Hain Celestial (HAIN) AI Stock Analysis

• Market Cap: $56.02M
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Average Volume (3M): 1.89M
• Price to Earnings (P/E): ―
• Beta (1Y): 0.84
• Revenue Growth: -10.13%
• EPS Growth: -532.32%
• Country: US
• Employees: 2,786
• Sector: Consumer Defensive
• Sector Strength: 42
• Industry: Packaged Foods
• EPS (TTM): -0.03
• Shares Outstanding: 90,992,740
• 10 Day Avg. Volume: 1,366,013
• 30 Day Avg. Volume: 1,894,551
• PEG Ratio: >-0.01
• Price to Book (P/B): 0.29
• Price to Sales (P/S): 0.09
• P/FCF Ratio: -43.23
• Enterprise Value/Market Cap: 13.47
• Enterprise Value/Revenue: 0.50
• Enterprise Value/Gross Profit: 2.50
• Enterprise Value/Ebitda: -1.76
• 1Y Price Target: $1.40
• Price Target Upside: 79.49% Upside
• Rating Consensus: Hold
• Number of Analyst Covering: 6
• EPS Forecast (FY): -0.14
• Revenue Forecast (FY): $1.44B

• Rating: 45 Neutral
• Price Target: $0.57 ▼(-27.44% Downside)
• Action: Reiterated Date: 03/05/26
• Date: Action: Reiterated 03/05/26

The score is held down primarily by weak financial performance: large recent losses, deteriorating profitability, higher leverage, and sharply reduced free cash flow versus last year. Technicals also remain bearish with the stock below all major moving averages and negative MACD. The main offset is the earnings-call outlook pointing to balance-sheet improvement and better pro forma margins from the snacks divestiture alongside recent free-cash-flow strength, but near-term operating pressure remains evident.

Positive Factors

Divestiture reduces leverage and sharpens portfolio

Selling the low‑EBITDA North America snacks portfolio for cash materially simplifies the company and provides a structural lever to reduce debt. Pro forma actions target higher gross and EBITDA margins in the go‑forward portfolio, improving long‑term financial flexibility ahead of the 2026 facility maturity.

Improving cash generation and sustained debt paydown

Consistent quarterly free cash flow and a multi‑quarter trend of net‑debt reduction (≈$140M lower over ten quarters) improve the company's ability to service liabilities and invest modestly in growth. Sustained positive FCF, even if reduced from prior years, supports deleveraging and reduces refinancing pressure over the medium term.

Working capital and SG&A discipline

Lower inventory days and targeted SG&A reductions (management cites productivity savings and SG&A down YoY) indicate durable operational tightening. Better forecasting, improved service levels and productivity programs should sustainably lower working capital needs and raise cash conversion if execution continues.

Negative Factors

Deep and persistent unprofitability

The company has swung from prior multi‑year profitability to large recurring losses, severely eroding retained earnings and ROE. Negative margins materially limit the ability to self‑fund investments, extend recovery time from restructuring, and increase reliance on external financing to sustain operations over the medium term.

Rising leverage and balance‑sheet strain

Accelerating leverage with compressed equity weakens financial flexibility and elevates refinancing risk, especially with a credit facility maturing December 2026. Higher leverage also increases interest burden and reduces the effectiveness of future margin or cash flow improvements until debt levels are meaningfully reduced.

Ongoing top‑line declines and EBITDA pressure

Sustained organic sales weakness across key categories (snacks, baby & kids) and large EBITDA compression indicate structural demand and distribution challenges. Volume deterioration, lost club distribution, and unfavorable mix create a persistent headwind to margin recovery that management must overcome through category repositioning and execution.

Hain Celestial Business Overview & Revenue Model

Company Description

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells organic and natural products in United States, United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through two segments, North America and International. The company offers infant formula; infant, toddler, and kids' food; plant-based beverages and frozen desserts, such as soy, rice, oat, almond, and coconut; and condiments. It also provides cooking and culinary oils; cereal bars; canned, chilled fresh, aseptic, and instant soups; yogurts, chilis, chocolate, and nut butters; and juices. In addition, the company offers hot-eating desserts, cookies, refrigerated and frozen plant-based meat-alternative products, jams, fruit spreads, jellies, honey, natural sweeteners, and marmalade products, as well as other food products. Further, it provides snack products comprising potato, root vegetable and other exotic vegetable chips, straws, tortilla chips, whole grain chips, pita chips, and puffs; and personal care products that include hand, skin, hair, and oral care products, as well as deodorants, baby food, body washes, sunscreens, and lotions under the Alba Botanica, Avalon Organics, Earth's Best, JASON, Live Clean, and Queen Helene brands name. Additionally, the company offers herbal, green, black, wellness, rooibos, and chai tea under the Celestial Seasonings brand. It sells pantry products under the Spectrum, Spectrum Essentials, MaraNatha, Imagine broths, Hain Pure Foods, Health Valley, and Hollywood brands. It sells its products through specialty and natural food distributors, supermarkets, natural food stores, mass-market and e-commerce retailers, food service channels and clubs, and drug and convenience stores in approximately 80 countries worldwide. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Lake Success, New York.

How the Company Makes Money

Hain Celestial makes money primarily by selling branded consumer packaged goods to retailers and distributors (and, in some cases, directly to consumers via e-commerce). Its core revenue stream is net sales from packaged food and beverage products (and select personal care items, depending on market) across multiple categories such as snacks, baby/children’s nutrition, beverages, and meal preparation. Revenue is generally generated on a wholesale basis: Hain produces or co-manufactures finished goods, sells them into retail and food channels, and recognizes revenue when control of products transfers to the customer per contract terms (e.g., shipment or delivery depending on arrangements). The company’s earnings are influenced by product mix (higher-margin categories and brands vs. lower-margin items), pricing and promotional activity with retailers, input and packaging costs, manufacturing and logistics efficiency, and brand investment. Hain also uses third-party manufacturers and suppliers for certain products and ingredients; these relationships support scale and category coverage, while also affecting costs and supply continuity. Significant partnerships, specific customer concentration details, or material licensing/royalty models are null.

Hain Celestial Financial Statement Overview

Summary

Income statement deterioration is severe (declining revenue and deeply negative profitability, with TTM net margin around -34.7%). Balance sheet risk has risen as leverage increased materially (debt-to-equity ~1.75 TTM) while equity compressed. Cash flow remains barely positive in TTM (FCF ~+$5.1M) but is far weaker than the prior year, limiting financial flexibility.

Income Statement

TTM (Trailing-Twelve-Months) results show a sharp deterioration in profitability: revenue is down (-1.785) and the company is deeply unprofitable with negative operating and net margins (net margin around -34.7%). The annual trend underscores the reversal from profitability in 2021–2022 (positive net income and solid margins) to heavy losses in 2023–2025, with 2025 (annual) and TTM showing especially large operating losses. Strength: gross margin has been relatively steady around ~21–22%, but it is not translating into bottom-line profitability.

Balance Sheet

Leverage has increased meaningfully while equity has fallen: debt-to-equity rose from ~0.89–0.93 in 2022–2024 to ~1.64 in 2025 (annual) and ~1.75 in TTM (Trailing-Twelve-Months). Return on equity is sharply negative in recent periods, reflecting significant losses and reduced balance-sheet cushion. Strength: the company still reports positive equity, but the combination of rising leverage and large losses materially weakens financial flexibility.

Cash Flow

Cash generation has weakened substantially versus prior years. TTM (Trailing-Twelve-Months) operating cash flow is modestly positive (~$30.5M) and free cash flow is barely positive (~$5.1M), a steep drop from 2024 (annual) when free cash flow was strong (~$82.9M). The conversion of earnings into cash is strained given large net losses, and free cash flow growth is highly negative in the most recent periods, indicating reduced capacity to self-fund operations and debt obligations. Strength: cash flow is still positive in TTM, but the margin of safety is thin.

Breakdown	TTM	Jun 2025	Jun 2024	Jun 2023	Jun 2022	Jun 2021
Income Statement
Total Revenue	1.51B	1.56B	1.74B	1.80B	1.89B	1.97B
Gross Profit	301.51M	334.06M	380.83M	396.41M	427.44M	491.62M
EBITDA	-428.04M	-418.22M	21.60M	-33.02M	162.91M	167.02M
Net Income	-543.83M	-530.84M	-75.04M	-116.54M	77.87M	77.36M
Balance Sheet
Total Assets	1.48B	1.60B	2.12B	2.26B	2.46B	2.21B
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments	68.02M	54.35M	54.31M	53.36M	65.51M	75.87M
Total Debt	766.39M	779.22M	835.71M	929.25M	1.01B	327.82M
Total Liabilities	1.15B	1.13B	1.17B	1.24B	1.38B	683.02M
Stockholders Equity	330.25M	475.00M	942.91M	1.02B	1.08B	1.52B
Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow	5.13M	-3.17M	82.89M	38.94M	40.28M	125.21M
Operating Cash Flow	30.48M	22.11M	116.36M	66.82M	80.24M	196.76M
Investing Cash Flow	-11.01M	3.62M	-23.92M	-19.64M	-288.31M	-2.36M
Financing Cash Flow	-30.04M	-43.89M	-89.73M	-63.06M	212.79M	-162.44M

Hain Celestial Technical Analysis

• Technical Analysis Sentiment: Negative
• Last Price: 0.78
• 50DMA: Negative
• 100DMA: Negative
• 200DMA: Negative
• MACD: Negative
• RSI: Positive
• STOCH: Neutral

Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For HAIN, the sentiment is Negative. The current price of 0.78 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 0.71, below the 50-day MA of 0.95, and below the 200-day MA of 1.35, indicating a bearish trend. The MACD of -0.09 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 29.86 is Positive, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 39.42 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Negative sentiment for HAIN.

Hain Celestial Peers Comparison

Name	Overall Rating	Market Cap	P/E Ratio	ROE	Dividend Yield	Revenue Growth	EPS Growth
HLF	63 Neutral	$1.52B	5.80	-36.19%	―	-0.78%	265.56%
Sector *	62 Neutral	$20.33B	14.63	-3.31%	3.23%	1.93%	-12.26%
STKL	62 Neutral	$766.96M	27.76	9.29%	―	11.31%	99.83%
NATR	61 Neutral	$413.53M	19.90	12.18%	―	6.62%	-7.85%
USNA	53 Neutral	$320.78M	33.56	2.03%	―	5.88%	-68.62%
BGS	50 Neutral	$391.86M	-7.74	-8.93%	17.12%	-6.04%	-844.18%
HAIN	45 Neutral	$56.02M	-0.21	-111.73%	―	-10.13%	-532.32%

Hain Celestial Corporate Events

Hain Celestial Divests North American Snacks to Refocus

On February 27, 2026, Hain Celestial completed the sale of its North American snacks business, including Garden Veggie Snacks, Terra chips and Garden of Eatin’ snacks, to Canadian family-owned manufacturer Snackruptors Inc. The company received $111.2 million in cash at closing, subject to customary inventory adjustments, and issued a press announcement about the transaction on March 2, 2026.

The divestiture is described as a key step in sharpening Hain’s focus on higher-margin core categories and simplifying its North American portfolio. By exiting snacks, Hain aims to strengthen its balance sheet through debt reduction and to channel more investment into its flagship better-for-you brands in yogurt, tea and baby and kids foods, potentially enhancing margins, cash flow and long-term growth prospects for stakeholders.

The most recent analyst rating on (HAIN) stock is a Sell with a $0.76 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Hain Celestial stock, see the HAIN Stock Forecast page.

Hain Celestial Divests North American Snacks to Snackruptors

On January 30, 2026, Hain Celestial Group agreed to sell its North American Snacks business—including Garden Veggie Snacks, Terra chips, Garden of Eatin’ snacks and certain private-label products—to Canadian family-owned Snackruptors Inc. for $115 million in cash, with closing expected by February 28, 2026, subject to customary conditions. The divested snacks portfolio accounted for 22% of Hain’s fiscal 2025 net sales (38% of North America segment sales) but contributed negligible EBITDA over the past year, and Hain plans to use the proceeds to pay down debt, simplify its North American portfolio around higher-margin categories such as tea, yogurt, baby/kids and meal preparation, and thereby strengthen its financial position and strategic focus, while Snackruptors adds a portfolio of established snack brands and associated staff to its operations.

The most recent analyst rating on (HAIN) stock is a Hold with a $1.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Hain Celestial stock, see the HAIN Stock Forecast page.