---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-012561"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPWH"
cik: "0001132105"
company_name: "SPORTSMAN'S WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-04-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T02:55:27.034631+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sportsman's Warehouse Q4 net sales down 8.9%; CEO Barker retires; weak Q1 guidance

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $379.3M (-8.9% YoY), same-store sales -12.5%; net income $11.0M vs $58.4M prior year.
- FY2022 net sales $1,399.5M (-7.1% YoY), diluted EPS $1.00 vs $2.44; inventory $399.1M.
- Q1 2023 guidance: net sales $265-270M, same-store sales decline 17-19%, adjusted diluted EPS ($0.40)-($0.35).
- CEO Jon Barker retires effective April 14; Joseph Schneider appointed interim CEO; search for permanent successor launched.
- Board appoints Erica Fortune as independent director; plans to open 15 new stores in fiscal 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-012561
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPWH
- cik: 0001132105
- company_name: SPORTSMAN'S WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-04-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1132105/000095017023012561/0000950170-23-012561-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1132105/000095017023012561/spwh-20230410.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-012561.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  SPORTSMAN'S WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, INC. reported financial results for the thirteen and fifty-two weeks ended January 28, 2023.
  - Period: the thirteen and fifty-two weeks ended January 28, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On April 12, 2023, Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc. (“the Company”) issued a press release reporting its results of operations for the thirteen and fifty-two weeks ended January 28, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1132105/000095017023012561/0000950170-23-012561-index.htm
- Executive change
  Erica Fortune was appointed as Class II Director at SPORTSMAN'S WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: On April 10, 2023, the Board appointed Erica Fortune to serve on the Board as an independent Class II director, effective April 14, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1132105/000095017023012561/0000950170-23-012561-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jon Barker resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer at SPORTSMAN'S WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On April 10, 2023, Jon Barker notified Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) of his retirement and voluntary resignation as President, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company, effective April 14, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1132105/000095017023012561/0000950170-23-012561-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joseph P. Schneider was appointed as Interim President and Interim Chief Executive Officer at SPORTSMAN'S WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim President and Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On April 10, 2023, the Board appointed Joseph P. Schneider as Interim President and Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective April 14, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1132105/000095017023012561/0000950170-23-012561-index.htm

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