Helen of Troy Ltd (NASDAQ: HELE) is -64.95% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $21.20 and a high of $77.95 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 $23.96 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.41%.
Currently trading at $22.55, the stock is -20.25% and -19.81% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.43 million and changing -5.88% at the moment leaves the stock -55.87% off its SMA200. HELE registered -62.31% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -61.97%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $28.1196 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $51.1015.
The stock witnessed a -23.79% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -43.58%, and is -30.96% down 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 9.42% over the week and 6.22% over the month.
Helen of Troy Ltd (HELE) has around 1883 employees, a market worth around $517.64M and $1.86B in sales. Fwd P/E is 4.46. Profit margin for the company is -17.89%. Distance from 52-week low is 6.37% and -71.07% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-15.72%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -36.08% this year.
Helen of Troy Ltd (HELE) Top Institutional Holders
326.0 institutions hold shares in Helen of Troy Ltd (HELE), with institutional investors hold 107.36% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 22.94M, and float is at 22.50M with Short Float at 13.24%. Institutions hold 106.67% 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 14.8042% 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 11.95 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 2.38 million shares representing 10.1276% and valued at over $220.95 million, while COOKE & BIELER LP holds 8.1345 of the shares totaling 1.91 million with a market value of $177.46 million.
