For the quarter ended September 2025, Sally Beauty (SBH) reported revenue of $947.08 million, up 1.3% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.55, compared to $0.50 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.51% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $933 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.49, the EPS surprise was +12.24%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Sally Beauty performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Comparable sales growth - Sally Beauty Supply: 1.2% versus the two-analyst average estimate of -0.7%.
- Comparable sales growth - Beauty Systems Group: 1.4% versus 1% estimated by two analysts on average.
- Number of stores at end-of-period - Beauty Systems Group: 1,326 compared to the 1,329 average estimate based on two analysts.
- Number of stores at end-of-period - Total: 4,422 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 4,425.
- Number of stores at end-of-period - Sally Beauty Supply: 3,096 versus 3,096 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Comparable sales growth - Consolidated: 1.3% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 0%.
- Net Sales- Sally Beauty Supply: $541.56 million versus $527.69 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +1.4% change.
- Net Sales- Beauty Systems Group: $405.52 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $405.31 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1.1%.
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Shares of Sally Beauty have returned -1.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +4.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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