<div id="readability-page-1"><p><span>Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE - Get Free Report)</span> was upgraded by research analysts at Zacks Research from a &#34;strong sell&#34; rating to a &#34;hold&#34; rating in a report issued on Monday,Zacks.com reports.</p><div><p><span></span><span>Get <strong>Helen of Troy</strong> alerts:</span></p></div><ul><li>3 Fresh Stock Buybacks: These are the Ones to Buy</li></ul><p>Several other brokerages have also issued reports on HELE. CJS Securities upgraded Helen of Troy to a &#34;strong-buy&#34; rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. UBS Group  reissued a &#34;neutral&#34; rating on shares of Helen of Troy in a report on Wednesday, November 26th. Weiss Ratings  restated a &#34;sell (d)&#34; rating on shares of Helen of Troy in a research note on Monday, December 15th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their target price on Helen of Troy from $26.00 to $23.00 and set a &#34;hold&#34; rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 10th. One investment analyst  has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned  a Hold rating and one  has issued  a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of &#34;Hold&#34; and a consensus price target of $24.00.</p><p><b>Check Out Our Latest Stock Analysis on HELE</b></p><h2>Helen of Troy Price Performance</h2><ul><li>Helen of Troy and NanoString Technologies Trade Set-ups </li></ul><p>Shares of Helen of Troy stock opened at $19.81 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 1.71 and a quick ratio of 0.74. The company has a market cap of $456.22 million, a PE ratio of -0.69 and a beta of 0.82. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $19.59 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $23.03. Helen of Troy has a fifty-two week low of $17.01 and a fifty-two week high of $69.05. </p><h2>Institutional Inflows and Outflows</h2><p>A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of HELE. Pzena Investment Management LLC grew its position in  Helen of Troy by 2.6% during the 3rd quarter. Pzena Investment Management LLC now owns 1,010,756 shares of the company's stock worth $25,471,000 after acquiring an additional 25,425 shares during the last quarter.  Earnest Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of  Helen of Troy by 3.1% during the first quarter. Earnest Partners LLC now owns 780,940 shares of the company's stock worth $41,772,000 after purchasing an additional 23,601 shares during the last quarter.  Wellington Management Group LLP grew its holdings in shares of  Helen of Troy by 159.2% during the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 747,220 shares of the company's stock worth $18,830,000 after purchasing an additional 458,979 shares during the last quarter.  Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in shares of  Helen of Troy by 46.4% in the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 658,928 shares of the company's stock valued at $16,605,000 after buying an additional 208,850 shares in the last quarter.  Finally, Invenomic Capital Management LP raised its holdings in shares of  Helen of Troy by 68.8% in the third quarter. Invenomic Capital Management LP now owns 554,985 shares of the company's stock valued at $13,986,000 after buying an additional 226,263 shares during the last quarter. </p><h2>About Helen of Troy</h2> (Get Free Report)<ul><li>Helen Of Troy Is What We Fear Most About Q2 Earnings </li></ul><p>Helen of Troy Limited is a global consumer products company that designs, sources and markets a diversified portfolio of household, health and beauty brands. Headquartered in El Paso, Texas, the company operates through three principal segments—Health &amp; Home, Housewares and Beauty—offering products under well-known names including OXO, Vicks, Braun, Honeywell Home, PUR and Hot Tools. Helen of Troy distributes its products through a combination of mass, specialty and e-commerce channels to consumers, retailers and distributors worldwide.  </p><p>The Housewares segment features kitchen tools, gadgets and organizational solutions marketed primarily under the OXO brand, recognized for its ergonomic “Good Grips” design.</p><h2>Featured Articles</h2><ul><li>Five stocks we like better than Helen of Troy</li><li>The boring AI play that could pay up to $4,290 monthly</li><li>Trump’s “real estate deal for America” explained</li><li>Trump Did WHAT??</li><li>A month before the crash</li><li>Put $1,000 into this stock by Jan 1 [Not NVDA]</li></ul><p><img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.marketbeat.com/scripts/RatingsChart.ashx/query-UHJlZml4PU5BU0RBUSZTeW1ib2w9SEVMRQ?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="600" height="385" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.marketbeat.com/scripts/RatingsChart.ashx/query-UHJlZml4PU5BU0RBUSZTeW1ib2w9SEVMRQ"/></p><p><em>This instant news alert was generated by narrative science technology and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest reporting and unbiased coverage. 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HELE

<p>Zacks Research upgraded Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) from a "strong sell" to a "hold" rating. Other analysts have mixed ratings, with one "strong buy," three "hold," and one "sell." The stock opened at $19.81 with a market cap of $456.22 million. Institutional investors have adjusted their holdings, with notable increases by Wellington Management Group and Invenomic Capital Management. Helen of Troy is a global consumer products company with brands like OXO and Vicks.</p>

Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) Upgraded by Zacks Research to "Hold" Rating