Helen of Troy Ltd (NASDAQ: HELE) is -50.56% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $48.05 and a high of $127.83 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The HELE stock was last observed hovering at around $59.23 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.5%.
Currently trading at $59.73, the stock is 9.15% and 6.99% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.75 million and changing 0.84% at the moment leaves the stock -38.09% off its SMA200. HELE registered -48.03% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -48.29%.
The stock witnessed a 17.69% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -39.92%, and is 7.49% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.09% over the week and 3.81% over the month.
Helen of Troy Ltd (HELE) has around 1927 employees, a market worth around $1.36B and $1.95B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 9.35 and Fwd P/E is 7.54. Profit margin for the company is 7.82%. Distance from 52-week low is 24.31% and -53.27% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.54%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -20.07% this year
357.0 institutions hold shares in Helen of Troy Ltd (HELE), with institutional investors hold 114.06% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 23.75M, and float is at 22.53M with Short Float at 9.30%. Institutions hold 112.68% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is FMR LLC with over 3.48 million shares valued at $322.97 million. The investor’s holdings represent 14.5927 of the HELE Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 2.81 million shares valued at $260.7 million to account for 11.7793 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 2.38 million shares representing 9.9829 and valued at over $220.95 million, while COOKE & BIELER LP holds 8.0183 of the shares totaling 1.91 million with a market value of $177.46 million.
