Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) Price Target Lowered to $139.00 at DA Davidson

Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) had its target price lowered by DA Davidson from $151.00 to $139.00 in a research note issued to investors on Thursday morning, Benzinga reports. DA Davidson currently has a buy rating on the stock. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Helen of Troy’s FY2025 earnings at $8.69 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently weighed in on HELE. UBS Group increased their price target on shares of Helen of Troy from $119.00 to $129.00 and gave the stock a neutral rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 9th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Helen of Troy from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 9th.

Helen of Troy Trading Up 0.4 %

NASDAQ HELE opened at $91.21 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40, a current ratio of 1.87 and a quick ratio of 0.98. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $112.60 and its 200 day moving average price is $112.18. The company has a market capitalization of $2.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 0.80. Helen of Troy has a 12 month low of $86.23 and a 12 month high of $143.68.

Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 24th. The company reported $2.11 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $489.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $477.88 million. Helen of Troy had a net margin of 8.41% and a return on equity of 11.65%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Helen of Troy will post 8.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Helen of Troy

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Helen of Troy by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,408,664 shares of the company’s stock worth $280,754,000 after acquiring an additional 16,124 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors lifted its stake in shares of Helen of Troy by 6.9% in the 4th quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 1,761,029 shares of the company’s stock worth $212,750,000 after acquiring an additional 114,215 shares during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its stake in shares of Helen of Troy by 1.5% in the 1st quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 920,098 shares of the company’s stock worth $106,032,000 after acquiring an additional 13,206 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Helen of Troy by 3.5% in the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 334,551 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,995,000 after acquiring an additional 11,285 shares during the period. Finally, Northern Trust Corp lifted its stake in shares of Helen of Troy by 8.9% in the 3rd quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 329,849 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,447,000 after acquiring an additional 26,990 shares during the period.

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 preparation tools and gadgets, storage containers, and organization products; coffee makers, grinders, manual pour overs, and tea kettles; household cleaning products, shower organization, and bathroom accessories; feeding and drinking products, child seating, cleaning tools, and nursery accessories; insulated hydration bottles, hydration packs, drinkware, mugs, food containers, lunch containers, insulated totes, soft coolers, and accessories; and technical and outdoor sports packs, travel packs and accessories, luggage, daypacks, and everyday packs.