---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916789-23-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HELE"
cik: "0000916789"
company_name: "HELEN OF TROY LTD"
filed_at: "2023-01-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T17:23:20.778978+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Helen of Troy Q3 net sales -10.6% to $558.6M; GAAP EPS $2.15; adj EPS $2.75

## Summary
- Consolidated net sales $558.6M, down 10.6% YoY; core net sales -10.0%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $2.15 vs $3.10; core adjusted diluted EPS $2.75 vs $3.72 (down 26.1%).
- Gross margin improved 2.1 ppts to 45.9% due to favorable mix and price increases.
- Raises FY2023 net sales guidance bottom to $2.025-2.050B; adj EPS guidance to $9.20-$9.40.
- Project Pegasus: combines Beauty & Health into Beauty & Wellness segment; creates North America RMO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916789-23-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HELE
- cik: 0000916789
- company_name: HELEN OF TROY LTD
- filed_at: 2023-01-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678923000005/0000916789-23-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678923000005/hele-20230105.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  HELEN OF TROY LTD reported third quarter of fiscal 2023 results: revenue $558.6 million, EPS $2.15. Guidance raised.
  - Period: third quarter of fiscal 2023
  - Revenue: $558.6 million
  - EPS: $2.15
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Consolidated net sales revenue was $558.6 million, a decrease of 10.6% from fiscal 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678923000005/0000916789-23-000005-index.htm

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