SN vs AOS vs HELE Stock Comparison

SharkNinja, Smith A O and Helen Of Troy Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SN SharkNinja, Inc.
$196.27 +16.5% 1M +102.7% 1Y
Market cap
$28.08B
P/E
40.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.91B
Div. yield
–
Home Appliances Consumer Discretionary
5 wins
AOS Smith A O Corp
$61.65 +6.8% 1M -10.7% 1Y
Market cap
$8.49B
P/E
17.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.80B
Div. yield
0.02%
HVAC Industrials
5 wins
HELE Helen Of Troy Ltd
$28.07 -4.9% 1M +43.6% 1Y
Market cap
$663.67M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.83B
Div. yield
–
Home Appliances Consumer Discretionary
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

SharkNinja leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (SharkNinja 5, Smith A O 5, Helen Of Troy 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSNAOSHELELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $28.08B $8.49B $663.67M SN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 40.4x 17.0x -6.7x AOS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 28.3x 17.0x 7.5x HELE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +17.5% +0.4% +0.3% SN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 10.1% 13.1% -5.4% AOS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 21.2% 20.9% 1.6% SN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.1x 0.6x 8.3x SN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +102.7% -10.7% +43.6% SN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -1.6%/yr -34.2%/yr AOS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 42.9% 27.4% 54.1% AOS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 66/100 43/100 AOS

Percentile Scorecard

SNAOSHELE

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

AxisSNAOSHELE
Valuation 17 #35 of 42 70 #17 of 55 78 #10 of 42
Growth 93 #4 of 42 38 #32 of 51 42 #25 of 42
Profitability 95 #3 of 40 98 #2 of 51 46 #22 of 40
Financial Health 70 #14 of 44 74 #16 of 59 30 #31 of 44
Shareholder Returns 44 #16 of 28 48 #22 of 41 19 #23 of 28
Overall 64 66 43
  • SN ranked among 45 companies in Household Durables
  • AOS ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • HELE ranked among 45 companies in Household Durables

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSNAOSHELESPY
1 month +16.5%+6.8%-4.9% -1.0%
3 months +32.1%+1.5%-1.4% +2.9%
6 months +69.6%-4.2%+18.8% +6.4%
Year to date +75.4%-7.8%+32.1% +11.4%
1 year +102.7%-10.7%+43.6% +13.1%
3 years +382.1%-7.5%-72.3% +79.4%
3 years, per year +69.0%-2.6%-34.8% +21.5%
5 years —-7.7%-87.7% +67.7%
5 years, per year —-1.6%-34.2% +10.9%
10 years —+28.2%-65.3% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+2.5%-10.0% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureSNAOSHELESPY
Volatility, 1Y 42.9%27.4%54.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.2%26.3%48.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.530.700.96 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.39-0.390.81 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -42.6%-43.4%-94.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.4%-23.4%-7.1% -2.5%
52-week high $199.15$80.47$30.22 $779.14
52-week low $84.57$55.34$13.88 $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.

MultipleSNAOSHELE
P/E now vs peer median 39.9xmedian 15.0x 16.9xmedian 19.9x -6.6xmedian 15.0x
P/S now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 0.7x 2.2xmedian 1.5x 0.4xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 25.0xmedian 9.7x 11.6xmedian 12.6x 16.7xmedian 9.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 34.4xmedian 12.1x 13.1xmedian 16.1x 4.4xmedian 12.1x
P/B now vs peer median 9.7xmedian 1.2x 4.5xmedian 3.0x 0.8xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.90median 0.64 0.64median 0.98 0.17median 0.64

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 monthsSNAOSHELE
Revenue $6.91B $3.80B $1.83B
Gross profit $3.38B $1.47B $864.98M
Operating income $950.59M $668.70M $23.94M
Net income $695.22M $500.30M -$99.23M
Free cash flow $804.52M $639.40M $147.21M
R&D $399.28M – –
EPS (diluted) $4.91 $3.63 $-4.11
Cash & equivalents $779.83M $181.30M $22.58M
Total debt $716.47M $1.74B $3.17B
Shares (diluted) 141.51M 137.86M 24.15M
Enterprise value $25.75B $7.74B $573.39M

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
MetricSNAOSHELE
P/E 39.9x 16.9x -6.6x
P/FCF 34.4x 13.1x 4.4x
P/Operating cash flow 28.4x 12.1x 3.6x
P/S 4.0x 2.2x 0.4x
P/B 9.7x 4.5x 0.8x
P/Tangible book 11.5x 6.7x 1.3x
EV/EBITDA 25.0x 11.6x 16.7x
EV/EBIT 29.0x 13.2x 54.5x
EV/Revenue 4.0x 2.3x 0.7x
EV/FCF 34.3x 13.8x 8.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 28.3x 12.8x 7.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.90 0.64 0.17

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSNAOSHELE
Revenue growth (1Y) 17.5% 0.4% 0.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 20.6% 0.6% -3.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 18.8% 1.4% 0.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 29.3% 1.3% -1.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 36.0% -5.2% 103.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 40.7% -2.5% -52.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 34.1% -3.5% 84.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 45.4% 22.3% -39.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 34.4% -0.3% 85.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 44.6% 26.2% -39.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 141.8% 16.1% 97.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 32.4% 5.0% -25.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 432.7% 29.3% 192.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 31.6% 6.2% -25.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSNAOSHELE
Gross margin 48.9% 38.6% 47.4%
EBITDA margin 15.9% 20.0% 4.3%
Operating margin 13.8% 17.6% 1.3%
Pretax margin 12.8% 17.0% -1.5%
Net margin 10.1% 13.1% -5.4%
FCF margin 11.6% 16.8% 8.1%
Operating cash flow margin 14.1% 18.2% 9.8%
Return on equity 24.8% 26.9% -11.7%
Return on assets 13.1% 13.7% -4.8%
Return on invested capital 21.2% 20.9% 1.6%
Return on capital employed 27.2% 24.1% 1.5%
Asset turnover 1.3x 1.0x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 1.4x -1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 1.4% 0.4% 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSNAOSHELE
Debt / assets 12.8% 17.5% 32.1%
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.3x 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.1x 0.6x 8.3x
Debt / FCF 0.9x 1.0x 4.6x
Liabilities / assets 49.2% 49.5% 59.3%
Equity / assets 50.8% 50.5% 40.7%
Interest coverage – 31.5x 0.5x
Current ratio 2.1x 1.6x 1.7x
Quick ratio 1.3x 1.0x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.2x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 8.72 6.18 1.72

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSNAOSHELE
Dividend yield – 2.3% –
Net buyback yield 0.4% 3.7% -0.1%
Shareholder yield 0.4% 6.1% -0.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 39.6% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 31.0% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 2.2% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 3.2% –

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.

ConsensusSNAOSHELE
Forward P/E 28.3xFY2026 17.0xFY2026 7.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $6.94FY2026 $3.62FY2026 $3.74FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +31.4%FY2026 -6.0%FY2026 +5.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +2.9% +14.9% +13.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.30BFY2026 $3.74BFY2026 $1.76BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +14.1%FY2026 -2.3%FY2026 -1.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +12.2% +3.9% -2.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSNAOSHELE
Held by institutions 64.7% 91.9% 96.3%
Institutions holding 563 614 198
Change in shares held, QoQ +11.6% +7.1% +5.7%
Institutions buying 370 315 120
Institutions selling 144 226 46
Buyers to sellers 2.57 1.39 2.61

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.

SNAOSHELE
SN 1.00 0.41 0.31
AOS 0.41 1.00 0.32
HELE 0.31 0.32 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SN, AOS and HELE?

SharkNinja (SN) is the largest by market capitalisation: SharkNinja (SN) $28.08B, Smith A O (AOS) $8.49B, Helen Of Troy (HELE) $663.67M.

Which stock is cheaper, SN, AOS and HELE?

Smith A O (AOS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (SharkNinja (SN) 40.4x, Smith A O (AOS) 17.0x, Helen Of Troy (HELE) -6.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Helen Of Troy (HELE) is cheapest (SharkNinja (SN) 28.3x, Smith A O (AOS) 17.0x, Helen Of Troy (HELE) 7.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

SharkNinja (SN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: SharkNinja (SN) +17.5%, Smith A O (AOS) +0.4%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) +0.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Smith A O (AOS) has the highest net margin (SharkNinja (SN) 10.1%, Smith A O (AOS) 13.1%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) -5.4%). On return on invested capital, SharkNinja (SN) leads (SharkNinja (SN) 21.2%, Smith A O (AOS) 20.9%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) 1.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year SharkNinja (SN) returned the most: SharkNinja (SN) +102.7%, Smith A O (AOS) -10.7%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) +43.6%. Over five years, Smith A O (AOS) compounded fastest (Smith A O (AOS) -1.6%/yr, Helen Of Troy (HELE) -34.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: SharkNinja (SN) 0.00%, Smith A O (AOS) 0.02%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) 0.00%. SharkNinja (SN) and Helen Of Troy (HELE) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Smith A O (AOS) has been the steadiest (SharkNinja (SN) 42.9%, Smith A O (AOS) 27.4%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) 54.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SN, AOS and HELE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, SharkNinja (SN) leads on 5. 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.