---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-142704"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWBI"
cik: "0001092796"
company_name: "SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC."
filed_at: "2025-06-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T02:29:21.204700+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Smith & Wesson Q4 sales -11.6%, EPS $0.19 vs $0.59; FY 2026 demand seen flat

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $140.8M, down 11.6% YoY; GAAP EPS $0.19 vs $0.59 prior.
- Q4 gross margin 28.8%, down from 35.5%; non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDAS $24.1M (17.2% of sales) vs $37.6M (23.6%).
- Full year net sales $474.7M, down 11.4%; GAAP EPS $0.30 vs $0.89 prior.
- Quarterly dividend $0.13 payable July 21, 2025 to record July 7, 2025.
- Management expects fiscal 2026 demand similar to fiscal 2025, with inflation/tariff headwinds.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-142704
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWBI
- cik: 0001092796
- company_name: SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-06-18T23:59:59+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/1092796/000119312525142704/0001193125-25-142704-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1092796/000119312525142704/d19177d8k.htm

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