Helen of Troy Limited (HELE) vs Interparfums, Inc. (IPAR)

Helen of Troy Limited and Interparfums, Inc. are both Household & Personal Products companies. Interparfums, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.7B against $683.6M — 5.4× the size. Helen of Troy Limited has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Interparfums, Inc. trades at 22.5×. Interparfums, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.93% against −2.45%. Interparfums, Inc. has the higher net margin (11.2% vs −22.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.8% vs −12.8%). Across the 19 metrics below, Interparfums, Inc. leads on 15 and Helen of Troy Limited on 4.

Valuation

Metric HELE IPAR Household & Personal Products median
P/E n/m 22.55 22.55
P/S 0.37 2.52 1.13
P/B 0.79 3.46 3.02
Price to free cash flow n/m 15.53 17.73
EV/EBITDA n/m 13.08 12.27
EV/Sales 0.75 2.47 1.26
Earnings yield (62.84%) 4.43% 0.27%
Free cash flow yield (21.90%) 6.44% 4.03%

Profitability

Metric HELE IPAR Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 45.44% 63.82% 46.28%
Operating margin (17.32%) 17.26% 0.79%
Net margin (22.71%) 11.17% 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 4.45% 16.20% 2.89%
Return on equity (39.83%) 15.62% 2.12%
Return on assets (17.43%) 10.99% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (12.79%) 15.80% 0.00%

Growth

Metric HELE IPAR Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) (2.45%) 2.93% 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (827.75%) 2.34% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (4.31%) 22.53% 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 34.53% 0.00%

Health

Metric HELE IPAR Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.85 0.13 0.46
Current ratio 1.78 3.31 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA (1.05) (0.37) 1.37

Dividend

Metric HELE IPAR Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield — 1.66% 1.96%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.49 0.49

Size

Metric HELE IPAR Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 683.62m 3.71b 625.04m

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