Sally Beauty (NYSE:SBH) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Hits Estimates

Sally Beauty (NYSE:SBH) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The specialty retailer reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.43, Zacks reports. Sally Beauty had a return on equity of 31.37% and a net margin of 4.13%. Sally Beauty updated its FY 2025 guidance to EPS and its Q2 2025 guidance to EPS.

Sally Beauty Price Performance

Shares of SBH stock opened at $9.58 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $11.12 and its 200 day moving average is $12.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.56, a current ratio of 2.20 and a quick ratio of 0.45. Sally Beauty has a 1-year low of $9.06 and a 1-year high of $14.79. The company has a market cap of $975.50 million, a P/E ratio of 6.65 and a beta of 1.55.

Insider Buying and Selling at Sally Beauty

In related news, CAO Kim Mcintosh sold 4,300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $14.53, for a total transaction of $62,479.00. Following the completion of the sale, 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 ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Scott C. Sherman sold 13,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $14.49, for a total value of $195,615.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 42,431 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $614,825.19. The trade was a 24.14 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 1.56% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on SBH shares. Canaccord Genuity Group started coverage on Sally Beauty in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $14.00 target price for the company. TD Cowen upgraded Sally Beauty from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $14.00 to $16.00 in a research note on Monday, November 25th. Raymond James upgraded Sally Beauty from an “underperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Friday, November 15th. StockNews.com downgraded Sally Beauty from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Morgan Stanley dropped their price target on Sally Beauty from $12.00 to $10.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $13.20.

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.