revenue | 3.3% | 3.4% | 4.8% | 4.0% | 3.4% | 3.0% | 4.5% | 5.6% | 6.5% | 3.8% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 21.4% | 22.1% | 48.2% | 31.8% | 25.9% | 14.2% | 27.7% | 36.6% | 45.0% | 19.3% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.63 | 0.68 | 0.54 | 0.39 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 1.16 | 0.66 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| R&D / revenue | — | 2.5% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 2.8% | 3.1% | 2.2% |
| SG&A / revenue | 17.6% | 17.2% | 17.8% | 15.0% | 15.0% | 20.4% | 18.0% | 18.5% | 19.1% | 18.7% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 51.3 | 54.0 | 54.1 | 54.8 | 49.8 | 59.3 | 47.8 | 40.6 | 33.9 | 37.0 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 121.7 | 133.6 | 129.3 | 111.1 | 90.5 | 109.2 | 91.2 | 73.8 | 63.3 | 62.6 |
| Days payables outstanding | 42.5 | 41.9 | 45.8 | 49.4 | 47.5 | 49.8 | 37.6 | 32.6 | 22.7 | 21.2 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 130.5 | 145.7 | 137.6 | 116.4 | 92.8 | 118.7 | 101.4 | 81.8 | 74.5 | 78.3 |
| Receivables turnover | 7.12 | 6.76 | 6.75 | 6.66 | 7.33 | 6.16 | 7.64 | 8.98 | 10.76 | 9.87 |
| Payables turnover | 8.58 | 8.72 | 7.97 | 7.38 | 7.69 | 7.33 | 9.70 | 11.19 | 16.10 | 17.22 |
| Inventory turnover | 3.00 | 2.73 | 2.82 | 3.29 | 4.03 | 3.34 | 4.00 | 4.95 | 5.77 | 5.83 |
| Asset turnover | 0.56 | 0.52 | 0.55 | 0.62 | 0.64 | 0.45 | 0.54 | 0.68 | 0.76 | 0.57 |
| Average receivables | $117.8M | $119.2M | $123.8M | $132.8M | $118.6M | $84.9M | $72.6M | $56.6M | $31.9M | $19.9M |
| Average payables | $66.2M | $63.5M | $72.0M | $79.5M | $72.4M | $44.6M | $35.3M | $28.2M | $12.8M | $7.3M |
| Average inventory | $189.3M | $202.6M | $203.3M | $178.6M | $138.0M | $97.8M | $85.6M | $63.8M | $35.8M | $21.5M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 57.3% | 58.6% | 59.1% | 60.1% | 61.7% | 66.5% | 65.8% | 67.5% | 46.3% | 48.6% |
Computed from HLIO's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed March 3, 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.
HLIO valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Helios Technologies traded at 36.8 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 37.5. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 31.6 and the forward P/E is 11.7. Helios Technologies earned a return on equity of 5.4% and a return on invested capital of 4.5% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $110.9 million of debt and $73.0 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $37.9 million. It returned $25.6 million to shareholders: $12.0 million in dividends and $13.6 million in share buybacks, 26% of free cash flow. The share count rose 23.8% from 26.9M to 33.3M over 9 years.
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HLIO key metrics FAQ
What is Helios Technologies's P/E ratio?
Helios Technologies's trailing P/E ratio is 31.6 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 11.7. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 36.8, compared with a 10-year median of 37.5.
What is Helios Technologies's EV/EBITDA?
Helios Technologies's enterprise value was 12.3 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $1.8 billion, EBITDA $147.3 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 14.8.
What is Helios Technologies's return on equity?
Helios Technologies's return on equity (ROE) was 5.4% in fiscal 2025: net income of $48.4 million on average shareholders' equity of $898.0 million.
What is Helios Technologies's ROIC?
Helios Technologies's return on invested capital was 4.5% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Helios Technologies have?
Helios Technologies had total debt of $110.9 million at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12 and $37.9 million of net debt (0.26 times EBITDA).
What is Helios Technologies's dividend yield?
Helios Technologies's forward dividend yield is 0.71%. Helios Technologies paid $12.0 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($0.36 per share), a payout ratio of 24.8%.
Does Helios Technologies buy back its shares?
Yes. Helios Technologies spent $13.6 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −0.0% over the year, to 33.3M..
What is Helios Technologies's free cash flow yield?
Helios Technologies generated $100.0 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 5.6% on its market value at year-end ($1.8 billion).
What is Helios Technologies's current ratio?
Helios Technologies's current ratio was 2.90 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 2.90 times current liabilities.