HELEHelen of Troy Limited

$26.54-1.7% 1Y

RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 43 out of 100, Below average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Below average. Helen of Troy Limited scores higher than 38% of the 2,291 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by cycle position and capital allocation, held back by return on capital and return on new capital.

Consumer Defensive median 62 · all companies 54

Valuation

26% of the score

47median 50

Helen of Troy Limited is valued at 26.5x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: a rich multiple.

60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
26.5x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

7median 23

Over 7 years the business earned 2.9% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
2.9%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest -37%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

0median 33

No operating profit over the period, so nothing was earned to reinvest.

Capital allocation

14% of the score

80median 63

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countDown 1.8% a year over 5 years: buybacks
85
5%
-3%
-1.8%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew -1.3% a year, sales -3.2%
73
12%
-2%
1.8%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

100median 63

Today's operating margin of 1.3% is 0.11x its normal 12%: near a trough. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.

2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 1.3%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

0median 50

What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.

Net debt to EBITDA9.6x a year of EBITDA
0
4.5x
0.5x
9.6x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 1x
0
1.5x
12x
0.5x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

100median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 40.8% of assets
100
8%
0%
-8%
-41%
0 pointsfull points

How the RyuScore works

Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.

Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-08-31, latest annual report FY2026.