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 $4.3B against $883.5M — 4.9× the size. Helen of Troy Limited has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Interparfums, Inc. trades at 25.5×. Interparfums, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.58% against 0.32%. Interparfums, Inc. has the higher net margin (11.3% vs −5.43%) and the higher return on invested capital (16.6% vs 1.00%). Across the 20 metrics below, Interparfums, Inc. leads on 16 and Helen of Troy Limited on 4.

Valuation

Metric HELE IPAR Household & Personal Products median
P/E n/m 25.45 25.45
P/S 0.48 2.88 1.17
P/B 1.02 3.93 2.43
Price to free cash flow n/m 18.07 20.67
EV/EBITDA 19.47 14.64 13.40
EV/Sales 0.84 2.85 1.24
Earnings yield (11.61%) 3.93% 1.13%
Free cash flow yield (9.05%) 5.54% 3.81%

Profitability

Metric HELE IPAR Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 47.37% 64.84% 46.90%
Operating margin 1.31% 17.88% 1.31%
Net margin (5.43%) 11.33% 2.32%
Free cash flow margin 8.08% 15.96% 4.87%
Return on equity (11.15%) 15.42% 4.67%
Return on assets (4.41%) 10.83% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 1.00% 16.62% 0.57%

Growth

Metric HELE IPAR Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.32% 2.58% 2.91%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (827.75%) 2.34% (5.01%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (3.17%) 22.53% 1.39%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 34.53% 0.00%

Health

Metric HELE IPAR Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.79 0.13 0.44
Current ratio 1.65 3.33 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA (1.05) (0.37) 1.37

Dividend

Metric HELE IPAR Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield — 2.37% 2.48%
Payout ratio — 0.60 0.74

Size

Metric HELE IPAR Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 883.47m 4.33b 671.37m

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