---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-271518"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWBI"
cik: "0001092796"
company_name: "SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-12-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T06:57:04.064239+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Smith & Wesson Q2 sales $129.7M (+3.8% YoY) but misses expectations; guides Q3 down 10-15% YoY

## Summary
- Net sales $129.7M, +3.8% YoY; GAAP EPS $0.09, adjusted EPS $0.11.
- Gross margin 26.6% (non-GAAP 27.1%); adjusted EBITDAS margin 14.3%.
- Q3 fiscal 2025 revenue expected down 10-15% vs fiscal 2024; demand softened due to inflation.
- Board authorized new $50M share repurchase; new $175M unsecured credit line expiring Oct 2029.
- Quarterly dividend $0.13/share payable Jan 2, 2025 to holders of record Dec 19, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-271518
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWBI
- cik: 0001092796
- company_name: SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-12-05T23:59:59+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/1092796/000119312524271518/0001193125-24-271518-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1092796/000119312524271518/d915227d8k.htm

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