HELE vs MLKMF vs NUS Stock Comparison

Helen Of Troy, Waldencast and Nu Skin Enterprises Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HELE Helen Of Troy Ltd
$29.20 +2.0% 1M +45.7% 1Y
Market cap
$675.09M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.83B
Div. yield
–
Home Appliances Consumer Discretionary
6 wins
MLKMF Waldencast plc
$0.88 -14.6% 1M -54.4% 1Y
Market cap
$91.83M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Cosmetics Consumer Staples

Head to Head

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Helen Of Troy leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Helen Of Troy 6, Nu Skin Enterprises 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHELEMLKMFNUSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $675.09M $91.83M $229.37M HELE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -6.8x — -1.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.8x — 6.1x NUS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.3% — -15.4% HELE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -5.4% — -15.7% HELE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 1.6% — -1.2% HELE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 8.3x — 0.6x NUS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.05% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +45.7% -54.4% -56.7% HELE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -33.4%/yr -38.2%/yr -34.8%/yr HELE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.0% 100.5% 47.9% NUS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 44/100 — 55/100 NUS

Percentile Scorecard

HELEMLKMFNUS

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

AxisHELEMLKMFNUS
Valuation 78 #10 of 42 – 86 #8 of 52
Growth 39 #26 of 42 – 10 #45 of 50
Profitability 49 #21 of 40 – 43 #26 of 45
Financial Health 30 #31 of 44 67 #19 of 56 64 #21 of 56
Shareholder Returns 22 #22 of 28 – 73 #9 of 31
Overall 44 – 55
  • HELE ranked among 45 companies in Household Durables
  • MLKMF ranked among 60 companies in Household and Personal Products
  • NUS ranked among 60 companies in Household and Personal Products

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodHELEMLKMFNUSSPY
1 month +2.0%-14.6%+2.4% -0.2%
3 months +1.2%-47.3%-9.7% +3.9%
6 months +24.5%+12.8%-35.7% +8.2%
Year to date +37.4%-53.2%-50.7% +12.9%
1 year +45.7%-54.4%-56.7% +12.3%
3 years -69.8%-90.0%-74.4% +87.4%
3 years, per year -32.9%-53.6%-36.5% +23.3%
5 years -86.9%-90.9%-88.2% +67.9%
5 years, per year -33.4%-38.2%-34.8% +10.9%
10 years -62.6%—-92.3% +261.1%
10 years, per year -9.4%—-22.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureHELEMLKMFNUSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.0%100.5%47.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.3%88.2%57.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.971.350.60 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.85-0.54-1.18 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -94.5%-93.5%-91.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.4%-71.4%-58.9% -1.2%
52-week high $30.22$3.08$11.54 $779.14
52-week low $13.88$0.75$4.53 $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.

MultipleHELEMLKMFNUS
P/E now vs peer median -6.9xmedian 16.0x —median 18.5x -1.1xmedian 18.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 0.6x —median 1.6x 0.2xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.0xmedian 9.8x —median 12.9x 6.4xmedian 12.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 11.9x —median 18.6x 21.4xmedian 18.6x
P/B now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.2x 0.3xmedian 2.2x 0.4xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.17median 0.64 —median 0.97 0.01median 0.97

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 monthsHELEMLKMFNUS
Revenue $1.83B – $1.38B
Gross profit $864.98M – $951.49M
Operating income $23.94M – -$10.41M
Net income -$99.23M – -$216.39M
Free cash flow $147.21M – $10.78M
EPS (diluted) $-4.11 – $-4.45
Cash & equivalents $22.58M $7.82M $189.64M
Total debt $3.17B $631.43M $213.66M
Shares (diluted) 24.15M 114.07M 48.60M
Enterprise value $584.80M $29.86M -$655.26M

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
MetricHELEMLKMFNUS
P/E -6.9x – -1.1x
P/FCF 4.6x – 21.4x
P/Operating cash flow 3.8x – 4.5x
P/S 0.4x – 0.2x
P/B 0.8x 0.3x 0.4x
P/Tangible book 1.4x 0.3x 0.5x
EV/EBITDA 17.0x – 6.4x
EV/EBIT 55.6x – -24.3x
EV/Revenue 0.7x – 0.2x
EV/FCF 9.0x – 23.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.4x – 5.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.17 – 0.01

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHELEMLKMFNUS
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.3% – -15.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -3.1% – -12.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 0.5% – -13.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -1.7% – -13.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 103.7% – 25.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -52.1% – -29.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 84.9% – -314.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -39.6% – -72.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 85.7% – -318.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -39.5% – -73.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 97.1% – -45.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -25.9% – -9.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 192.7% – -81.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -25.7% – 76.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHELEMLKMFNUS
Gross margin 47.4% – 69.2%
EBITDA margin 4.3% – 2.9%
Operating margin 1.3% – -0.8%
Pretax margin -1.5% – -1.9%
Net margin -5.4% – -15.7%
FCF margin 8.1% – 0.8%
Operating cash flow margin 9.8% – 3.7%
Return on equity -11.7% – -32.4%
Return on assets -4.8% – -17.3%
Return on invested capital 1.6% – -1.2%
Return on capital employed 1.5% – -1.0%
Asset turnover 0.9x – 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.8x – -0.2x
Stock comp / revenue 1.0% – 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHELEMLKMFNUS
Debt / assets 32.1% 23.1% 19.1%
Debt / equity 0.8x 0.4x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 8.3x – 0.6x
Debt / FCF 4.6x – 19.8x
Liabilities / assets 59.3% 39.5% 51.6%
Equity / assets 40.7% 60.5% 48.4%
Interest coverage 0.5x – -0.7x
Current ratio 1.7x 4.8x 2.0x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.1x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.1x 0.7x
Altman Z-score 1.74 – 3.71

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHELEMLKMFNUS
Dividend yield – – 5.1%
Net buyback yield -0.1% – 10.8%
Shareholder yield -0.1% – 15.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – -5.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 108.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -2.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -46.8%

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.

ConsensusHELEMLKMFNUS
Forward P/E 7.8xFY2026 – 6.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.74FY2026 $-0.51FY2026 $0.78FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +5.4%FY2026 – -38.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +13.9% – +43.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.76BFY2026 $272.64MFY2026 $1.24BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.8%FY2026 +0.2%FY2026 -17.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.6% +10.6% +24.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHELEMLKMFNUS
Held by institutions 96.3% – 74.1%
Institutions holding 198 – 161
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.7% – -0.9%
Institutions buying 120 – 77
Institutions selling 46 – 61
Buyers to sellers 2.61 – 1.26

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.

HELEMLKMFNUS
HELE 1.00 0.02 0.17
MLKMF 0.02 1.00 0.14
NUS 0.17 0.14 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HELE, MLKMF and NUS?

Helen Of Troy (HELE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Helen Of Troy (HELE) $675.09M, Waldencast (MLKMF) $91.83M, Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) $229.37M.

Which company is growing faster?

Helen Of Troy (HELE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Helen Of Troy (HELE) +0.3%, Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) -15.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Helen Of Troy (HELE) has the highest net margin (Helen Of Troy (HELE) -5.4%, Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) -15.7%). On return on invested capital, Helen Of Troy (HELE) leads (Helen Of Troy (HELE) 1.6%, Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) -1.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Helen Of Troy (HELE) returned the most: Helen Of Troy (HELE) +45.7%, Waldencast (MLKMF) -54.4%, Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) -56.7%. Over five years, Helen Of Troy (HELE) compounded fastest (Helen Of Troy (HELE) -33.4%/yr, Waldencast (MLKMF) -38.2%/yr, Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) -34.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Helen Of Troy (HELE) 0.00%, Waldencast (MLKMF) 0.00%, Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) 0.05%. Helen Of Troy (HELE) and Waldencast (MLKMF) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) has been the steadiest (Helen Of Troy (HELE) 54.0%, Waldencast (MLKMF) 100.5%, Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) 47.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HELE, MLKMF and NUS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Helen Of Troy (HELE) 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.