Helen of Troy Limited — Earnings Quality Grade F
HELE · Consumer Defensive
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 74 days, change -8 days YoY
AR growth -15.6% vs revenue growth -6.4%
Revenue -6.4%, CFFO 51.2%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory 0.7% vs COGS -2.3%. Normal
CapEx growth 30.4% is >2x revenue growth -6.4%
SG&A/Gross Profit = 86.9%, exceeds 70%
Gross margin 45.7%, change -2.3pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = -0.19. Below 1.0
FCF $0.1B, FCF/NI = -0.15
Accruals ratio = -50.6%. Low accruals
Cash $0.0B covers only 2% of debt $0.8B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.8B = 106% of equity. Over 50%
Interest coverage = 1.8x (<2x). Financial stress
Other assets grew 140.9% vs revenue -6.4%
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -52% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -5.21 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25