---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-041889"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBH"
cik: "0001368458"
company_name: "Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T03:51:33.311489+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sally Beauty Q1 adjusted EPS +12% to $0.48; raises FY2026 guidance low end

## Summary
- Q1 net sales $943M (+0.6%), comps flat; GAAP EPS $0.45 (-22%), adjusted EPS $0.48 (+12%).
- Adjusted gross margin expanded 50 bps to 51.3%; adjusted operating margin 8.5%.
- Cash from ops $93M; repaid $20M term loan, repurchased $21M shares; net debt leverage 1.5x.
- Raised low end of FY2026 adj. EPS guidance to $2.02–$2.10 (from $2.00–$2.10); other guidance unchanged.
- E-commerce sales $111M (11.7% of sales); Sally Beauty +1.2%, BSG -0.2% comp.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-041889
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBH
- cik: 0001368458
- company_name: Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-09T23:59:59+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/1368458/000119312526041889/0001193125-26-041889-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368458/000119312526041889/d104904d8k.htm

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