earnings
confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.65
Sally Beauty Q2 comp sales +5.7% but margins compress; EPS $0.37 GAAP, $0.41 adj.
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.
2023-Q2 EPS reported
$0.83
revenue$1,875,767,000
- Net sales $918.7M (+0.8% YoY), comp sales +5.7%; e-commerce +9% to $87M (9.5% of sales).
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.37 vs $0.42 prior year; adjusted EPS $0.41 vs $0.47.
- GAAP operating margin 7.8% vs 9.5% prior year; adjusted margin 8.3% vs 9.9%.
- Refinanced $406M term loan into new $400M term loan due 2030 (SOFR+250bps); also entered $200M interest rate swap at 3.705%.
- Maintains FY2023 guidance: comp sales low-single-digit increase, gross margin >50%, adj. operating margin 8.5%-9.5%.