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HELE · CIK 0000916789 · FY2026 live · 2026-02-28

HELEN OF TROY LTD

DistressSEC 10-KClassic ZIndustrials28th percentile in Industrials · 430 names

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Model

Classic Z

FY2026

0.47

Zone

Distress

Prior

—

Market DD

—

1y PD

—

0.47

Z″ −0.09

−21.83.08+

Score 0.47 · distress below 1.80, grey to 2.99, safe at 3.00 and above.

Classic Z factor contributions

  • X1 Working capital / assets

    Short-term liquidity versus the size of the balance sheet.

    0.17
    1.2 × = 0.20

  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

    Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.

    0.20
    1.4 × = 0.27

  • X3 EBIT / assets

    Operating return on assets. Highest weight in the original model.

    −0.37
    3.3 × = −1.22

  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

    Book equity versus the liability stack. Mega-caps often look greyer here than they would if X4 used market cap.

    0.61
    0.6 × = 0.36

  • X5 Sales / assets

    Asset turnover — how much revenue the asset base supports.

    0.84
    1 × = 0.84

Five-year path

Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings.

Meridian Rank

37.36

0–100 · Classic Z family

  • Book standing

    39

  • Year change

    —

  • Market PD

    —

  • O-score

    33

Events on this name

Same published rows as Today.

  • Market PD unavailable

    watch · 41

Overview

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HELEN OF TROY LTD is on classic Z at 0.47 (distress) for FY2026, from an SEC 10-K. EBIT / assets is the line that sets the print; sales / assets is the runner-up. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Classic Z was fit on manufacturers. Buybacks can send retained earnings negative at otherwise healthy issuers. X4 is book equity.

Book screen Distress; market PD —. Market PD has not been priced on this name.

Market DD · naive Merton

No market tape yet.

Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.

Sector peers

Closest Classic Z scores · 28th percentile in Industrials.

Filing line items

Current assets

$866M

Total assets

$2.1B

Current liabilities

$505M

Total liabilities

$1.3B

Working capital

$361M

Retained earnings

$413M

EBIT

−$782M

Total sales

$1.8B

Book equity

$798M

Accession 0000916789-26-000048. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2026, period 2026-02-28). Classic Z is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.