Helen of Troy Limited (HELE) vs Newell Brands Inc. (NWL)

Helen of Troy Limited and Newell Brands Inc. are both Household & Personal Products companies. Newell Brands Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.4B against $620.1M — 3.9× the size. Helen of Troy Limited grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 0.32% against −2.04%. Newell Brands Inc. has the higher net margin (−3.05% vs −5.43%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.41% vs 1.00%). Across the 19 metrics below, Newell Brands Inc. leads on 10 and Helen of Troy Limited on 9.

Valuation

Metric HELE NWL Household & Personal Products median
P/E n/m n/m 22.64
P/S 0.37 0.33 1.30
P/B 0.78 0.97 2.98
Price to free cash flow n/m 20.11 18.14
EV/EBITDA 16.83 8.70 12.32
EV/Sales 0.72 0.99 1.25
Earnings yield (15.17%) (9.50%) 0.26%
Free cash flow yield (11.85%) 4.97% 3.98%

Profitability

Metric HELE NWL Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 47.37% 35.45% 47.14%
Operating margin 1.31% 2.26% 1.31%
Net margin (5.43%) (3.05%) 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 8.08% 1.63% 2.89%
Return on equity (11.15%) (8.59%) 2.12%
Return on assets (4.41%) (1.96%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 1.00% 1.41% 0.24%

Growth

Metric HELE NWL Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.32% (2.04%) 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (827.75%) (30.77%) (12.73%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (3.17%) (5.15%) 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric HELE NWL Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.79 2.04 0.46
Current ratio 1.65 1.11 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA (1.05) 6.42 1.37

Dividend

Metric HELE NWL Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield — 5.02% 2.93%
Payout ratio — — 0.87

Size

Metric HELE NWL Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 620.09m 2.40b 582.01m

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