COOK vs HELE vs KDP Stock Comparison

Traeger, Helen Of Troy and Keurig Dr Pepper Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
COOK Traeger, Inc.
$46.94 +0.7% 1M -7.0% 1Y
Market cap
$131.34M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$484.98M
Div. yield
–
Home Appliances Consumer Discretionary
1 win
HELE Helen Of Troy Ltd
$29.20 +2.0% 1M +45.7% 1Y
Market cap
$680.28M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.83B
Div. yield
–
Home Appliances Consumer Discretionary
3 wins
KDP Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
$34.86 +9.1% 1M +19.3% 1Y
Market cap
$47.44B
P/E
33.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$20.09B
Div. yield
2.64%
Non-Alcoholic Beverages Consumer Staples
6 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Keurig Dr Pepper leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Keurig Dr Pepper 6, Helen Of Troy 3, Traeger 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCOOKHELEKDPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $131.34M $680.28M $47.44B KDP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -1.1x -6.9x 33.2x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 7.8x 14.7x HELE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -16.3% +0.3% +27.5% KDP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -23.2% -5.4% 7.1% KDP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -16.6% 1.6% 4.3% KDP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -6.9x 8.3x 6.7x COOK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 2.64% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -7.0% +45.7% +19.3% HELE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -45.5%/yr -33.4%/yr -0.4%/yr KDP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 92.5% 54.0% 26.4% KDP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 41/100 44/100 40/100 HELE

Percentile Scorecard

COOKHELEKDP

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCOOKHELEKDP
Valuation 73 #12 of 42 78 #10 of 42 49 #20 of 38
Growth 37 #27 of 42 39 #26 of 42 47 #18 of 33
Profitability 21 #32 of 40 49 #21 of 40 70 #10 of 31
Financial Health 33 #30 of 44 30 #31 of 44 14 #32 of 37
Shareholder Returns – 22 #22 of 28 18 #19 of 23
Overall 41 44 40
  • COOK ranked among 45 companies in Household Durables
  • HELE ranked among 45 companies in Household Durables
  • KDP ranked among 41 companies in Beverages

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCOOKHELEKDPSPY
1 month +0.7%+2.0%+9.1% -0.2%
3 months -19.9%+1.2%+12.2% +3.9%
6 months +10.0%+24.5%+21.1% +8.2%
Year to date -13.1%+37.4%+24.5% +12.9%
1 year -7.0%+45.7%+19.3% +12.3%
3 years -64.8%-69.8%+16.7% +87.4%
3 years, per year -29.4%-32.9%+5.3% +23.3%
5 years -95.2%-86.9%-1.8% +67.9%
5 years, per year -45.5%-33.4%-0.4% +10.9%
10 years —-62.6%-60.0% +261.1%
10 years, per year —-9.4%-8.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCOOKHELEKDPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 92.5%54.0%26.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 92.7%48.3%25.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.420.970.02 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.080.850.73 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -97.8%-94.5%-36.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -42.8%-3.4%-0.9% -1.2%
52-week high $82.00$30.22$35.19 $779.14
52-week low $24.42$13.88$25.31 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCOOKHELEKDP
P/E now vs peer median -1.1xmedian 16.0x -6.9xmedian 16.0x 33.2xmedian 26.1x
P/S now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 0.6x 0.4xmedian 0.6x 2.4xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -9.6xmedian 9.8x 17.0xmedian 9.8x 17.8xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 11.9x 4.6xmedian 11.9x 24.1xmedian 18.1x
P/B now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.2x 0.8xmedian 1.2x 1.6xmedian 2.6x
PEG now vs peer median -0.04median 0.64 0.17median 0.64 -12.02median 2.07

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCOOKHELEKDP
Revenue $484.98M $1.83B $20.09B
Gross profit $193.32M $864.98M $9.92B
Operating income -$97.77M $23.94M $3.26B
Net income -$112.65M -$99.23M $1.50B
Free cash flow $61.56M $147.21M $1.97B
EPS (diluted) $-40.99 $-4.11 $1.05
Cash & equivalents $59.69M $22.58M $1.52B
Total debt $1.60B $3.17B $29.98B
Shares (diluted) 2.75M 24.15M 1.36B
Enterprise value $12.48M $590.00M $47.68B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCOOKHELEKDP
P/E -1.1x -6.9x 33.2x
P/FCF 2.1x 4.6x 24.1x
P/Operating cash flow 1.9x 3.8x 18.8x
P/S 0.3x 0.4x 2.4x
P/B 0.8x 0.8x 1.6x
P/Tangible book -0.7x 1.4x -5.3x
EV/EBITDA -9.6x 17.0x 17.8x
EV/EBIT -4.8x 55.6x 23.3x
EV/Revenue 1.0x 0.7x 3.8x
EV/FCF 7.7x 9.0x 38.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 6.9x 7.4x 30.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.04 0.17 -12.02

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCOOKHELEKDP
Revenue growth (1Y) -16.3% 0.3% 27.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -4.5% -3.1% 11.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -18.4% 0.5% 14.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 0.3% -1.7% 8.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -844.7% 103.7% 22.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 27.1% -52.1% 10.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -222.7% 84.9% -2.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 26.3% -39.6% -2.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -213.0% 85.7% -7.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 28.9% -39.5% -2.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 239.1% 97.1% 19.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 3.7% -25.9% 9.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 441.9% 192.7% 23.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.1% -25.7% 6.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCOOKHELEKDP
Gross margin 39.9% 47.4% 49.4%
EBITDA margin -10.2% 4.3% 21.2%
Operating margin -20.2% 1.3% 16.2%
Pretax margin -23.9% -1.5% 9.8%
Net margin -23.2% -5.4% 7.1%
FCF margin 12.7% 8.1% 9.8%
Operating cash flow margin 14.0% 9.8% 12.6%
Return on equity -65.8% -11.7% 5.1%
Return on assets -17.1% -4.8% 1.9%
Return on invested capital -16.6% 1.6% 4.3%
Return on capital employed -16.4% 1.5% 5.4%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.9x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.6x -1.8x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 2.3% 1.0% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCOOKHELEKDP
Debt / assets 61.2% 32.1% 34.2%
Debt / equity 2.4x 0.8x 1.0x
Net debt / EBITDA -6.9x 8.3x 6.7x
Debt / FCF 6.5x 4.6x 15.2x
Liabilities / assets 74.4% 59.3% 66.6%
Equity / assets 25.6% 40.7% 33.4%
Interest coverage -3.1x 0.5x –
Current ratio 3.5x 1.7x 0.5x
Quick ratio 2.1x 0.7x 0.2x
Cash ratio 0.9x 0.0x 0.1x
Altman Z-score -1.03 1.74 0.78

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCOOKHELEKDP
Dividend yield – – 2.6%
Net buyback yield – -0.1% -9.3%
Shareholder yield – -0.1% -6.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCOOKHELEKDP
Forward P/E – 7.8xFY2026 14.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.05FY2026 $3.74FY2026 $2.37FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +5.4%FY2026 +15.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +13.9% +11.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $432.40MFY2026 $1.76BFY2026 $25.28BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -22.7%FY2026 -1.8%FY2026 +52.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.1% -2.6% +13.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCOOKHELEKDP
Held by institutions 33.8% 96.3% 100.0%
Institutions holding 65 198 852
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.6% +5.7% +12.9%
Institutions buying 39 120 469
Institutions selling 17 46 284
Buyers to sellers 2.29 2.61 1.65

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

COOKHELEKDP
COOK 1.00 0.13 0.10
HELE 0.13 1.00 0.26
KDP 0.10 0.26 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COOK, HELE and KDP?

Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Traeger (COOK) $131.34M, Helen Of Troy (HELE) $680.28M, Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) $47.44B.

Which company is growing faster?

Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Traeger (COOK) -16.3%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) +0.3%, Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) +27.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) has the highest net margin (Traeger (COOK) -23.2%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) -5.4%, Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) 7.1%). On return on invested capital, Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) leads (Traeger (COOK) -16.6%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) 1.6%, Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) 4.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Helen Of Troy (HELE) returned the most: Traeger (COOK) -7.0%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) +45.7%, Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) +19.3%. Over five years, Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) compounded fastest (Traeger (COOK) -45.5%/yr, Helen Of Troy (HELE) -33.4%/yr, Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) -0.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) 2.64%. Traeger (COOK) and Helen Of Troy (HELE) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) has been the steadiest (Traeger (COOK) 92.5%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) 54.0%, Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) 26.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, COOK, HELE and KDP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.