HELE vs TTC vs WHR Stock Comparison

Helen Of Troy, Toro and Whirlpool Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HELE Helen Of Troy Ltd
$29.31 +0.5% 1M +45.5% 1Y
Market cap
$693.96M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.83B
Div. yield
–
Home Appliances Consumer Discretionary
2 wins
TTC Toro Co
$104.67 +7.8% 1M +40.0% 1Y
Market cap
$10.17B
P/E
28.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.75B
Div. yield
0.01%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
8 wins
WHR Whirlpool Corp /De/
$27.32 -13.0% 1M -64.8% 1Y
Market cap
$1.91B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$14.57B
Div. yield
–
Home Appliances Consumer Discretionary

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Toro leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Toro 8, Helen Of Troy 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHELETTCWHRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $693.96M $10.17B $1.91B TTC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -7.0x 28.0x -12.6x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.8x 22.1x 23.0x HELE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.3% +5.2% -6.4% TTC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -5.4% 7.6% -1.0% TTC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 1.6% 16.4% 0.4% TTC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 8.3x 1.2x 7.1x TTC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +45.5% +40.0% -64.8% HELE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -33.5%/yr +1.9%/yr -33.6%/yr TTC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.0% 25.7% 51.4% TTC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 42/100 59/100 34/100 TTC

Percentile Scorecard

HELETTCWHR

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

AxisHELETTCWHR
Valuation 78 #10 of 41 55 #91 of 203 70 #13 of 41
Growth 40 #25 of 41 54 #87 of 188 23 #32 of 41
Profitability 47 #21 of 39 93 #14 of 184 37 #25 of 39
Financial Health 29 #31 of 43 40 #130 of 217 14 #37 of 43
Shareholder Returns 19 #23 of 28 51 #76 of 153 26 #21 of 28
Overall 42 59 34
  • HELE ranked among 44 companies in Household Durables
  • TTC ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • WHR ranked among 44 companies in Household Durables

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodHELETTCWHRSPY
1 month +0.5%+7.8%-13.0% +0.9%
3 months +4.1%+13.3%-29.0% +5.9%
6 months +23.0%+11.6%-50.0% +8.5%
Year to date +37.9%+33.0%-62.1% +13.3%
1 year +45.5%+40.0%-64.8% +12.4%
3 years -69.7%+28.8%-73.2% +88.1%
3 years, per year -32.8%+8.8%-35.6% +23.5%
5 years -87.0%+9.6%-87.0% +68.2%
5 years, per year -33.5%+1.9%-33.6% +11.0%
10 years -63.2%+121.1%-81.9% +263.4%
10 years, per year -9.5%+8.3%-15.7% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureHELETTCWHRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.0%25.7%51.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.3%23.8%53.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.970.391.12 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.841.56-1.26 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -94.5%-45.3%-89.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.0%-0.7%-70.6% -0.9%
52-week high $30.22$105.42$92.82 $779.14
52-week low $13.88$67.99$26.44 $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.

MultipleHELETTCWHR
P/E now vs peer median -6.9xmedian 15.7x 27.4xmedian 25.4x -11.9xmedian 15.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 0.7x 2.1xmedian 1.9x 0.1xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.0xmedian 9.6x 16.8xmedian 14.3x 9.3xmedian 9.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 11.7x 13.9xmedian 21.8x -19.6xmedian 11.7x
P/B now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.1x 7.4xmedian 2.2x 0.5xmedian 1.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.17median 0.62 16.26median 1.41 -0.21median 0.62

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 monthsHELETTCWHR
Revenue $1.83B $4.75B $14.57B
Gross profit $864.98M $1.59B $1.91B
Operating income $23.94M $489.80M $428.00M
Net income -$99.23M $363.30M -$120.00M
Free cash flow $147.21M $711.50M -$92.00M
EPS (diluted) $-4.11 $3.80 $-2.31
Cash & equivalents $22.58M $175.30M $1.10B
Total debt $3.17B $962.00M $6.85B
Shares (diluted) 24.15M 95.60M 65.50M
Enterprise value $603.67M $9.28B -$1.73B

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
MetricHELETTCWHR
P/E -6.9x 27.4x -11.9x
P/FCF 4.6x 13.9x -19.6x
P/Operating cash flow 3.8x 12.6x 5.8x
P/S 0.4x 2.1x 0.1x
P/B 0.8x 7.4x 0.5x
P/Tangible book 1.4x 11.0x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA 17.0x 16.8x 9.3x
EV/EBIT 55.7x 21.8x 17.6x
EV/Revenue 0.7x 2.2x 0.5x
EV/FCF 9.1x 15.0x -82.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.4x 13.5x 24.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.17 16.26 -0.21

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHELETTCWHR
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.3% 5.2% -6.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -3.1% 0.1% -8.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 0.5% 5.6% -23.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -1.7% -1.2% -14.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 103.7% 14.9% -6.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -52.1% 0.2% 36.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 84.9% 9.1% 32.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -39.6% -1.2% 58.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 85.7% 13.0% 28.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -39.5% 1.7% 57.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 97.1% 34.0% -28.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -25.9% 38.5% -25.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 192.7% 44.6% -248.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -25.7% 79.1% -35.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHELETTCWHR
Gross margin 47.4% 33.4% 13.1%
EBITDA margin 4.3% 13.4% 5.6%
Operating margin 1.3% 10.3% 2.9%
Pretax margin -1.5% 9.7% 0.5%
Net margin -5.4% 7.6% -1.0%
FCF margin 8.1% 15.0% -0.6%
Operating cash flow margin 9.8% 16.6% 2.1%
Return on equity -11.7% 26.9% -3.1%
Return on assets -4.8% 10.0% -0.7%
Return on invested capital 1.6% 16.4% 0.4%
Return on capital employed 1.5% 19.1% 3.5%
Asset turnover 0.9x 1.3x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.8x 2.2x -2.6x
Stock comp / revenue 1.0% 0.5% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHELETTCWHR
Debt / assets 32.1% 27.2% 40.4%
Debt / equity 0.8x 0.7x 1.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 8.3x 1.2x 7.1x
Debt / FCF 4.6x 1.4x -74.5x
Liabilities / assets 59.3% 62.2% 78.0%
Equity / assets 40.7% 37.8% 22.0%
Interest coverage 0.5x 8.7x 1.3x
Current ratio 1.7x 1.6x 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.6x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.2x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 1.74 5.25 1.16

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHELETTCWHR
Dividend yield – 1.5% 6.6%
Net buyback yield -0.1% 3.2% -60.0%
Shareholder yield -0.1% 4.7% -53.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 41.3% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 21.1% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – -0.4% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 2.9% –

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.

ConsensusHELETTCWHR
Forward P/E 7.8xFY2026 22.1xFY2026 23.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.74FY2026 $4.73FY2026 $1.19FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +5.4%FY2026 +12.6%FY2026 -80.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +13.9% +16.3% +128.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.76BFY2026 $4.56BFY2026 $14.08BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.8%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026 -9.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.6% +3.0% +3.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHELETTCWHR
Held by institutions 96.3% 92.3% 100.0%
Institutions holding 198 590 458
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.7% +1.1% +2.9%
Institutions buying 120 295 250
Institutions selling 46 194 130
Buyers to sellers 2.61 1.52 1.92

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.

HELETTCWHR
HELE 1.00 0.31 0.27
TTC 0.31 1.00 0.30
WHR 0.27 0.30 1.00

Add a Peer

Largest companies in the same industry

Related Comparisons

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HELE, TTC and WHR?

Toro (TTC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Helen Of Troy (HELE) $693.96M, Toro (TTC) $10.17B, Whirlpool (WHR) $1.91B.

Which company is growing faster?

Toro (TTC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Helen Of Troy (HELE) +0.3%, Toro (TTC) +5.2%, Whirlpool (WHR) -6.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Toro (TTC) has the highest net margin (Helen Of Troy (HELE) -5.4%, Toro (TTC) 7.6%, Whirlpool (WHR) -1.0%). On return on invested capital, Toro (TTC) leads (Helen Of Troy (HELE) 1.6%, Toro (TTC) 16.4%, Whirlpool (WHR) 0.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Helen Of Troy (HELE) returned the most: Helen Of Troy (HELE) +45.5%, Toro (TTC) +40.0%, Whirlpool (WHR) -64.8%. Over five years, Toro (TTC) compounded fastest (Helen Of Troy (HELE) -33.5%/yr, Toro (TTC) +1.9%/yr, Whirlpool (WHR) -33.6%/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%, Toro (TTC) 0.01%, Whirlpool (WHR) 0.00%. Helen Of Troy (HELE) and Whirlpool (WHR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Toro (TTC) has been the steadiest (Helen Of Troy (HELE) 54.0%, Toro (TTC) 25.7%, Whirlpool (WHR) 51.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HELE, TTC and WHR?

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