Osprey is owned by Helen of Troy (the United States, NASDAQ: HELE), which acquired the brand on 29 December 2021 for $414 million.[1][2] Osprey was founded in 1974 in Cortez, Colorado and was independent until 2021.
Evidence: Helen of Troy Limited Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-04-23, SEC EDGAR, 23 April 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Osprey makes backpacks and travel luggage, founded in California in 1974 by a maker who fitted packs to individual customers before moving to production designs. Helen of Troy acquired the business in 2021 for $414 million. The company offers to repair any pack it has ever made, regardless of age or how the damage occurred.
Sentences about Osprey from Helen of Troy's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Asset impairment charges recognized during fiscal 2026 for our Home & Outdoor segment included charges for our Hydro Flask and Osprey 27 Table of Contents businesses of $184.4 million and $148.1 million, respectively.
The Home & Outdoor segment includes goodwill impairment charges related to our Hydro Flask and Osprey reporting units of $115.9 million and $113.1 million, respectively, during fiscal 2026.
Our indefinite-lived intangible asset testing resulted in total impairment charges of $97.0 million during fiscal 2026, which includes $55.0 million related to our Hydro Flask trade name, $35.0 million related to our Osprey trade name and $7.0 million related to our PUR trade name.
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Helen of Troy controls 5 brands on Brandtree.
The 52 brands in outdoor & workwear on Brandtree belong to 28 owners. The largest is Clarus, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| PG Golf | Acushnet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Black Diamond | Clarus | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Arc'teryx | Amer Sports | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Cannon | Johnson Outdoors | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Kathmandu | KMD Brands | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| Dickies | VF Corporation | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Callaway Golf | Callaway Golf | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Columbia | Columbia Sportswear | 🇺🇸 United States |
Helen of Troy is a publicly listed company headquartered in El Paso, Texas, United States, founded in 1968. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: HELE.
Helen of Troy began in 1968 as an El Paso hair accessory business and grew by acquiring household, health and beauty brands rather than building them. It operates a portfolio of licensed and owned names across kitchen tools, water bottles, thermometers and hair styling appliances.
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Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Osprey is not one of them.
Helen of Troy acquired Osprey Packs for about $414 million. Osprey offers to repair any pack it has ever made regardless of age or how the damage occurred, a guarantee that survived the change of ownership and is central to why customers buy them.
The parent company of Osprey is Helen of Troy, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Yes. Osprey originated in the United States in 1974 and its owner, Helen of Troy, is also headquartered in the United States.
Helen of Troy completed its acquisition of Osprey on 29 December 2021, after announcing the deal on 15 November 2021. The deal was valued at $414 million (enterprise value).
Osprey was an independent company from its founding in 1974 in Cortez, Colorado until Helen of Troy acquired it in 2021.
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, Osprey is still owned by Helen of Troy. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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