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Helen of Troy Ltd.’s (HELE) share price has entered into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 16.89. Analysts have been increasing their estimates on the company’s earnings for the fiscal year ending Feb 2010, sending the Zacks Consensus Estimate up by 22 cents over the past month to $2.19 per share. Helen of Troy is a Zacks #1 Rank (“Strong Buy") company."HELE" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?Zacks Investment Research

Helen of Troy Ltd. (HELE), a designer and producer of personal care and household consumer products, reported its fiscal second quarter earnings yesterday. The company reported quarterly earnings of 51 cents per share, above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 39 cents per shares as well as the prior-year EPS of 34 cents. Second quarter sales increased 5.6% percent to $162.2 million from $153.5 million last year. U.S. sales contributed 5.7 percentage points to growth in total sales, which was partially offset by a 0.1 percentage point negative contribution from international sales due to unfavorable foreign currency exchange rates. The Housewares segment posted 7.3% increase in sales to $50.6 million, while sales in the Personal Care segment increased 4.9% to $111.6 million compared to prior year quarter. Sales growth in Housewares was driven by continued growth in the dry food storage category and other ...

Helen of Troy Ltd. designs, develops and markets brand-name personal care and household consumer products. The company yesterday announced its financial results for the second quarter and half-year ended August 31, 2009, posting increases in net earnings and record sales.

The company posted second-quarter sales at $162.19 million, up 5.6 percent from $153.54 million for the second quarter of 2008. Second-quarter net earnings were $15.91 million, or $0.51 per fully diluted share, as compared to $10.60 million, or $0.34 per fully diluted share, for the same period last year.

The company reported sales for the six months ended August 31, 2009 increased 2.5 percent to $306.07 million, as compared to $298.55 million the previous year. Net earnings for the first half of this fiscal year increased 88.3 percent to $30.42 million, or $0.99 per fully diluted share, versus $16.16 million, or $0.52 per fully diluted share, in the same period

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Helen of Troy Ltd.’s (HELE) share price has moved into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 1.57. Analysts have been increasing their estimates on the company's earnings for the year ending Feb 2010, with the consensus up 24 cents over the past month to $1.97 per share. Helen of Troy is a Zacks #1 Rank ("Strong Buy") company."HELE" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?Zacks Investment Research

Shares of Helen of Troy Ltd. (HELE), a Zacks #1 Rank ("Strong Buy") stock, have jumped nearly 9% so far today on better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter results.

The company reported earnings of 47 cents per share, topping the average forecast by more than 34%.

Sales fell 1% to $143.9 million. The company said revenue at its personal care segment slipped 5% on account of the difficult retail environment. However, housewares segment sales grew 11%, primarily due to the robust performance of its OXO brands worldwide.

The consensus estimate for the year ending February 2010 has moved up by 27 cents, or 18.5%, over the past 2 months to $1.73 per share.

Moreover, the average forecast for the next fiscal is pegged at $1.91 per share, which has increased by 60 cents, or 46%, over the same period.

Helen of Troy's shares are trading on heavier-than-usual volume of about 495,000, against the average daily volume of

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Helen of Troy Ltd.'s (HELE) share price has entered into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 6.76. Analysts have been increasing their estimates on the company's fiscal 2010 earnings, with the consensus up 27 cents over the past month to $1.73 per share. Helen of Troy is a Zacks #1 Rank ("Strong Buy") company.

"HELE" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?Zacks Investment Research