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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000109177-22-000011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPB"
cik: "0000109177"
company_name: "Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T22:51:04.024516+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spectrum Brands Q2 net loss $25.1M; adjusted EBITDA down 26.5%; updates FY guidance

## Summary
- Net sales +6.2% to $807.8M; organic +2.0% despite supply chain disruptions.
- Net loss from continuing ops $25.1M vs $4.6M loss a year ago; adjusted EPS $0.41.
- Adjusted EBITDA $79M, down 26.5% YoY; margins pressured by inflation ahead of pricing.
- Updates FY2022 framework: mid-to-high teens net sales growth, mid single-digit EBITDA growth.
- Tristar acquisition added $49.1M in sales; HHI sale to ASSA ABLOY for $4.3B on track.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000109177-22-000011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPB
- cik: 0000109177
- company_name: Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109177/000010917722000011/0000109177-22-000011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109177/000010917722000011/spb-20220506.htm

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