---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-214184"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWBI"
cik: "0001092796"
company_name: "SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-09-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:11:04.988534+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Smith & Wesson Q1 FY2025 net loss $0.05/share; sales down 22.7% to $88.3M

## Summary
- GAAP net loss $2.1M ($0.05/diluted share) vs. prior-year net income of $3.1M ($0.07/share).
- Adjusted net loss $0.02/share; Non-GAAP adjusted EBITDAS $9.9M (11.2% of sales), down from $17.5M.
- Board authorized new $50M share repurchase program; quarterly dividend maintained at $0.13/share.
- Management expects Q2 sales to grow significantly QoQ and full-year revenue up mid-to-high single digits.
- Demand softer than anticipated but rebounding; new Bodyguard 2.0 pistol launch outperforming expectations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-214184
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWBI
- cik: 0001092796
- company_name: SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-09-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1092796/000119312524214184/0001193125-24-214184-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1092796/000119312524214184/d889907d8k.htm

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