Helen of Troy Limited ($HELE) Cautious Buy or Hold to $57 Confident Investor Rating: Fair

Company name Helen of Troy Limited
Stock ticker HELE
Live stock price [stckqut]HELE[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Fair
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Fair

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $65.39
Target stock price (averages with growth) $54.41
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $36.77
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $59.71

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=hele

Helen of Troy Limited is a global designer, developer, importer, and distributor of an expanding portfolio of brand-name consumer products. The Company operates in three segments: Personal Care, Housewares and Healthcare / Home Environment. Its Personal Care segment’s products include electric hair care, beauty care and wellness appliances; grooming tools and accessories; and liquid, solid- and powder-based personal care and grooming products. Its Housewares segment provides a broad range of consumer products for the home. Product offerings include food preparation and storage, cleaning, organization, and baby and toddler care products. The Healthcare / Home Environment segment focuses on health care devices. In July 2014, Helen of Troy Ltd acquired Healthy Directions, LLC and its subsidiaries (Healthy Directions), as well as other health products sold directly to consumers.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Helen of Troy Limited as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns.

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How was this analysis of Helen of Troy Limited calculated?

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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:

  • Stock price at the time of the calculation: $54.49
  • Growth: 0.12
  • Current EPS (TTM): $2.77
  • P/E: 19.7
  • Future EPS Calc: $4.88
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $96.16
  • Target stock price: $59.71

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