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$15.99 0.19 (1.20%)
10/10/2008 4:00 PM

Helen of Troy Limited (HELE)

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The Company is a global designer, developer, importer and distributor of an expanding portfolio of brand-name consumer products. Its two active segments are Personal Care and Housewares.

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Helen of Troy Limited At A Glance

Current Price: $15.99
Last Trade Time: 10/10/2008 4:00 PM
Open: $15.43
Previous Close: $15.80
Daily Range: $14.65 - $17.16
52-Week Range: $14.56 - $24.70
Volume: 816,734
Market Cap: $477.67M
P/E Ratio: 9.81
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Avatar sciencebzzt (89.54) Submitted: 4/29/08 11:15 AM

I don't know why this has such a low CAPS rating. Its solid as far as I can see. High insider ownership, low debt, big increase in cash, they're fairly close to the 52 week low (as of today 4-29-08), and they have a good, well-priced product line.

People are talking about consumer spending being ...More

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Avatar bdz (82.93) Submitted: 5/24/07 8:51 PM

baby boomer needs

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Avatar angus118 (44.81) Submitted: 5/22/08 12:05 PM : Outperform Start Price: $17.68 HELE Score: 26.98

value pick. HELE has a solid Z-Score of 4.6 and a P-Scale rating of 6 out of 9. The stock sells at 75% of book value and just 7 times multiple earnings. The company has a good balance sheet with over $100 million in cash. Management is cutting lower-margin gross-margin product lines; making drastic reductions in selling, general and administrative (SG&A) costs; and paying down debt. The retail environment will continue to be difficult, but the company is optimistic that it can grow sales modestly and boost margins going forward and continue to generate cash in 2008. Tim Melvin thestreet.com

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Avatar sciencebzzt (89.54) Submitted: 4/29/08 11:15 AM : Outperform Start Price: $16.74 HELE Score: 32.00

I don't know why this has such a low CAPS rating. Its solid as far as I can see. High insider ownership, low debt, big increase in cash, they're fairly close to the 52 week low (as of today 4-29-08), and they have a good, well-priced product line.

People are talking about consumer spending being down, but people (women) will always need to dry and brush their hair and put lotion on and maintain themselves. As the vain generation gets older, they'll try harder and harder to prevent their decay. I think this is a great pick at a perfect time, its in my real portfolio now.

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Avatar scbeachbum (31.36) Submitted: 3/30/08 10:51 PM : Outperform Start Price: $16.62 HELE Score: 28.80

The company is churning out earnings and trading below their book value. they could easily buy back 20% of the outstanding shares per year from profits alone.

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Avatar tiobueno (97.88) Submitted: 1/09/08 9:12 AM : Underperform Start Price: $16.60 HELE Score: -32.70

Consumer down

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Avatar paman138 (44.41) Submitted: 10/22/07 5:43 PM : Underperform Start Price: $18.77 HELE Score: -26.76

Challenging consumer discretionary environment. High resin prices have increased cost of goods sold substantially.





Mgmt says strongly considering share repurchase. I don’t think will happen. CEO, Gerry Rubin is paid out on 5-10% of company’s pre-tax income. History shows that they use cash to fund acquisitions to increase pre-tax income. Also shares traded near the 16$ pt last August – Sept 05, and little share repurchases. We are expecting GM compression going forward.

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