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COM · Common Stock · CUSIP G4388N106 · ISIN BMG4388N1065
Manufacturer of personal care products
- SectorConsumer discretionary
- IndustryElectric Housewares & Fans
- HeadquartersHamilton, United States
- Founded1968
- Websitehelenoftroy.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($1.5m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 23.0m as of 2025-07-01, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $28.37. Options: 14 managers hold calls ($11.2m notional), 14 hold puts ($23.1m).
Trends to Q2 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 258 |
| Q4 2022 | 247 |
| Q1 2023 | 250 |
| Q2 2023 | 249 |
| Q3 2023 | 250 |
| Q4 2023 | 263 |
| Q1 2024 | 274 |
| Q2 2024 | 256 |
| Q3 2024 | 246 |
| Q4 2024 | 244 |
| Q1 2025 | 232 |
| Q2 2025 | 211 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 110 | 124 |
| Q4 2023 | 102 | 123 |
| Q1 2024 | 131 | 115 |
| Q2 2024 | 111 | 130 |
| Q3 2024 | 127 | 153 |
| Q4 2024 | 124 | 111 |
| Q1 2025 | 118 | 119 |
| Q2 2025 | 121 | 114 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $33.9m | $53.6m | 1.58 |
| Q4 2024 | $34.2m | $34.6m | 1.01 |
| Q1 2025 | $14.2m | $15.1m | 1.06 |
| Q2 2025 | $11.2m | $23.1m | 2.07 |
Biggest buyers
| CastleKnight Management LP | New | +439.5k |
| M&G PLC | New | +319.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Added | +306.7k |
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +229.1k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +216.3k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +206.0k |
| RWWM, INC. | New | +192.9k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. | Added | +186.4k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | Added | +145.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +133.2k |
Biggest sellers
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Sold out | -507.3k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Sold out | -423.9k |
| Medina Value Partners, LLC | Sold out | -383.4k |
| ARMISTICE CAPITAL, LLC | Sold out | -371.0k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC | Reduced | -291.1k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | Sold out | -236.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -194.5k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | Sold out | -166.5k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -143.8k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Sold out | -97.1k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $2.6m90.9k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $2.3m81.5k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $1.2m40.6k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | New | $894.0k31.5k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $834.4k29.4k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Added | $777.6k27.4k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $593.1k20.9k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $547.0k19.3k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $516.0k18.2k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | Added | $459.8k16.2k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $6.3m222.8k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Added | $3.5m123.2k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $3.4m120.3k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $2.8m97.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.8m62.9k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $1.5m54.6k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $1.4m49.3k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | New | $627.2k22.1k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $579.0k20.4k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | Added | $485.3k17.1k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2026-01-08 | 7.0% |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-08-12 | 5.7% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: RWWM, Inc. (2.0%, 2026-08-14), VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (4.9%, 2026-07-31), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
None reported in Q2 2025.
Holders, Q2 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.5m $98.9m | Reduced -15.2k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.6m $74.0m | Added +8.4k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.6m $73.5m | Added +1.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $29.5m | Added +13.3k |
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 985.3k $28.0m | Added +229.1k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 902.8k $25.6m | Reduced -4.8k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 771.7k $21.9m | Reduced -9.3k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 638.5k $18.1m | Reduced -25.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 605.1k $17.2m | Added +84.7k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 557.4k $15.8m | Reduced -3.5k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 450.1k $12.8m | Added +306.7k |
| CastleKnight Management LP 0.82% of their portfolio | 439.5k $12.5m | New |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 421.6k $12.0m | Added +216.3k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.02% of their portfolio | 372.0k $10.6m | Added +186.4k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 344.0k $9.8m | Added +11.3k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 341.9k $9.7m | Added +133.2k |
| Invenomic Capital Management LP 0.53% of their portfolio | 328.7k $9.3m | Added +89.9k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 322.9k $9.2m | Added +47.5k |
| M&G PLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 319.7k $9.0m | New |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 315.5k $8.8m | Added +206.0k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 288.2k $8.2m | Added +8.6k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 273.0k $7.7m | Added +48.9k |
| Capital International Investors 0.00% of their portfolio | 269.6k $7.7m | Unchanged |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 262.7k $7.5m | Added +709 |
| SYSTEMATIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LP 0.18% of their portfolio | 241.1k $6.8m | Added +6.5k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 238.7k $6.8m | Reduced -25.1k |
| Glenmede Investment Management, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 231.9k $6.6m | First filing |
| RWWM, INC. 0.45% of their portfolio | 192.9k $5.5m | New |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 168.1k $4.8m | Added +1.4k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 158.4k $4.5m | Added +145.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 145.7k $4.1m | Added +43.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 138.1k $3.9m | Added +3.4k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 137.4k $3.9m | Reduced -12.2k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 109.5k $3.1m | Added +40.2k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 107.7k $3.1m | Reduced -4.5k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 97.8k $2.8m | Reduced -38.0k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 97.5k $2.8m | Added +59.8k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 97.4k $2.8m | Added +15.8k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 97.2k $2.8m | Added +22.9k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 95.6k $2.7m | Added +43.1k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 93.5k $2.7m | Added +86.4k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 93.0k $2.6m | Added +69.4k |
| LANDSCAPE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 0.21% of their portfolio | 92.9k $2.6m | Reduced -37.5k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.1k $2.3m | Added +74.6k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.01% of their portfolio | 77.9k $2.2m | Added +5.3k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 77.8k $2.2m | Reduced -10.7k |
| Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 77.1k $2.2m | Added +8.1k |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.01% of their portfolio | 76.9k $2.2m | Added +7.5k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 76.6k $2.2m | Reduced -955 |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.5k $2.1m | Added +1.4k |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 71.6k $2.0m | Reduced -5.5k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.00% of their portfolio | 69.4k $2.0m | Added +20.2k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.4k $1.9m | New |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.9k $1.9m | Reduced -3.4k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.4k $1.7m | Reduced -1.1k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 57.3k $1.6m | Added +2.5k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 53.8k $1.5m | Reduced -34.4k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.6k $1.2m | Reduced -700 |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 42.8k $1.2m | Added +8.6k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 39.6k $1.1m | Added +27.2k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 38.2k $1.1m | New |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 35.1k $996.5k | Added +13.7k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.0k $993.8k | Reduced -23.2k |
| CLARK ESTATES INC/NY 0.22% of their portfolio | 34.2k $970.6k | Unchanged |
| Jain Global LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 32.1k $911.3k | New |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 31.5k $892.8k | Added +12.0k |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 30.3k $859.1k | Added +12.2k |
| Villanova Investment Management Co LLC 0.89% of their portfolio | 30.2k $858.5k | Added +20.1k |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 27.2k $771.8k | New |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.8k $759.5k | Unchanged |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.4k $748.6k | Added +11.8k |
| QSV Equity Investors LLC 0.74% of their portfolio | 25.1k $713.5k | Added +5.6k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.9k $707.3k | New |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 24.6k $698.5k | Added +13.1k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.0k $682.0k | Added +1.3k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.4k $665.0k | Unchanged |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.6k $640.6k | Reduced -13.8k |
| PEAK6 LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 22.2k $628.8k | New |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.5k $609.5k | Reduced -24.0k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.4k $606.2k | Unchanged |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.5k $581.5k | Added +479 |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 20.0k $567.1k | Added +13.5k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.0k $567.1k | Reduced -19.7k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.8k $562.5k | Added +15.7k |
| AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.9k $535.0k | Reduced -294 |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.8k $533.5k | New |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.0k $481.5k | New |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.0k $481.2k | Reduced -143.8k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.9k $479.0k | Added +82 |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 15.8k $449.6k | New |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.3k $406.8k | Unchanged |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.9k $393.2k | New |
| Inspire Investing, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 13.8k $391.6k | Added +7.3k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.7k $388.8k | New |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.7k $387.0k | Added +1.0k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.5k $384.0k | Unchanged |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.1k $373.2k | Added +3.7k |
| HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.9k $365.8k | New |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.8k $362.6k | New |
| Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 12.8k $362.2k | Added +6.2k |