---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-257966"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBH"
cik: "0001368458"
company_name: "Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-11-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T00:21:17.209874+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sally Beauty Q4 adj. EPS $0.50 (+19% YoY); net sales +1.5%; guides FY25 sales flat to up 2%

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $935M (+1.5%), comp +2.0%; adj. EPS $0.50 vs $0.42 prior year.
- Adjusted operating margin expanded 80bps to 9.4%; full-year adj. operating margin 8.5%.
- Beauty Systems Group acquired Exclusive Beauty Supplies (FL) for $7.5M; adds 3 stores and brand distribution rights.
- FY2025 guidance: net sales flat to up 2%; adj. op. margin 8.5%-9.0% FY, Q1 8.0%-8.4%.
- Q4 cash flow from ops $111M; repaid $45M ABL, repurchased $10M shares; net leverage 2.0x.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-257966
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBH
- cik: 0001368458
- company_name: Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-11-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368458/000119312524257966/0001193125-24-257966-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368458/000119312524257966/d732628d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-257966.txt

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