Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 7.000-7.500 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 7.100. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.9 billion-$1.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.9 billion. Helen of Troy also updated its FY25 guidance to $7.00-7.50 EPS.

Helen of Troy Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:HELE opened at $72.36 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $56.55 and its 200-day moving average is $80.60. The company has a current ratio of 1.77, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.65 billion, a PE ratio of 12.10, a PEG ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 0.86. Helen of Troy has a 1-year low of $48.05 and a 1-year high of $127.83.

Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 9th. The company reported $1.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.05 by $0.16. The firm had revenue of $474.20 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $458.85 million. Helen of Troy had a net margin of 7.35% and a return on equity of 9.31%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 3.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.45 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Helen of Troy will post 6.33 earnings per share for the current year.

Helen of Troy declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Thursday, September 5th that allows the company to buyback $500.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 39.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently weighed in on HELE. DA Davidson upped their price objective on Helen of Troy from $67.00 to $71.00 and gave the company a neutral rating in a research note on Thursday. Canaccord Genuity Group reiterated a buy rating and issued a $84.00 price target on shares of Helen of Troy in a research report on Monday. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Helen of Troy from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 10th. Finally, UBS Group dropped their target price on shares of Helen of Troy from $100.00 to $72.00 and set a neutral rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, July 10th.

Helen of Troy Company Profile

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 in two segments: Home & Outdoor and Beauty & Wellness. The Home & Outdoor segment offers food storage containers, kitchen utensils for cooking and preparing salads, fruits, vegetables and meats, graters, slicers and choppers, baking essentials, kitchen organization, bath, cleaning, infant and toddler products, and coffee preparation tools and electronics; and insulated beverageware, including bottles, travel tumblers, drinkware, mugs, food and lunch containers, insulated totes, soft coolers, outdoor kitchenware, and accessories.