How to buy Helix Energy Solutions Group stock (HLX)

Helix Energy Solutions Group is an oil & gas equipment & services business based in the US. Helix Energy Solutions Group shares (HLX) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $9.03 – a decrease of 2.27% over the previous week. Helix Energy Solutions Group employs 2,531 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.3 billion.

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Helix Energy Solutions Group stock price (NYSE: HLX)

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Helix Energy Solutions Group shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	$9.03
52-week range	$8.91 - $13.05
50-day moving average more info button	$10.13
200-day moving average more info button	$10.75
Wall St. target price	$13.97
PE ratio more info button	224
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$0.04

Is it a good time to buy Helix Energy Solutions Group stock?

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Helix Energy Solutions Group price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $9.03 from 2024-12-20

1 week (2024-12-13)	-2.27%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-20.51%
3 months (2024-09-20)	-12.58%
6 months (2024-06-21)	-14.73%

1 year (2023-12-22)	-13.59%
2 years (2022-12-22)	35.59%
3 years (2021-12-22)	158.00%
5 years (2019-12-20)	9.43

Is Helix Energy Solutions Group stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Helix Energy Solutions Group stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Helix Energy Solutions Group's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Helix Energy Solutions Group's P/E ratio

Helix Energy Solutions Group's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 224x. In other words, Helix Energy Solutions Group shares trade at around 224x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Helix Energy Solutions Group's EBITDA

Helix Energy Solutions Group's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $274 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Helix Energy Solutions Group's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Helix Energy Solutions Group financials

Revenue TTM	$1.3 billion
Operating margin TTM	13.01%
Gross profit TTM	$50.6 million
Return on assets TTM	3.02%
Return on equity TTM	0.46%
Profit margin	0.54%
Book value	$10.33
Market Capitalization more info button	$1.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Helix Energy Solutions Group share dividends

We're not expecting Helix Energy Solutions Group to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Helix Energy Solutions Group's shares ever split?

Helix Energy Solutions Group's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 8 December 2005 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Helix Energy Solutions Group shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Helix Energy Solutions Group shares which in turn could have impacted Helix Energy Solutions Group's share price.

Helix Energy Solutions Group share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Helix Energy Solutions Group's shares have ranged in value from as little as $8.91 up to $13.05. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Helix Energy Solutions Group's is 2.438. This would suggest that Helix Energy Solutions Group's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

Helix Energy Solutions Group overview

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, an offshore energy services company, provides specialty services to the offshore energy industry in Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico, the East Coast of the United States, North Sea, the Asia Pacific, and West Africa regions. The company operates through four segments: Well Intervention, Robotics, Production Facilities, and Shallow Water Abandonment segments. It engages in the installation of flowlines, control umbilicals, and manifold assemblies and risers; trenching and burial of pipelines; installation and tie-in of riser and manifold assembly; commissioning, testing, and inspection activities; and provision of cable and umbilical lay, and connection services. The company also provides well intervention, intervention engineering, and production enhancement services; coiled tubing operations; inspection, repair, and maintenance of production structures, trees, jumpers, risers, pipelines, and subsea equipment; and related support services. In addition, it offers reclamation and remediation services; well plug and abandonment services; pipeline, cable and umbilical abandonment services; and site inspections. Additionally, the company offers oil and natural gas processing facilities and services; and fast response system, as well as site clearance and subsea support services.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of Helix Energy Solutions Group is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 5.916% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are held by insiders and 90.333% by institutions. How many people work for Helix Energy Solutions Group?
Latest data suggests 2,531 work at Helix Energy Solutions Group. When does the fiscal year end for Helix Energy Solutions Group?
Helix Energy Solutions Group's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Helix Energy Solutions Group based?
Helix Energy Solutions Group's address is: 3505 West Sam Houston Parkway North, Houston, TX, United States, 77043 What is Helix Energy Solutions Group's ISIN number?
Helix Energy Solutions Group's international securities identification number is: US42330P1075 What is Helix Energy Solutions Group's CUSIP number?
Helix Energy Solutions Group's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 127914109