---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-064316"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWBI"
cik: "0001092796"
company_name: "SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-03-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T01:51:09.615247+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SWBI Q3 FY2022: Net sales $177.7M (-31% YoY), GAAP EPS $0.65, repurchased $50M in shares

## Summary
- Net sales $177.7M, down 31% YoY but up 139.5% vs Q3 FY2020; gross margin 39.6%
- GAAP net income $30.5M ($0.65 diluted EPS); non-GAAP net income $32.9M ($0.69)
- Repurchased 2.8M shares for $50M; debt-free with $107M cash on hand
- Quarterly dividend $0.08/share, payable March 31 to holders of record March 17
- Management notes market cooling from pandemic surge; demand following pre-pandemic patterns

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-064316
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWBI
- cik: 0001092796
- company_name: SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-03-03T23:59:59+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/1092796/000119312522064316/0001193125-22-064316-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1092796/000119312522064316/d110613d8k.htm

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