Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd Makes New $772,000 Investment in Helen of Troy Limited $HELE

Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Helen of Troy Limited (NASDAQ:HELE) during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor purchased 27,195 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $772,000. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd owned approximately 0.12% of Helen of Troy as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. Signaturefd LLC raised its stake in Helen of Troy by 71.1% in the second quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 1,429 shares of the company’s stock valued at $41,000 after buying an additional 594 shares in the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC raised its stake in Helen of Troy by 2,820.0% in the second quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 1,752 shares of the company’s stock valued at $50,000 after buying an additional 1,692 shares in the last quarter. IMA Advisory Services Inc. acquired a new stake in Helen of Troy in the first quarter valued at $52,000. State of Wyoming raised its stake in Helen of Troy by 137.8% in the first quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 1,936 shares of the company’s stock valued at $104,000 after buying an additional 1,122 shares in the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in Helen of Troy by 774.7% in the second quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 6,114 shares of the company’s stock valued at $174,000 after buying an additional 5,415 shares in the last quarter.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have issued reports on HELE shares. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Helen of Troy in a report on Saturday, September 27th. Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their price objective on Helen of Troy from $26.00 to $23.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, October 10th. UBS Group dropped their price objective on Helen of Troy from $27.00 to $25.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, October 10th. Finally, Zacks Research lowered Helen of Troy from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $42.00.

Helen of Troy Stock Up 4.3%

HELE stock opened at $20.23 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $465.88 million, a P/E ratio of -0.70 and a beta of 0.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a current ratio of 1.71. Helen of Troy Limited has a one year low of $18.13 and a one year high of $75.68. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $22.68 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $25.17.

Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 9th. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.05. Helen of Troy had a negative net margin of 36.20% and a positive return on equity of 8.72%. The company had revenue of $431.78 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $416.77 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.21 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 8.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Helen of Troy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.750-4.25 EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at 1.550-1.800 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Helen of Troy Limited will post 6.46 EPS for the current year.

Helen of Troy Profile

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.