Nisa Investment Advisors LLC Has $34,000 Stock Holdings in Helen of Troy Limited $HELE

Nisa Investment Advisors LLC lowered its position in shares of Helen of Troy Limited (NASDAQ:HELE) by 77.3% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,202 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,090 shares during the quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Helen of Troy were worth $34,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Pzena Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in Helen of Troy by 30.3% during the second quarter. Pzena Investment Management LLC now owns 985,331 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,964,000 after purchasing an additional 229,104 shares during the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB lifted its position in Helen of Troy by 41.2% during the 2nd quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 69,400 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,970,000 after buying an additional 20,248 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Helen of Troy by 20.8% during the 1st quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 149,625 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,003,000 after buying an additional 25,713 shares during the last quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Helen of Troy by 3,325.3% in the 1st quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 185,616 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,929,000 after acquiring an additional 180,197 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Helen of Troy by 1,985.6% in the first quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. now owns 332,708 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,797,000 after acquiring an additional 316,755 shares during the last quarter.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently commented on HELE. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Helen of Troy in a research report on Saturday, September 27th. Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their price objective on Helen of Troy from $26.00 to $23.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Zacks Research cut shares of Helen of Troy from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Finally, UBS Group dropped their price target on shares of Helen of Troy from $27.00 to $25.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, October 10th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Helen of Troy presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $42.00.

Helen of Troy Trading Down 5.0%

Shares of NASDAQ:HELE opened at $19.21 on Friday. Helen of Troy Limited has a 12-month low of $18.13 and a 12-month high of $75.68. The business has a 50 day moving average of $22.58 and a 200-day moving average of $25.13. The company has a quick ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 1.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94. The stock has a market cap of $442.39 million, a PE ratio of -0.67 and a beta of 0.84.

Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, October 9th. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.54 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $431.78 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $416.77 million. Helen of Troy had a positive return on equity of 8.72% and a negative net margin of 36.20%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 8.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.21 earnings per share. Helen of Troy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.750-4.25 EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at 1.550-1.800 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Helen of Troy Limited will post 6.46 earnings per share for the current year.

About Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy Limited provides various consumer products in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company operates in two segments: Home & Outdoor and Beauty & Wellness. The Home & Outdoor segment offers food storage containers, kitchen utensils for cooking and preparing salads, fruits, vegetables and meats, graters, slicers and choppers, baking essentials, kitchen organization, bath, cleaning, infant and toddler products, and coffee preparation tools and electronics; and insulated beverageware, including bottles, travel tumblers, drinkware, mugs, food and lunch containers, insulated totes, soft coolers, outdoor kitchenware, and accessories.