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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-039760"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HYFM"
cik: "0001695295"
company_name: "HYDROFARM HOLDINGS GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2025-08-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T14:40:08.476915+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hydrofarm Q2 net sales down 28.4% to $39.2M; net loss $16.9M; initiates restructuring plan

## Summary
- Net sales $39.2M, down 28.4% YoY from $54.8M; net loss $16.9M ($3.63/diluted share).
- Adjusted EBITDA loss of $(2.3)M versus $1.7M positive in prior year.
- Gross profit margin 7.1% vs 19.8% YoY; adjusted gross margin 19.2% vs 24.4%.
- New restructuring plan targets >$3M annual cost savings; Q2 incurred $3.3M non-cash inventory write-downs.
- Cash balance $11M, $9M revolver available; reaffirms FY2025 outlook for improved margins and positive free cash flow.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-039760
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HYFM
- cik: 0001695295
- company_name: HYDROFARM HOLDINGS GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-08-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1695295/000162828025039760/0001628280-25-039760-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1695295/000162828025039760/hyfm-20250812.htm

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