Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc (HLX) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Sep 2, 2026: fair value of Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc $4.14, price $10.33, upside -59.9%, quality 57 out of 100. Calculated from audited financials with 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
- Fair value above price? No
- Good quality? Yes
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Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc
HLX · USStretched ValuationStrong overvaluation with only moderate quality.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year, dashed = 300-day average. As of Sep 23, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range $2.50 – $12.82 · fair‑value band $3.78 – $4.44 · the $10.33 price screens above the $4.14 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). 1 fiscal year is left out: there the valuation rested on only a fraction of the usual models. Dashed = 300-day average. As of Sep 23, 2026.
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Company profile
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.
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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.
Stock analysis
Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc (HLX) currently trades at $10.33, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is $4.14, implying the stock looks roughly 149.5% overvalued today.
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Valuation
Bull case: the DCF Models group reads highest at a median of $10.34 per share, and 6 of the 24 models we run sit above the $10.33 price.
Bear case: the Earnings-Based group reads lowest at $1.44, and 18 of the 24 models stay below the price. Evidence for this calculation is high.
Scenario range: $3.78 (bear) to $4.44 (bull), the price of $10.33 sits above it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 57/100 (solid quality), in the Energy sector.
Mixed Growth: Revenue is growing, but margins or cash flow do not fully confirm the trend.
Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc reported revenue of $1.3B in FY2025 versus $675M in FY2021, a compound +17.6%/yr. Reported net income was $30.8M in FY2025.
Key figures
Market cap $1.5B · P/E ratio 103.3 · P/S ratio 2.47 · EPS (TTM) $0.1000 · Net margin 2.4% · Return on equity 0.9% · Return on assets (EBIT) 1.7% · Operating margin −4.6%.
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 37 out of 100 (low confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades about 3% below its 52-week high and 70% above its 52-week low, currently above its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Energy peers we cover trades at −23% fair-value upside, at −60%, HLX screens richer than that median.
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Of which business quality 57 · Market factors (momentum, volatility) 68
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Peer GroupⓘHow this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · 190 stocks
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Strength profile in five axes (Snowflake)
VALUE 0: the price sits above our fair-value range.
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