---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000109177-24-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPB"
cik: "0000109177"
company_name: "Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T10:40:19.436971+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spectrum Brands Q3 net sales +6%, net income swings to $19.1M; guides FY24 Adj. EBITDA growth ~20%

## Summary
- Net sales $779.4M (+6% YoY); net income from continuing ops $19.1M vs. $(172.2)M loss a year ago.
- Adj. EBITDA $106.3M (incl. $12.7M investment income; ex-investment income $93.6M, +7.8% YoY).
- Gross margin expanded 310bps to 38.9%; all three segments reported sales growth led by H&G +13.1%.
- Repaid $1.174B senior unsecured bonds; issued $350M exchangeable bond at 3.375%; new $500M buyback authorized.
- FY24 guidance: net sales relatively flat; Adj. EBITDA ex-investment income expected to grow ~20%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000109177-24-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPB
- cik: 0000109177
- company_name: Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109177/000010917724000036/0000109177-24-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109177/000010917724000036/spb-20240808.htm

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