---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-018008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBH"
cik: "0001368458"
company_name: "Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T23:29:19.870120+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sally Beauty Q2 adjusted EPS $0.47 misses prior year; revises FY guidance lower

## Summary
- Q2 consolidated net sales $911M, down 1.6% YoY; comparable sales +0.2%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.42; adjusted diluted EPS $0.47 vs $0.57 prior year.
- Adjusted operating margin 9.9%, down 220 bps from 12.1% a year ago.
- FY2022 guidance revised: net sales flat to down 2%; adjusted operating margin ~11.0%.
- Repurchased 3.2M shares for $55.3M in Q2; net debt leverage 2.07x.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-018008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBH
- cik: 0001368458
- company_name: Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368458/000156459022018008/0001564590-22-018008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368458/000156459022018008/sbh-8k_20220505.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-018008.txt

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