---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000109177-25-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPB"
cik: "0000109177"
company_name: "Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T20:07:55.057817+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spectrum Brands Q4 net sales down 5.2%; adj. EBITDA down 8%; guides flat-to-low-single-digit FY26

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $733.5M (-5.2% YoY), organic -6.6%; adj. EBITDA $63.4M (-8.0%); adj. EPS $2.61 vs $0.97.
- GPC net sales -1.5% (organic -3.3%) but adj. EBITDA +12% to $49.6M on cost cuts; H&G sales +3.2% but EBITDA -11.1%.
- HPC net sales -11.9% (organic -13.4%) on category softness and supply shortages from halted China imports; adj. EBITDA -17.4%.
- FY26 outlook: flat to low single-digit net sales growth, low single-digit adj. EBITDA growth; targeting ~50% FCF conversion.
- Net debt leverage 1.58x; ended quarter with $615.9M liquidity; returned $374.6M to shareholders in FY25.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000109177-25-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPB
- cik: 0000109177
- company_name: Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-13T23:59:59+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/109177/000010917725000039/0000109177-25-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109177/000010917725000039/spb-20251113.htm

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