HELE vs NPK vs YSG Stock Comparison

Helen Of Troy, National Presto Industries and Yatsen Holding Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HELE Helen Of Troy Ltd
$29.31 +0.5% 1M +45.5% 1Y
Market cap
$696.52M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.83B
Div. yield
–
Home Appliances Consumer Discretionary
2 wins
YSG Yatsen Holding Ltd
$2.35 -7.5% 1M -68.1% 1Y
Market cap
$219.32M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$653.85M
Div. yield
–
Cosmetics Consumer Staples
2 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

National Presto Industries leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (National Presto Industries 4, Helen Of Troy 2, Yatsen Holding 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHELENPKYSGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $696.52M $1.09B $219.32M NPK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -7.0x 25.4x -9.6x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.8x 30.9x — HELE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.3% +20.9% +25.6% YSG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -5.4% 7.9% -3.5% NPK
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 1.6% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 8.3x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +45.5% +37.0% -68.1% HELE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -33.5%/yr +12.6%/yr -30.0%/yr NPK
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.0% 35.1% 82.4% NPK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 42/100 48/100 69/100 YSG

Percentile Scorecard

HELENPKYSG

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

AxisHELENPKYSG
Valuation 78 #10 of 41 25 #31 of 41 63 #20 of 52
Growth 40 #25 of 41 63 #16 of 41 82 #10 of 50
Profitability 47 #21 of 39 68 #13 of 39 50 #23 of 45
Financial Health 29 #31 of 43 64 #16 of 43 84 #10 of 56
Shareholder Returns 19 #23 of 28 22 #22 of 28 –
Overall 42 48 69
  • HELE ranked among 44 companies in Household Durables
  • NPK ranked among 44 companies in Household Durables
  • YSG 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

PeriodHELENPKYSGSPY
1 month +0.5%+3.0%-7.5% +0.9%
3 months +4.1%+23.6%-30.3% +5.9%
6 months +23.0%+7.4%-14.9% +8.5%
Year to date +37.9%+41.1%-39.6% +13.3%
1 year +45.5%+37.0%-68.1% +12.4%
3 years -69.7%+105.4%-49.0% +88.1%
3 years, per year -32.8%+27.1%-20.1% +23.5%
5 years -87.0%+81.1%-83.2% +68.2%
5 years, per year -33.5%+12.6%-30.0% +11.0%
10 years -63.2%+72.0%— +263.4%
10 years, per year -9.5%+5.6%— +13.8%

Risk

MeasureHELENPKYSGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.0%35.1%82.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.3%35.3%93.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.970.731.13 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.841.05-0.83 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -94.5%-31.4%-88.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.0%-3.9%-68.1% -0.9%
52-week high $30.22$156.80$7.37 $779.14
52-week low $13.88$91.59$2.19 $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.

MultipleHELENPKYSG
P/E now vs peer median -6.9xmedian 15.7x 25.2xmedian 15.7x -9.6xmedian 18.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 0.7x 2.0xmedian 0.7x 0.7xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.0xmedian 9.6x 17.8xmedian 9.6x —median 12.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 11.7x 40.7xmedian 11.7x —median 18.7x
P/B now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.1x 2.6xmedian 1.1x 1.1xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.17median 0.62 1.34median 0.62 0.97median 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 monthsHELENPKYSG
Revenue $1.83B $544.68M $653.85M
Gross profit $864.98M $89.69M $505.96M
Operating income $23.94M $52.52M -$47.33M
Net income -$99.23M $42.81M -$31.82M
Free cash flow $147.21M $26.43M –
R&D – – $22.34M
EPS (diluted) $-4.11 $6.20 $-0.25
Cash & equivalents $22.58M $15.79M $104.68M
Total debt $3.17B – –
Shares (diluted) 24.15M 6.91M 93.13M
Enterprise value $606.23M $1.05B -$352.99M

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
MetricHELENPKYSG
P/E -6.9x 25.2x -9.6x
P/FCF 4.6x 40.7x –
P/Operating cash flow 3.8x 32.1x –
P/S 0.4x 2.0x 0.7x
P/B 0.8x 2.6x 1.1x
P/Tangible book 1.4x 2.6x 1.4x
EV/EBITDA 17.0x 17.8x –
EV/EBIT 55.7x 20.2x -6.0x
EV/Revenue 0.7x 1.9x 0.4x
EV/FCF 9.1x 40.0x –
EV/Operating cash flow 7.4x 31.6x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.17 1.34 0.97

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHELENPKYSG
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.3% 20.9% 25.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -3.1% 16.7% 9.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 0.5% 3.5% 24.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -1.7% 13.2% 12.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 103.7% 10.0% 45.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -52.1% 26.7% 11.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 84.9% 3.0% 56.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -39.6% 18.9% 11.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 85.7% 3.0% -537.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -39.5% 18.9% -9.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 97.1% 242.1% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -25.9% -8.6% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 192.7% 147.6% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -25.7% -14.5% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHELENPKYSG
Gross margin 47.4% 16.5% 77.4%
EBITDA margin 4.3% 10.9% –
Operating margin 1.3% 9.6% -7.2%
Pretax margin -1.5% 10.0% -4.6%
Net margin -5.4% 7.9% -3.5%
FCF margin 8.1% 4.9% –
Operating cash flow margin 9.8% 6.1% –
Return on equity -11.7% 10.6% -7.8%
Return on assets -4.8% 8.8% -5.7%
Return on invested capital 1.6% – –
Return on capital employed 1.5% 12.9% -10.1%
Asset turnover 0.9x 1.1x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.8x 0.8x –
Stock comp / revenue 1.0% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHELENPKYSG
Debt / assets 32.1% – –
Debt / equity 0.8x – –
Net debt / EBITDA 8.3x – –
Debt / FCF 4.6x – –
Liabilities / assets 59.3% 17.5% 32.0%
Equity / assets 40.7% 82.5% 68.0%
Interest coverage 0.5x – –
Current ratio 1.7x 5.2x 3.7x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.2x 2.1x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.2x 1.7x
Altman Z-score 1.74 10.71 -0.17

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHELENPKYSG
Dividend yield – 0.7% –
Net buyback yield -0.1% 0.0% –
Shareholder yield -0.1% 0.7% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – 16.7% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 27.1% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 0.3% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -36.8% –

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.

ConsensusHELENPKYSG
Forward P/E 7.8xFY2026 30.9xFY2028 –
EPS, next fiscal year $3.74FY2026 $4.88FY2028 $-0.16FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +5.4%FY2026 – –
EPS growth, the year after +13.9% – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.76BFY2026 $425.62MFY2028 $638.64MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.8%FY2026 – +3.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.6% – +13.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHELENPKYSG
Held by institutions 96.3% 61.0% 6.8%
Institutions holding 198 182 43
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.7% +6.2% -11.7%
Institutions buying 120 92 15
Institutions selling 46 40 18
Buyers to sellers 2.61 2.30 0.83

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.

HELENPKYSG
HELE 1.00 0.04 0.08
NPK 0.04 1.00 -0.03
YSG 0.08 -0.03 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HELE, NPK and YSG?

National Presto Industries (NPK) is the largest by market capitalisation: Helen Of Troy (HELE) $696.52M, National Presto Industries (NPK) $1.09B, Yatsen Holding (YSG) $219.32M.

Which company is growing faster?

Yatsen Holding (YSG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Helen Of Troy (HELE) +0.3%, National Presto Industries (NPK) +20.9%, Yatsen Holding (YSG) +25.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

National Presto Industries (NPK) has the highest net margin (Helen Of Troy (HELE) -5.4%, National Presto Industries (NPK) 7.9%, Yatsen Holding (YSG) -3.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Helen Of Troy (HELE) returned the most: Helen Of Troy (HELE) +45.5%, National Presto Industries (NPK) +37.0%, Yatsen Holding (YSG) -68.1%. Over five years, National Presto Industries (NPK) compounded fastest (Helen Of Troy (HELE) -33.5%/yr, National Presto Industries (NPK) +12.6%/yr, Yatsen Holding (YSG) -30.0%/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%, National Presto Industries (NPK) 0.01%, Yatsen Holding (YSG) 0.00%. Helen Of Troy (HELE) and Yatsen Holding (YSG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, National Presto Industries (NPK) has been the steadiest (Helen Of Troy (HELE) 54.0%, National Presto Industries (NPK) 35.1%, Yatsen Holding (YSG) 82.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HELE, NPK and YSG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, National Presto Industries (NPK) leads on 4. 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.