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How Helen of Troy Limited stacks up
HELE · against 275 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
11/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #239 of 276 · scores higher than 13% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score38 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including HELE · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 11?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 94% of peers. Return on assets: -4.7% vs peer median 4.0%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 84% of peers. Operating margin: 1.3% vs peer median 7.6%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 77% of peers. Return on invested capital: 1.3% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = HELE, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | HELE | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 262 reported | 1.3% | 5.9% | 29% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 274 reported | 1.3% | 6.6% | 18% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 263 reported | -4.7% | 3.2% | 8% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 262 reported | -11.1% | 6.7% | 10% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 277 reported | 45.9% | 28.3% | 84% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around HELEScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score