Avantax Advisory Services Inc. Buys Shares of 13,428 Helen of Troy Limited (NASDAQ:HELE)

Avantax Advisory Services Inc. purchased a new stake in Helen of Troy Limited (NASDAQ:HELE - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 13,428 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $803,000. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. owned about 0.06% of Helen of Troy as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in HELE. Pacer Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Helen of Troy by 30,278.8% in the 3rd quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 1,069,940 shares of the company's stock valued at $66,176,000 after purchasing an additional 1,066,418 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC lifted its stake in shares of Helen of Troy by 116.0% in the 3rd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 57,716 shares of the company's stock valued at $3,570,000 after purchasing an additional 30,993 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Helen of Troy by 5.2% in the 4th quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 131,305 shares of the company's stock worth $7,856,000 after purchasing an additional 6,471 shares during the last quarter. KBC Group NV grew its stake in shares of Helen of Troy by 73.1% during the fourth quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 1,352 shares of the company's stock worth $81,000 after purchasing an additional 571 shares during the period. Finally, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund bought a new stake in Helen of Troy in the fourth quarter valued at about $754,000.

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Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on HELE shares. StockNews.com upgraded Helen of Troy from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 12th. DA Davidson boosted their price objective on shares of Helen of Troy from $71.00 to $78.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Monday, November 25th. Finally, UBS Group cut their target price on shares of Helen of Troy from $79.00 to $69.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 7th.

Helen of Troy Stock Up 0.3 %

Shares of NASDAQ:HELE traded up $0.15 during trading on Monday, hitting $53.00. 423,536 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 483,403. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $58.25 and a 200-day moving average price of $62.13. Helen of Troy Limited has a 52 week low of $48.05 and a 52 week high of $116.13. The company has a current ratio of 1.92, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. The company has a market cap of $1.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 0.90.

Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 8th. The company reported $2.67 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.60 by $0.07. Helen of Troy had a net margin of 6.05% and a return on equity of 9.13%. The company had revenue of $530.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $532.91 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $2.79 earnings per share. The business's quarterly revenue was down 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts forecast that Helen of Troy Limited will post 6.46 EPS for the current fiscal 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.