HLX
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.
Energy · Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · NYQ
$9.54
Close 2026-05-28
✓ ETHICAL PASS

UNKNOWN MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100%
Full financial profile available
Market Cap
$1.4B
Trailing P/E
95.40
Forward P/E
17.11
Rev Growth
+3.6%
Profit Margin
1.1%
ROE
0.9%
Analyst Target
$13.50
Recommendation
NONE
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.

Ethical Screen
Business ActivityPASS
Debt RatioN/A
Cash RatioN/A
Receivables RatioN/A
Revenue Ratio (0.00%)PASS
OverallPASS
Score Ethical: 64.7
Score Valuation: 61.0
Score Quality: 38.2
Score Combined: 48.2

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Opportunity Scores
Valuation70.0
Quality12.7
Cash Flow100.0
Moat40.0
Balance Sheet0.0
Debt Purity50.0
Liquid Purity50.0
Rev Purity100.0
Compliance100.0
Tier: BRONZE · Score: 47.2 · Rank: #2610
Insider Transactions
No insider transaction data.
Top Institutional Holders
No institutional holder data.
Additional Fundamentals
Enterprise Value
$1.5B
Price/Book
0.88
Beta
1.161
Analysts
4
Total Revenue (TTM)
$1.3B
Total Debt
$625.8M
Short Ratio
3.78
Short % Float
0.1%
Employees
2,212

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Trade Consideration
The Opportunity
Score 48.2 (P70 — top 30.4% of scored tickers). Unknown Moat. Ethical PASS. 4 analysts at None.
Price: $9.54 | Target: $12.50 (+31%)
Score
48
Moat
Unknown
Conviction
Standard
Upside
+31%
The Fundamentals
Revenue Growth+3.6%
Profit Margin1.1%
ROE0.9%
Forward P/E17.1
Market Cap$1.4B
Position Sizing Scenarios
Stop: $8.11 (-15%) | Entry: $9.54
SharesCostProfit to TargetR:R
To Consensus ($12.50, 4 analysts)
10$95.40+$29.60 (31%)2.1R
50$477.00+$148.00 (31%)2.1R
100$954.00+$296.00 (31%)2.1R
Risk Factors
  • Elevated short interest (3.78 days to cover)
The Verdict
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. passes all ethical screens and holds a unknown competitive moat.
Quantitative Grade

A single score combining all analytical layers below. A is strongest, D is weakest.

D
Quant Score
39.7
Risk Grade
LOW_RISK
Layers
7
Risk Profile

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VaR 95%
-4.8%
worst expected daily loss, 19 in 20 days
CVaR 95%
-7.3%
avg loss on the worst 5% of days
Annual Volatility
Sortino Ratio
-0.26
above 1.0 is good
Max Drawdown
-55.5%
Worst Day
Forward Outlook

Based on 10,000 simulated price paths, here is the probability of where this ticker could be in 30, 60, and 90 days.

30d Prob Up
90d Prob Up
Median Return 30d
Liquidity Score
75
Liquidity Grade
LIQUID
Trend & Momentum

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Kalman Trend
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Momentum Signal
HMM Regime
RSI Signal
Technical Signals

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MA Crossover
ABOVE_200
Bollinger Position
BELOW_LOWER
Beta
Relative Volume
0.7x
Short Interest
Financial Health

Is this company financially sound? The Z-Score measures bankruptcy risk. The F-Score measures fundamental strength.

Altman Z-Score
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Piotroski F-Score
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Seasonality

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Worst Day
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Best Month
Feb
Worst Month
Apr
Fri-Mon Effect
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Momentum Rankings

How does this ticker's recent performance compare to the entire universe? Ranked across 1, 3, 6, and 12-month returns.

1M Return
-7.2%
3M Return
+3.7%
6M Return
+44.3%
12M Return
+47.7%
Momentum Rank
#1322
Momentum Signal
UP

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