Helios Technologies, Inc.
Rank #367Capital ReturnHLIO · NYSE · Industrials
Helios Technologies, Inc. (HLIO) — Rank #367 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.18) · ROE 5.1% · Piotroski F-Score 9 / 9.
As-of 2026-09-28 · CIK 0001024795 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
Helios Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides engineered motion control and electronic controls technology solutions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific.
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It operates through two segments; Hydraulics and Electronics. The Hydraulics segment designs and manufactures hydraulic motion control and fluid conveyance technology products, including cartridge valves, manifolds, and quick release couplings, as well as engineers complete hydraulic system solutions. This segment sells its products under the Sun Hydraulics, Faster, NEM, Taimi, Daman, and Schultes brands. The Electronics segment designs and manufactures customized electronic controls systems, displays, wire harnesses, and software solutions. This segment sells its products under Enovation Controls, Murphy, Zero Off, HCT, Balboa Water Group, i3PD and Cygnus Reach and Joyonway brands. It markets and sells hydraulic products and engineered solutions through value-added distributors, as well as directly to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs); and electronic products to OEMs, distributors, and system integrators. It serves construction, material handling, agriculture, industrial, mobile, energy, recreational vehicles, marine, aerospace, and health and wellness sectors. The company was formerly known as Sun Hydraulics Corporation and changed its name to Helios Technologies, Inc. in June 2019. Helios Technologies, Inc.
was incorporated in 1970 and is headquartered in Sarasota, Florida.
- Industry
- Specialty Industrial Machinery
- Sector
- Industrials
- State
- FL
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- December 30
- Website
- heliostechnologies.com
Company Snapshot
P/E and reverse DCF are the primary valuation lenses at this stage.
Market Cap
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P/E (annual)
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P/S (annual)
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P/B
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P/OCF (annual)
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Shareholder Yield
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Employees
2,300
Industry
Specialty Industrial Machinery
Exchange
NYSE
Signal Flags
Quality Profile
Profitability
1/1 passSafety
1/1 passCash Flow
3/3 passGrowth
2/2 passTerry Smith quality gate
Passes 1/5 Terry Smith thresholds1 of 5 threshold not computable from filed data.
FCF yield, shareholder yield, and buyback activity are the primary reads at this stage.
Profitability
Gross profitability (GP / assets)
0.18
Primary signal (Novy-Marx).
5th of 5 SIC 3490 peers
Return on equity
5.1%
Gross margin
32.3%
5th of 5 SIC 3490 peers
Revenue growth (YoY)
4.1%
Gross margin improving
Margin trend vs prior year.
Operating Leverage
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Growth
Revenue CAGR (3Y)
-1.8%
Revenue CAGR (5Y)
9.9%
Earnings CAGR (3Y)
-21.1%
FCF CAGR (3Y)
9.9%
Anti-fragile safety
Balance-sheet safety
Composite anti-fragile check.
Debt / equity
0.60
2nd of 5 SIC 3490 peers (best = lowest)
Current ratio
2.74×
3rd of 5 SIC 3490 peers
Quick ratio
1.30×
Net cash
-$158.10M
Cash & equivalents minus total debt.
Recession resistance
Revenue through recessions
Worst single-year YoY revenue decline, 17 years of history
Cash-flow health
Free cash flow
$103.60M
Operating cash flow minus capex.
Positive free cash flow
FCF / net income
1.14
Cash-backing of earnings.
FCF/NI divergence
Unfavorable divergence (yellow flag).
Accruals healthy
Cash-backed earnings.
SBC / revenue
0.6%
Stock-based comp intensity.
Dividend safety
Composite score
3.5 / 5
Piotroski F-Score
F-Score
9 / 9
Fundamental-strength score (0-9).