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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| Helen OF Troy Ltd.HELE · consumer durables | |
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| Grade |  Cmiddle fifth of 460 graded peers; percentile 56.0, sampling error 2.3 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 254 of 460 |
| Profitability | Bpercentile 34.7 |
| Solvency | Cpercentile 56.1 |
| Growth and financing | C/Dpercentile 62.0 |
| Reliability | 0.91 AUCfailure model, filers with $591M to $2.67B assets; 95% interval 0.88 to 0.94; 160 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 1.01% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | $591M to $2.67B assetstotal assets $2.1B[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | none activenot computable: distress |
| Inputs computable | 9 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Apr 23, 2026169 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $26.502026-10-08; market equity $619.7M; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
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Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan. |
Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Apr 23, 2026; the document on sec.gov.
We incorporated as Helen of Troy Corporation in Texas in 1968 and were reorganized as Helen of Troy Limited in Bermuda in 1994. We are a leading global consumer products company offering creative products and solutions for our customers through a diversified portfolio of brands. We have built leading market positions through new product innovation, product quality and competitive pricing. We go to market under a number of brands, some of which are licensed. Our portfolio of brands includes OXO, Hydro Flask, Osprey, Vicks, Braun, Honeywell, PUR, Hot Tools, Drybar, Curlsmith, Revlon and Olive & June, among others.
The Fourteen Inputs [top]
Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.
| Input | Percentile, 0 to 100 | Value | Source | Peer median | Percentile | Peers | Period end |
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| Profitability, sleeve percentile 34.7 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | 38.6% | [1,3] | 34.4% | 41.7 | 476 | 2026-02-28 | |
| Return on invested capital | not computable | 8.9% | |||||
| pretax income must exceed the validity floor and imply a 0%-100% tax rate | |||||||
| Accruals ratio | (40.8%) | [1,4-6] | (5.1%) | 4.0 | 525 | 2026-02-28 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | 2.0 pts | [2-3,7-14] | 1.7 pts | 58.4 | 407 | 2026-02-28 | |
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 56.1 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | not computable | 0.04% | |||||
| latest liabilities, cash plus short-term investments, book equity, and shares are required | |||||||
| Altman Z double-prime | (0.09) | [1,15-20] | 2.11 | 70.1 | 402 | 2026-02-28 | |
| Net debt to EBITDA | not computable | 2.11x | |||||
| EBITDA must exceed $100,000 | |||||||
| Interest coverage | not computable | 2.57x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2024-02-29; latest annual assets end 2026-02-28 | |||||||
| Current ratio | 1.71x | [15-16] | 1.55x | 42.2 | 541 | 2026-02-28 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 62.0 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | (4.8%) | [2,8,10,12] | 1.4% | 74.2 | 482 | 2026-02-28 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | 58.1% | [5,21-27] | 8.3% | 11.6 | 250 | 2026-02-28 | |
| Reinvestment rate | not computable | 12.0% | |||||
| pretax income must exceed the validity floor and imply a 0%-100% tax rate | |||||||
| Asset growth, three years | (10.1%) | [1,6,28-29] | 2.0% | 84.6 | 487 | 2026-02-28 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | 1.4% | [30-31] | (0.3%) | 77.4 | 382 | 2026-04-16 | |
Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.
Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.
Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.
Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.
Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.
Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.
Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite 0.021; sampling error 2.3 percentile points on 460 peers.
Among 460 Peers [top]
Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.
| Rank | Company | Percentile | Letter | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 249 | Climb Global Solutions, Inc. (CLMB) Climb Global Solutions, Inc. (CLMB) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 54.5 Nasdaq · Wholesale-Computers & Peripheral Equipment & Software market equity $608.3M; last close $32.55 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 8 of 14 inputs | 54.5 | C | fortress balance sheet |
| 250 | Arrow Electronics, Inc. (ARW) Arrow Electronics, Inc. (ARW) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 54.9 NYSE · Wholesale-Electronic Parts & Equipment, NEC market equity $11.5B; last close $226.96 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 54.9 | C | |
| 251 | Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (BNED) Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (BNED) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 55.3 NYSE · Retail-Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores market equity $413.9M; last close $11.92 Warnings: late filer; 10 of 14 inputs | 55.3 | C | late filer |
| 252 | Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 55.3 Nasdaq · Games, Toys & Children's Vehicles (No Dolls & Bicycles) market equity $13.0B; last close $92.50 Warnings: late filer, fortress balance sheet; 9 of 14 inputs | 55.3 | C | late filer, fortress balance sheet |
| 253 | Victoria's Secret & Co. (VSXY) Victoria's Secret & Co. (VSXY) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 55.6 NYSE · Retail-Women's Clothing Stores market equity $6.9B; last close $86.53 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 55.6 | C | |
| 254 | Helen OF Troy Ltd. (HELE) Helen OF Troy Ltd. (HELE) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 56.0 Nasdaq · Electric Housewares & Fans market equity $621.0M; last close $26.50 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 56.0 | C | |
| 255 | Cheesecake Factory Inc. (CAKE) Cheesecake Factory Inc. (CAKE) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 56.0 Nasdaq · Retail-Eating Places market equity $5.3B; last close $106.85 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 56.0 | C | |
| 256 | Vera Bradley, Inc. (VRA) Vera Bradley, Inc. (VRA) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 56.1 Nasdaq · Leather & Leather Products market equity $145.7M; last close $5.08 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 8 of 14 inputs | 56.1 | C | fortress balance sheet |
| 257 | Somnigroup International Inc. (SGI) Somnigroup International Inc. (SGI) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 56.2 NYSE · Household Furniture market equity $13.1B; last close $62.34 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 56.2 | C | |
| 258 | BlueLinx Holdings Inc. (BXC) BlueLinx Holdings Inc. (BXC) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 56.4 NYSE · Wholesale-Lumber, Plywood, Millwork & Wood Panels market equity $560.4M; last close $71.35 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 56.4 | C | |
| 259 | Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (GO) Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (GO) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 56.8 Nasdaq · Retail-Grocery Stores market equity $1.2B; last close $11.93 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 56.8 | C |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | C | 44.1 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | C | 56.0 | 460 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | B/C | 38.8 | 1219 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | C | 57.1 | 460 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 460 graded peers, about 92 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.
What the Price Implies [top]
Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.
| Measure | Value | Peer median | Percentile | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month | 19.4% | (0.2%) | 70 | hotter than 70 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (12.1%) | (25.6%) | 79 | closer to its high than 79 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | (56.5%) | 5.0% | 7 | pricier than 93 of 100 peers |
| Free cash flow yield | 21.2% | 4.6% | 95 | pricier than 5 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | 1.37 | 0.45 | 87 | pricier than 13 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 2.88 | 1.49 | 74 | pricier than 26 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | (4.4%) | (16.0%) | 68 | more equity-funded than 68 of 100 peers |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | 0.20 | (0.01) | 73 | ahead of 73 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $621.0M; EBIT -$782.1M; free cash flow $131.9M; book equity $853.8M; sales $1.8B; debt $785.5M; cash $22.6M[32].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: 3 of 9, period end 2026-02-28 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Return on assets above zero | (28.7%) | ✗ fail[4,6] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | $171.1M | ✓ pass[5] |
| Return on assets improved | (33.1 pts) | ✗ fail[4,6,28,33] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | $1.1B | ✓ pass[4-5] |
| Long-term leverage fell | (1.6 pts) | ✓ pass[1,6,28,34-35] |
| Current ratio improved | (28.4 pts) | ✗ fail[15-16,36-37] |
| No new shares issued | 1.4% | ✗ fail[30-31] |
| Gross margin improved | (2.3 pts) | ✗ fail[2-3,7-8] |
| Asset turnover improved | (10.2 pts) | ✗ fail[2,6,8,28] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $22.6M[38] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | $179.7M[5,38-42] |
| Months of runway | not finite |
| trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite | |
| Late filings, two years | 0 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 1 |
| 10-Q received Oct 8, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $10.5M |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 169 |
Downloads [top]
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Sources [top]
Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.
| # | Concept | XBRL tag | Value | Period end | Received | Form | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $2.1B | 2026-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $1.8B | 2026-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $815.7M | 2026-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | -$899.0M | 2026-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $171.1M | 2026-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $3.1B | 2025-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $914.4M | 2025-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $1.9B | 2025-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $948.7M | 2024-02-29 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $2.0B | 2024-02-29 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $899.4M | 2023-02-28 | 2025-04-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $2.1B | 2023-02-28 | 2025-04-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $953.2M | 2022-02-28 | 2024-04-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $2.2B | 2022-02-28 | 2024-04-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $865.5M | 2026-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $505.0M | 2026-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | retained earnings | us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit | $412.8M | 2026-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | operating income | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | -$782.1M | 2026-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $798.2M | 2026-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | liabilities | us-gaap:Liabilities | $1.3B | 2026-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets | $39.2M | 2026-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $113.2M | 2025-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets | $30.1M | 2025-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $306.1M | 2024-02-29 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets | $36.6M | 2024-02-29 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $208.2M | 2023-02-28 | 2025-04-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets | $174.9M | 2023-02-28 | 2025-04-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $2.8B | 2024-02-29 | 2025-04-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $2.9B | 2023-02-28 | 2024-04-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 23,257,705 | 2026-04-16 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 22,942,650 | 2025-04-17 | 2025-04-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 23,390,635 | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-08 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $123.8M | 2025-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 34 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $755.8M | 2026-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 35 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $907.5M | 2025-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 36 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $931.7M | 2025-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 37 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $466.3M | 2025-02-28 | 2026-04-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 38 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $22.6M | 2026-08-31 | 2026-10-08 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 39 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $56.5M | 2026-08-31 | 2026-10-08 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 40 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$636,000 | 2026-05-31 | 2026-07-08 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 41 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $59.8M | 2025-11-30 | 2026-01-08 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 42 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $47.9M | 2025-08-31 | 2026-10-08 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 56.0 is 4.0 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 2.3 points.
Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.
Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.
Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.
Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.
Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.
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