---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-173016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBH"
cik: "0001368458"
company_name: "Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T20:32:50.741938+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sally Beauty Q3 adj EPS $0.51 (+13% YoY); raises FY adj op margin to 8.6-8.7%

## Summary
- Q3 consolidated net sales $933M (-1.0% YoY); comp sales -0.4%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.44 (+22%); adjusted EPS $0.51 (+13%) with adjusted op margin 9.2% (+30 bps).
- FY guidance: comp sales raised to ~flat; adj op margin raised to 8.6%-8.7% from 8.0%-8.5%.
- Cash flow ops $69M; repaid $21M term loan; repurchased $13M shares; net debt leverage 1.7x.
- Sally Beauty Supply comp -1.1%; Beauty Systems Group comp +0.5%, driven by hair color and expanded distribution.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-173016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBH
- cik: 0001368458
- company_name: Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368458/000119312525173016/0001193125-25-173016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368458/000119312525173016/d32996d8k.htm

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