---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000109177-26-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPB"
cik: "0000109177"
company_name: "Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T04:16:43.483589+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spectrum Brands Q1 net sales down 3.3% to $677M; adj. EBITDA $62.6M, down 19.5%

## Summary
- Net income from continuing ops $29.4M ($1.25 diluted EPS); adjusted EPS $1.40, up 37.3%.
- Global Pet Care net sales +8.3% with returning growth; H&G -19.8% due to retailer inventory timing; HPC -7.6%.
- Adjusted EBITDA margin 9.2% vs 11.1% prior year; decline driven by lower volume and tariff costs.
- Repurchased 0.6M shares for $36M; new $300M share repurchase authorization approved.
- Reiterates FY2026 framework: flat to low single digit revenue growth, low single digit adjusted EBITDA growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000109177-26-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPB
- cik: 0000109177
- company_name: Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109177/000010917726000007/0000109177-26-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109177/000010917726000007/spb-20260205.htm

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