Sally Beauty (SBH) reported $943.17 million in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.6%. EPS of $0.48 for the same period compares to $0.43 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.08% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $943.9 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.47, the EPS surprise was +3.23%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
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: 0.1% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 0.2%.
- Comparable sales growth - Consolidated: 0% versus 0.4% estimated by two analysts on average.
- Comparable sales growth - Beauty Systems Group: -0.2% versus 0.7% estimated by two analysts on average.
- Net Sales- Sally Beauty Supply: $531.6 million versus $528.41 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +1.2% change.
- Net Sales- Beauty Systems Group: $411.57 million compared to the $414.46 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -0.2% year over year.
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Shares of Sally Beauty have returned +2.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.2% 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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