---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916789-22-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HELE"
cik: "0000916789"
company_name: "HELEN OF TROY LTD"
filed_at: "2022-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T04:25:29.506545+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Helen of Troy Q4 net sales $582M (+14.3%); adj. EPS $2.51 (+77%); FY23 Core EPS guidance $12.73-$13.03; appoints COO

## Summary
- Q4 Core net sales +17.2% YoY; GAAP diluted EPS $1.64 vs $0.90; Core adjusted diluted EPS $2.51 (+76.8%).
- Full year Core net sales +8.4% YoY; Core adjusted diluted EPS $12.18 (+10.4%); online channel sales $(1.3)% decline.
- Fiscal 2023 outlook: consolidated net sales growth 6.8%-8.8%; Core adjusted diluted EPS $12.73-$13.03, growth 4.5%-7.0%.
- Appointed Noel Geoffroy as COO effective May 9, 2022; base salary $575k, target bonus 90%, LTI target $1.1M.
- Q4 EPA compliance costs $11.4M; completed sale of Latin America Personal Care business for $1.8M in cash post-quarter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916789-22-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HELE
- cik: 0000916789
- company_name: HELEN OF TROY LTD
- filed_at: 2022-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678922000023/0000916789-22-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678922000023/hele-20220427.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916789-22-000023
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916789-22-000023.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916789-22-000023.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Noel Geoffroy was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at HELEN OF TROY LTD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On April 27, 2022, the Company announced the appointment by the Company’s Board of Directors of Noel Geoffroy, age 51, to serve as Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective as of May 9, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678922000023/0000916789-22-000023-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.