---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916789-25-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HELE"
cik: "0000916789"
company_name: "HELEN OF TROY LTD"
filed_at: "2025-01-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T07:31:59.505712+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Helen of Troy Q3 net sales down 3.4% to $530.7M; GAAP EPS $2.17; acquires Olive & June for $229.4M

## Summary
- Consolidated net sales $530.7M (-3.4% YoY); GAAP diluted EPS $2.17 (vs $3.19); adjusted diluted EPS $2.67 (vs $2.79).
- Home & Outdoor +4.3% to $246.1M; Beauty & Wellness -9.3% to $284.6M due to weak illness season and soft beauty demand.
- FY2025 guidance narrowed: net sales $1.888-$1.913B; GAAP EPS $4.60-$5.02; adjusted EPS $7.15-$7.40; adj. EBITDA $292-$295M.
- Acquired Olive & June on Dec 16 for initial cash $229.4M (net) plus up to $15M contingent; funded with cash and revolver.
- Project Pegasus on track; FY2025 savings $26M-$30M; total targeted annual savings $75M-$85M by FY2027.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916789-25-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HELE
- cik: 0000916789
- company_name: HELEN OF TROY LTD
- filed_at: 2025-01-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678925000003/0000916789-25-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678925000003/hele-20250108.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916789-25-000003.txt

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