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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916789-22-000072"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HELE"
cik: "0000916789"
company_name: "HELEN OF TROY LTD"
filed_at: "2022-10-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T05:16:37.160963+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Helen of Troy Q2 GAAP EPS $1.28, core adj EPS $2.27; announces Project Pegasus restructuring

## Summary
- Consolidated net sales $521.4M (+9.7% YoY driven by acquisitions; organic down -1.5%).
- GAAP diluted EPS $1.28 (down 39.3% YoY); core adj. diluted EPS $2.27 (down 14.3%).
- FY2023 guidance lowered: net sales $2.00-2.05B, adj. EPS $9.00-9.40.
- Board authorized Project Pegasus restructuring targeting $75-85M annualized pre-tax savings by FY2026, with $85-95M one-time charges.
- Health & Wellness segment revenue up 27.6% (EPA benefit); Beauty segment down -15.4%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916789-22-000072
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HELE
- cik: 0000916789
- company_name: HELEN OF TROY LTD
- filed_at: 2022-10-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 2.05, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678922000072/0000916789-22-000072-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678922000072/hele-20220930.htm

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