FY2025 EPS Estimates for Sally Beauty Reduced by DA Davidson

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SBH) – Investment analysts at DA Davidson lowered their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Sally Beauty in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 18th. DA Davidson analyst L. Weiser now expects that the specialty retailer will post earnings per share of $1.73 for the year, down from their prior estimate of $1.82. DA Davidson currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $10.50 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Sally Beauty’s current full-year earnings is $1.83 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Sally Beauty’s FY2026 earnings at $1.73 EPS.

SBH has been the topic of a number of other reports. Canaccord Genuity Group started coverage on Sally Beauty in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $14.00 price objective on the stock. Raymond James upgraded Sally Beauty from an “underperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Friday, November 15th. StockNews.com upgraded Sally Beauty from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. TD Cowen upgraded Sally Beauty from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $14.00 to $16.00 in a report on Monday, November 25th. Finally, Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on Sally Beauty from $12.00 to $10.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Sally Beauty has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $12.70.

Sally Beauty Price Performance

Sally Beauty stock opened at $9.46 on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $10.84 and its 200 day moving average is $12.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.43, a current ratio of 2.27 and a quick ratio of 0.44. The firm has a market cap of $963.94 million, a P/E ratio of 5.66 and a beta of 1.55. Sally Beauty has a one year low of $9.03 and a one year high of $14.79.

Sally Beauty (NYSE:SBH) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The specialty retailer reported $0.43 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.43. The company had revenue of $937.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $941.44 million. Sally Beauty had a return on equity of 30.35% and a net margin of 4.73%.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Scott C. Sherman sold 13,500 shares of Sally Beauty stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $14.49, for a total transaction of $195,615.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 42,431 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $614,825.19. The trade was a 24.14 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CAO Kim Mcintosh sold 4,300 shares of Sally Beauty stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $14.53, for a total value of $62,479.00. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 16,685 shares in the company, valued at approximately $242,433.05. The trade was a 20.49 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 1.56% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. FMR LLC boosted its position in shares of Sally Beauty by 2.6% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 15,396,347 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $208,928,000 after buying an additional 387,736 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Sally Beauty by 2.3% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 12,428,715 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $129,880,000 after buying an additional 279,222 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its position in shares of Sally Beauty by 12.8% during the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 4,049,732 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $42,316,000 after buying an additional 459,972 shares during the last quarter. ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC boosted its position in Sally Beauty by 5.6% in the fourth quarter. ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC now owns 4,022,723 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $42,037,000 after purchasing an additional 214,108 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in Sally Beauty by 4.5% in the fourth quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 3,671,306 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $38,365,000 after purchasing an additional 156,580 shares during the last quarter.

Sally Beauty Company Profile

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc operates as a specialty retailer and distributor of professional beauty supplies. The company operates through two segments, Sally Beauty Supply and Beauty Systems Group. The Sally Beauty Supply segment offers beauty products, including hair color and care products, skin and nail care products, styling tools, and other beauty products for retail customers, salons, and salon professionals.