Texas Permanent School Fund Reduces Stock Holdings in Helen of Troy Limited (NASDAQ:HELE) – Defense World
Texas Permanent School Fund decreased its stake in Helen of Troy Limited (NASDAQ:HELE – Get Rating) by 2.1% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 17,112 shares of the company’s stock after selling 360 shares during the quarter. Texas Permanent School Fund owned about 0.07% of Helen of Troy worth $3,351,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Capital International Investors lifted its stake in shares of Helen of Troy by 37.8% during the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 1,416,328 shares of the company’s stock worth $346,250,000 after acquiring an additional 388,569 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in shares of Helen of Troy by 7.4% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,378,747 shares of the company’s stock worth $337,063,000 after acquiring an additional 95,539 shares during the last quarter. Cooke & Bieler LP lifted its stake in shares of Helen of Troy by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Cooke & Bieler LP now owns 1,358,991 shares of the company’s stock worth $332,233,000 after acquiring an additional 7,980 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors lifted its stake in shares of Helen of Troy by 8.5% during the 4th quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 781,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $190,931,000 after acquiring an additional 61,000 shares during the last quarter. Finally, State Street Corp lifted its stake in shares of Helen of Troy by 2.0% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 742,742 shares of the company’s stock worth $181,578,000 after acquiring an additional 14,315 shares during the last quarter.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on HELE shares. DA Davidson decreased their price target on Helen of Troy from $244.00 to $175.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, July 8th. CL King decreased their target price on Helen of Troy from $282.00 to $206.00 in a research report on Tuesday, June 28th. Raymond James started coverage on Helen of Troy in a research report on Tuesday, July 12th. They set a “market perform” rating for the company. TheStreet lowered Helen of Troy from a “b-” rating to a “c+” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 16th. Finally, StockNews.com lowered Helen of Troy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, July 16th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $214.67.
Helen of Troy Trading Up 2.6 %
Shares of NASDAQ:HELE opened at $133.49 on Tuesday. Helen of Troy Limited has a 12-month low of $123.57 and a 12-month high of $256.26. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $151.79 and its 200-day simple moving average is $184.92. The company has a market capitalization of $3.20 billion, a PE ratio of 16.96, a P/E/G ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 0.62. The company has a current ratio of 1.95, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80.
Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE – Get Rating) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 7th. The company reported $1.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.61 by $0.16. Helen of Troy had a …….