Helen of Troy Limited (HELE) vs The Honest Company, Inc. (HNST)

Helen of Troy Limited and The Honest Company, Inc. are both Household & Personal Products companies. Helen of Troy Limited is the larger, with a market value of $683.6M against $566.5M — 1.2× the size. Helen of Troy Limited grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −2.45% against −12.3%. The Honest Company, Inc. has the higher net margin (−3.56% vs −22.7%) and the lower return on invested capital (−15.3% vs −12.8%). Across the 18 metrics below, The Honest Company, Inc. leads on 11 and Helen of Troy Limited on 7.

Valuation

Metric HELE HNST Household & Personal Products median
P/E n/m n/m 22.55
P/S 0.37 1.71 1.13
P/B 0.79 3.51 3.02
Price to free cash flow n/m 11.11 17.73
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 12.27
EV/Sales 0.75 1.47 1.26
Earnings yield (62.84%) (1.96%) 0.27%
Free cash flow yield (21.90%) 9.00% 4.03%

Profitability

Metric HELE HNST Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 45.44% 35.66% 46.28%
Operating margin (17.32%) (4.37%) 0.79%
Net margin (22.71%) (3.56%) 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 4.45% 15.41% 2.89%
Return on equity (39.83%) (6.87%) 2.12%
Return on assets (17.43%) (5.19%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (12.79%) (15.27%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric HELE HNST Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) (2.45%) (12.26%) 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (827.75%) (133.33%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (4.31%) 4.32% 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric HELE HNST Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.85 0.00 0.46
Current ratio 1.78 3.94 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA (1.05) 10.05 1.37

Dividend

Metric HELE HNST Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield — — 1.96%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.49

Size

Metric HELE HNST Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 683.62m 566.46m 625.04m

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