NASDAQ:HELE - Helen of Troy Stock Price, Forecast & News

Helen of Troy's stock was trading at $136.54 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, HELE stock has increased by 3.8% and is now trading at $141.7450. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Helen of Troy in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Helen of Troy.

Helen of Troy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 24th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Helen of Troy.

Helen of Troy Limited (NASDAQ:HELE) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 8th. The company reported $3.12 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.42 by $0.70. The company had revenue of $474.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $446.17 million. Helen of Troy had a return on equity of 19.84% and a net margin of 11.68%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 10.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.40 EPS. View Helen of Troy's earnings history.

Helen of Troy updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 8th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $8.90-9.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $8.69. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.65-1.675 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.64 billion.

4 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Helen of Troy's shares. Their forecasts range from $190.00 to $227.00. On average, they expect Helen of Troy's stock price to reach $209.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 47.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Helen of Troy.

News headlines about HELE stock have trended very positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Helen of Troy earned a daily sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutHelen of Troy.

Helen of Troy saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 993,100 shares, an increase of 105.5% from the February 27th total of 483,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 238,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.2 days. Approximately 4.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Helen of Troy's Current Options Chain.

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Helen of Troy trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HELE."

Helen of Troy's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (9.84%), Capital Research Global Investors (6.63%), State Street Corp (3.31%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.37%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.71%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.48%). Company insiders that own Helen of Troy stock include Gary B Abromovitz, Timothy F Meeker and Vincent D Carson. View institutional ownership trends for Helen of Troy.

HELE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., FMR LLC, Eagle Asset Management Inc., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., State Street Corp, and Chicago Equity Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold Helen of Troy company stock in the last year include Timothy F Meeker, and Vincent D Carson. View insider buying and selling activity for Helen of Troy.

HELE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Capital Research Global Investors, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Anchor Capital Advisors LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Maverick Capital Ltd., UBS Group AG, and Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Helen of Troy.

Shares of HELE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of HELE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $141.75.

Helen of Troy has a market capitalization of $3.57 billion and generates $1.56 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $168.54 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.27 on an earnings per share basis. Helen of Troy employs 1,500 workers across the globe. View additional information about Helen of Troy.

The official website for Helen of Troy is http://www.helenoftroy.com/.

Helen of Troy's mailing address is 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0, 79912. The company can be reached via phone at 915-225-8000 or via email at [email protected]