Helen of Troy is a designer, developer, importer, marketer, and distributor of a portfolio of brand-name consumer products. Co. operates three segments: Housewares, which includes food preparation tools and storage containers, cleaning, bath and garden tools and accessories, infant and toddler care products, and insulated beverage and food containers; Health and Home, which focuses on healthcare devices such as thermometers, humidifiers, heating pads, water filtration systems, and small home appliances; and Beauty, which includes electric hair care, beauty care and wellness appliances, grooming tools and accessories, and liquid-, solid- and powder-based personal care and grooming products. We show 43 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our HELE shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute HELE market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing HELE market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing HELE's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of HELE versus a peer is one thing; comparing
HELE market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like HELE can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching HELE by allowing them to research the HELE market cap history. |
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