HELE vs NWL vs REYN Stock Comparison

Helen Of Troy, Newell Brands and Reynolds Consumer Products Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HELE Helen Of Troy Ltd
$29.71 +5.5% 1M +48.0% 1Y
Market cap
$671.71M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.83B
Div. yield
–
Home Appliances Consumer Discretionary
1 win
NWL Newell Brands Inc.
$5.08 -4.5% 1M +3.0% 1Y
Market cap
$2.17B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$7.25B
Div. yield
0.06%
Home Appliances Consumer Discretionary
1 win

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Reynolds Consumer Products leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Reynolds Consumer Products 8, Newell Brands 1, Helen Of Troy 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHELENWLREYNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $671.71M $2.17B $4.98B REYN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -6.8x -9.8x 14.5x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.9x 7.1x 14.2x NWL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.3% -2.0% +2.7% REYN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -5.4% -3.0% 9.1% REYN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 1.6% 2.2% 11.1% REYN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 8.3x 10.0x 2.1x REYN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.06% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +48.0% +3.0% -5.4% HELE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -33.3%/yr -26.0%/yr -2.6%/yr REYN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.0% 61.9% 25.9% REYN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 42/100 48/100 70/100 REYN

Percentile Scorecard

HELENWLREYN

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

AxisHELENWLREYN
Valuation 78 #10 of 41 55 #19 of 41 78 #12 of 52
Growth 43 #24 of 41 50 #21 of 41 63 #19 of 50
Profitability 46 #21 of 38 32 #26 of 38 73 #13 of 45
Financial Health 27 #31 of 42 10 #38 of 42 56 #25 of 56
Shareholder Returns 15 #23 of 27 92 #3 of 27 80 #7 of 31
Overall 42 48 70
  • HELE ranked among 44 companies in Household Durables
  • NWL ranked among 44 companies in Household Durables
  • REYN 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

PeriodHELENWLREYNSPY
1 month +5.5%-4.5%+6.9% +0.7%
3 months +6.6%-1.2%-6.6% +3.7%
6 months +28.3%+24.5%+12.5% +7.1%
Year to date +39.8%+36.6%+3.0% +12.8%
1 year +48.0%+3.0%-5.4% +11.9%
3 years -69.4%-27.5%-7.0% +85.2%
3 years, per year -32.6%-10.2%-2.4% +22.8%
5 years -86.8%-77.8%-12.5% +67.6%
5 years, per year -33.3%-26.0%-2.6% +10.9%
10 years -62.7%-89.7%— +262.0%
10 years, per year -9.4%-20.3%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureHELENWLREYNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.0%61.9%25.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.5%66.6%25.5% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.971.260.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.890.05-0.21 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -94.5%-88.1%-36.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.7%-20.1%-13.2% -1.2%
52-week high $30.22$6.36$27.18 $779.14
52-week low $13.88$3.11$20.56 $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.

MultipleHELENWLREYN
P/E now vs peer median -7.0xmedian 15.8x -9.8xmedian 15.8x 14.4xmedian 18.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 0.7x 0.3xmedian 0.7x 1.3xmedian 1.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.1xmedian 9.6x 14.6xmedian 9.6x 9.3xmedian 13.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 4.7xmedian 12.1x 18.3xmedian 12.1x 15.5xmedian 18.9x
P/B now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.2x 0.9xmedian 1.2x 2.2xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.18median 0.63 -0.81median 0.63 1.12median 1.01

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 monthsHELENWLREYN
Revenue $1.83B $7.25B $3.79B
Gross profit $864.98M $2.57B $951.00M
Operating income $23.94M $164.00M $554.00M
Net income -$99.23M -$221.00M $344.00M
Free cash flow $147.21M $118.00M $320.00M
EPS (diluted) $-4.11 $-0.51 $1.62
Cash & equivalents $22.58M $209.00M $66.00M
Total debt $3.17B $5.01B $1.53B
Shares (diluted) 24.15M 430.20M 211.90M
Enterprise value $581.42M $1.33B $4.64B

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
MetricHELENWLREYN
P/E -7.0x -9.8x 14.4x
P/FCF 4.7x 18.3x 15.5x
P/Operating cash flow 3.9x 6.5x 9.9x
P/S 0.4x 0.3x 1.3x
P/B 0.8x 0.9x 2.2x
P/Tangible book 1.4x 2.5x 3.6x
EV/EBITDA 17.1x 14.6x 9.3x
EV/EBIT 56.1x 42.4x 11.6x
EV/Revenue 0.7x 1.0x 1.7x
EV/FCF 9.1x 59.0x 20.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.5x 21.0x 12.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.18 -0.81 1.12

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHELENWLREYN
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.3% -2.0% 2.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -3.1% -5.4% -0.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 0.5% 1.4% 1.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -1.7% 2.7% 5.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 103.7% 105.0% 3.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -52.1% 45.8% 8.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 84.9% 9.1% 10.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -39.6% 11.0% 13.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 85.7% 11.0% 9.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -39.5% 12.1% 12.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 97.1% 105.6% 11.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -25.9% -10.1% 15.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 192.7% 213.5% 6.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -25.7% -5.8% 16.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHELENWLREYN
Gross margin 47.4% 35.5% 25.1%
EBITDA margin 4.3% 6.6% 18.2%
Operating margin 1.3% 2.3% 14.6%
Pretax margin -1.5% -2.5% 11.8%
Net margin -5.4% -3.0% 9.1%
FCF margin 8.1% 1.6% 8.5%
Operating cash flow margin 9.8% 4.6% 13.3%
Return on equity -11.7% -9.2% 23.4%
Return on assets -4.8% -2.0% 10.7%
Return on invested capital 1.6% 2.2% 11.1%
Return on capital employed 1.5% 2.0% 12.8%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.7x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.8x -1.5x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 1.0% 1.0% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHELENWLREYN
Debt / assets 32.1% 45.3% 30.1%
Debt / equity 0.8x 2.0x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 8.3x 10.0x 2.1x
Debt / FCF 4.6x 42.4x 4.8x
Liabilities / assets 59.3% 77.8% 54.5%
Equity / assets 40.7% 22.2% 45.5%
Interest coverage 0.5x – 6.4x
Current ratio 1.7x 1.1x 1.8x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.5x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 1.74 0.49 2.54

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHELENWLREYN
Dividend yield – 5.5% 3.9%
Net buyback yield -0.1% – –
Shareholder yield -0.1% 5.5% 3.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – -57.0% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 106.8% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 6.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -26.4% –

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.

ConsensusHELENWLREYN
Forward P/E 7.9xFY2026 7.1xFY2026 14.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.74FY2026 $0.72FY2026 $1.66FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +5.4%FY2026 +26.3%FY2026 +1.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +13.9% -5.6% -3.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.76BFY2026 $6.86BFY2026 $3.93BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.8%FY2026 -4.7%FY2026 +6.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.6% +15.0% -4.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHELENWLREYN
Held by institutions 96.3% 100.0% 31.1%
Institutions holding 199 421 295
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.7% +9.2% +6.3%
Institutions buying 121 234 182
Institutions selling 46 124 89
Buyers to sellers 2.63 1.89 2.04

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.

HELENWLREYN
HELE 1.00 0.38 0.32
NWL 0.38 1.00 0.31
REYN 0.32 0.31 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HELE, NWL and REYN?

Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Helen Of Troy (HELE) $671.71M, Newell Brands (NWL) $2.17B, Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN) $4.98B.

Which company is growing faster?

Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Helen Of Troy (HELE) +0.3%, Newell Brands (NWL) -2.0%, Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN) +2.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN) has the highest net margin (Helen Of Troy (HELE) -5.4%, Newell Brands (NWL) -3.0%, Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN) 9.1%). On return on invested capital, Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN) leads (Helen Of Troy (HELE) 1.6%, Newell Brands (NWL) 2.2%, Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN) 11.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Helen Of Troy (HELE) returned the most: Helen Of Troy (HELE) +48.0%, Newell Brands (NWL) +3.0%, Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN) -5.4%. Over five years, Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN) compounded fastest (Helen Of Troy (HELE) -33.3%/yr, Newell Brands (NWL) -26.0%/yr, Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN) -2.6%/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%, Newell Brands (NWL) 0.06%, Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN) 0.00%. Helen Of Troy (HELE) and Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN) has been the steadiest (Helen Of Troy (HELE) 54.0%, Newell Brands (NWL) 61.9%, Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN) 25.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HELE, NWL and REYN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN) leads on 8. 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.