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How Helen of Troy Limited stacks up
HELE · against 820 other Consumer Defensive companies
Profitability
11/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #727 of 821 · scores higher than 11% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score82 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 · 761 reported | 1.3% | 7.7% | 23% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 817 reported | 1.3% | 7.6% | 16% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 784 reported | -4.7% | 4.0% | 6% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 770 reported | -11.1% | 8.3% | 9% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 824 reported | 45.9% | 32.0% | 76% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around HELE| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 235.8B INR (≈$2.8B) | 100 | 67 | |
| 1 | 229.1B INR (≈$2.7B) | 100 | 70 | |
| 3 | 398.9B JPY (≈$2.7B) | 99 | 77 | |
| 3 | 4.0B MYR (≈$881M) | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 162.4B CNY (≈$22.7B) | 99 | 81 | |
| 727 | 3.1B CNY (≈$429M) | 11 | 22 | |
| 727 | 218M MYR (≈$48M) | 11 | 51 | |
| 727 | 83M MYR (≈$18M) | 11 | 38 | |
| 727 | 18.2B USD | 11 | 11 | |
| 727 | 688M USD | 11 | 25 | |
| 727 | 69M EUR (≈$76M) | 11 | 10 | |
| 735 | 12.7B CNY (≈$1.8B) | 10 | 15 | |
| 735 | 4.4B CNY (≈$619M) | 10 | 32 | |
| 735 | 12.2B TWD (≈$378M) | 10 | 18 |
Scores 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