M&A
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.85
Helen of Troy to acquire nail care brand Olive & June for $240M
HELEN OF TROY LTD
- Total purchase price $240M: $225M cash at closing + $15M earnout; multiple <11x CY2025 adj. EBITDA.
- Olive & June CY2024 net sales expected ~$92M; deal expected to close before year-end 2024.
- Acquisition expected to be immediately accretive to revenue growth, gross margin, adj. EBITDA margin, adj. diluted EPS, and FCF conversion.
- Pro forma net leverage ratio expected 3x or less at closing; founder/CEO Sarah Gibson Tuttle to remain.
- Helen of Troy also executed $250M notional interest rate swaps in Sept 2024, fixing avg SOFR at 3.7%.