---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-003849"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBDS"
cik: "0001870600"
company_name: "Solo Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-01-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T02:35:57.894316+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Solo Brands cuts FY23 guidance and appoints Christopher Metz as CEO

## Summary
- FY23 revenue guidance lowered to $490M–$500M from prior $520M–$540M.
- Adjusted EBITDA margin now 14%–15%, down from 17%–18% due to weak direct channel sales.
- Christopher Metz appointed President & CEO effective Jan 15, 2024; succeeds John Merris in mutual separation.
- Metz previously CEO of Vista Outdoor; employment agreement includes $850K base salary and equity awards.
- Interim CFO cites softer direct channel sales; marketing campaigns raised awareness but not sales lift.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-003849
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBDS
- cik: 0001870600
- company_name: Solo Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-01-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- 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/1870600/000119312524003849/0001193125-24-003849-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1870600/000119312524003849/d110040d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-003849.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Solo Brands, Inc. reported full fiscal year 2023 results: revenue between $490 million and $500 million. Guidance lowered.
  - Period: full fiscal year 2023
  - Revenue: between $490 million and $500 million
  - Guidance: lowered
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Guidance Update for Fiscal Year 2023 • Revenue is now expected to be between $490 million and $500 million. This compares to our previous guidance of $520 million to $540 million. • Adjusted EBITDA margin (1) is now expected to be in the range of 14% to 15%.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1870600/000119312524003849/0001193125-24-003849-index.htm
- Executive change
  Christopher Metz was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Solo Brands, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On January 3, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) appointed Mr. Christopher Metz as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, effective as of January 15, 2024 (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1870600/000119312524003849/0001193125-24-003849-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Merris departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Solo Brands, Inc..
  - Action: mutually separated
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mr. Metz succeeds Mr. John Merris, who has mutually separated from the Company as a Director and the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1870600/000119312524003849/0001193125-24-003849-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.