---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000109177-25-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPB"
cik: "0000109177"
company_name: "Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T03:05:52.431856+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spectrum Brands Q2 sales down 6%, net income plummets 96%; suspends FY25 guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $675.7M (-6.0%), organic -4.6%; net income $1.8M vs $49.9M; adjusted EBITDA $71.3M (-36.5%).
- Adjusted EPS $0.68 vs $1.40; suspends FY25 earnings framework due to tariff uncertainty; expects ~$160M FCF.
- GPC sales -7.1%, H&G -5.2%, HPC -5.1%; cites softening demand and retailer inventory timing.
- Repurchased 2M shares for $159.9M in Q2; 16.3M shares for $1.28B since HHI divestiture; 24.9M shares outstanding.
- Accelerating supply chain relocation out of China; new pet care leader Ori Ben Shai appointed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000109177-25-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPB
- cik: 0000109177
- company_name: Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-08T23:59:59+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/109177/000010917725000012/0000109177-25-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109177/000010917725000012/spb-20250508.htm

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