---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-22-000545"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HLF"
cik: "0001180262"
company_name: "HERBALIFE LTD."
filed_at: "2022-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T01:17:05.986568+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Herbalife Q1 net sales $1.3B (-11% YoY); cuts FY2022 guidance; EPS $0.96 reported, $0.99 adjusted

## Summary
- Net sales $1.3B, down 11% YoY; two-year stack growth 5.8% vs Q1 2020.
- Reported diluted EPS $0.96; adjusted diluted EPS $0.99; reported net income $98.2M.
- Adjusted EBITDA $185.6M; repurchased 2.6M shares for $101.7M during Q1.
- Full-year 2022 guidance: net sales down 10% to 4%; adj. EPS $3.50-$4.00; adj. EBITDA $680-740M.
- Announced margin improvement initiatives: incremental pricing actions and cost control against inflation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-22-000545
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HLF
- cik: 0001180262
- company_name: HERBALIFE LTD.
- filed_at: 2022-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1180262/000115752322000545/0001157523-22-000545-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1180262/000115752322000545/a52705392.htm

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