Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) Price Target Raised to $71.00

Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) had its price objective lifted by DA Davidson from $67.00 to $71.00 in a research report sent to investors on Thursday, Benzinga reports. They currently have a neutral rating on the stock. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Helen of Troy’s Q3 2025 earnings at $2.48 EPS.

HELE has been the topic of a number of other reports. StockNews.com lowered shares of Helen of Troy from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 10th. Canaccord Genuity Group reaffirmed a buy rating and issued a $84.00 target price on shares of Helen of Troy in a research note on Monday, October 7th. 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 note on Wednesday, July 10th.

Helen of Troy Price Performance

Shares of Helen of Troy stock opened at $71.54 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a current ratio of 1.77. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $56.86 and its 200-day simple moving average is $80.07. Helen of Troy has a twelve month low of $48.05 and a twelve month high of $127.83. The firm has a market cap of $1.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 0.86.

Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 9th. The company reported $1.21 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 company’s revenue for the quarter was down 3.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.45 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts expect that Helen of Troy will post 6.33 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Helen of Troy announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Thursday, September 5th that permits the company to repurchase $500.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 39.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. CWM LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Helen of Troy by 374.6% in the second quarter. CWM LLC now owns 280 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 221 shares during the period. nVerses Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of Helen of Troy in the second quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Bessemer Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Helen of Troy by 153.7% during the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 576 shares of the company’s stock worth $67,000 after purchasing an additional 349 shares during the last quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new position in Helen of Troy during the first quarter worth $201,000. Finally, ARGA Investment Management LP acquired a new position in Helen of Troy during the first quarter worth $218,000.

About Helen of Troy

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.