Helen of Troy Limited (HELE) vs Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NUS)

Helen of Troy Limited and Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. are both Household & Personal Products companies. Helen of Troy Limited is the larger, with a market value of $690.7M against $253.6M — 2.7× the size. Helen of Troy Limited grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 0.32% against −15.4%. Helen of Troy Limited has the higher net margin (−5.43% vs −15.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.00% vs −1.15%). Across the 20 metrics below, Helen of Troy Limited leads on 11 and Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric HELE NUS Household & Personal Products median
P/E n/m n/m 23.53
P/S 0.37 0.18 1.58
P/B 0.79 0.46 3.36
Price to free cash flow n/m 23.17 19.95
EV/EBITDA 16.93 6.87 13.02
EV/Sales 0.73 0.20 1.42
Earnings yield (15.01%) (86.58%) 0.25%
Free cash flow yield (11.73%) 4.32% 3.66%

Profitability

Metric HELE NUS Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 47.37% 69.19% 47.14%
Operating margin 1.31% (0.76%) 1.31%
Net margin (5.43%) (15.73%) 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 8.08% 0.78% 2.89%
Return on equity (11.15%) (32.53%) 2.12%
Return on assets (4.41%) (16.87%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 1.00% (1.15%) 0.24%

Growth

Metric HELE NUS Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.32% (15.44%) 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (827.75%) 207.80% (12.73%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (3.17%) (10.47%) 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (3.49%) 0.00%

Health

Metric HELE NUS Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.79 0.39 0.46
Current ratio 1.65 1.98 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA (1.05) (0.13) 1.37

Dividend

Metric HELE NUS Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield — 4.67% 2.79%
Payout ratio — — 0.87

Size

Metric HELE NUS Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 690.72m 253.61m 620.01m

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