Benzinga | Oct 7, 2020 10:11AM EDT

Helen Of Troy Earnings Preview

Helen Of Troy (NASDAQ: HELE) releases its next round of earnings this Thursday, October 08. Get the latest predictions in Benzinga's essential guide to the company's Q2 earnings report.

Earnings and Revenue

Wall Street expects EPS of $2.32 and sales around $439.89 million. Helen Of Troy EPS in the same period a year ago totaled $2.24. Sales were $414.00 million. The Wall Street estimate would represent a 3.57% increase in the company's earnings. Sales would be up 6.25% on a year-over-year basis. Here is how the company's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Quarter Q1 2020 Q4 2020 Q3 2020 Q2 2019EPS Estimate 1.49 1.64 2.50 1.96EPS Actual 2.53 1.88 3.12 2.24Revenue Estimate 347.08 M 401.49 M 446.36 M 391.85 MRevenue Actual 420.83 M 442.37 M 474.74 M 414.00 M

Stock Performance

Shares of Helen Of Troy were trading at $203.31 as of October 06. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 32.73%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders can be satisfied going into this earnings release.

Do not be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. Helen Of Troy is scheduled to hold the call at 09:00:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Finvestor.helenoftroy.com%2Fevents-and-presentations%2Fevents-calendar%2Fdefault.aspx&eventid=2626914&sessionid=1&key=9DF7CAFC9AD0347327C0748F194A7A3E&regTag=&sourcepage=register