HLX
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.
Energy · Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · NYQ
$9.24
Data: 2026-05-28
✓ ETHICAL PASS

Unknown MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$1.4B
Total market value of the company
Trailing P/E
95.40
Expensive — high growth expected
Forward P/E
17.11
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+3.6%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
1.1%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
ROE
0.9%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$13.50
+46% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
NONE
Consensus view from 4 analysts covering this stock
About Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.

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 United States, North Sea, the Asia Pacific, West Africa, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Well Intervention, Robotics, Shallow Water Abandonment, and Production Facilities. 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; and cable and umbilical lay. The company also provides well intervention, intervention engineering, and production enhancement services; coiled tubing operations; and inspection, repair, and maintenance IRM of production structures, trees, jumpers, risers, pipelines, and subsea equipment, as well as related support services. In addition, it offers reclamation and remediation services; well plug and abandonment P&A services; pipeline, cable and umbilical abandonment services; and site inspections. Further, the company offers oil and natural gas processing facilities and services; and fast response system, as well as site clearance and subsea support services. Additionally, it provides offshore oilfield decommissioning and reclamation, site clearance, project management, engineered solutions, intervention, heavy lift, and commercial diving services. It serves independent oil and gas producers and suppliers, pipeline transmission companies, renewable energy companies, and offshore engineering and construction firms. The company was formerly known as Cal Dive International, Inc. and changed its name to Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. in March 2006. The company was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

https://www.helixesg.com

Country: United States Employees: 2,212 Industry: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
0.0% N/A
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% N/A
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
0.0% N/A
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime
MARKDOWN
Price trending down — defensive positioning
Sharpe Ratio
0.046
Positive but modest risk-adjusted returns
Kelly Fraction
-0.0196
No positive edge detected — the data suggests staying out
Calmar Ratio
-0.159
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
-8.8%
Historical annualised return based on price data
Max Drawdown
-55.5%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
HMM State
BEAR
Statistical model detects bearish conditions
Days in State
45
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta
1.16
Moves slightly more than the broader market
52W High
$10.75
14% below the year high
52W Low
$5.52
67% above the year low
Avg Volume
1,968,068
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
Short Ratio
3.8
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
6.9%
Moderate short interest
Div Yield
N/A
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
EPS (TTM)
$0.10
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity
40.19
Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline
Current Ratio
2.92
Strong balance sheet — comfortably covers short-term obligations
Quick Ratio
2.70
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
10.8%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
-4.6%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
Free Cash Flow
$208M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$1.3B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$14M
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
4
Target High
$14.00
Target Median
$13.50
Target Low
$9.00
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-28

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