AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Sally Beauty Holdings (SBH)

Sally Beauty Q4 net sales rise 1.5% to $935 million; diluted EPS $0.46 vs $0.39

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Sally Beauty Holdings reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2024 results for the period ended September 30, 2024, with net sales up 1.5% and GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.46, compared with $0.39 a year earlier. For the full fiscal year, net sales fell 0.3% and GAAP diluted EPS dropped to $1.43 from $1.69, and the company issued fiscal 2025 guidance calling for flat to 2% growth in net sales and an adjusted operating margin of 8.5% to 9.0%.

Key points

  • Q4 fiscal 2024 GAAP diluted EPS was $0.46 vs $0.39 a year earlier; adjusted diluted EPS was $0.50 vs $0.42
  • Full-year fiscal 2024 net sales were $3.72 billion, down 0.3%; GAAP diluted EPS was $1.43 vs $1.69
  • Fiscal 2025 guidance: net sales and comparable sales flat to up 2%; full-year adjusted operating margin 8.5% to 9.0%
  • Q4 cash flow from operations of $111 million was used to repay the remaining $45 million ABL balance and fund $10 million in share repurchases

The filing

CompanySally Beauty Holdings (SBH)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECNov 14, 2024, 6:46 AM ET
Accession number0001193125-24-257966

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:54 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on November 14, 2024.

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