Sally Beauty (SBH) reported $883.15 million in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 2.8%. EPS of $0.42 for the same period compares to $0.35 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $901.1 million, representing a surprise of -1.99%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +7.69%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.39.
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: -0.3% compared to the 0.1% average estimate based on three analysts.
- Comparable sales growth - Beauty Systems Group: -2.7% versus the three-analyst average estimate of -0.4%.
- Number of stores at end-of-period - Beauty Systems Group: 1,329 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 1,329.
- Number of stores at end-of-period - Total: 4,446 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 4,450.
- Number of stores at end-of-period - Sally Beauty Supply: 3,117 versus 3,121 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Comparable sales growth - Consolidated: -1.3% compared to the -0.1% average estimate based on three analysts.
- Net Sales- Sally Beauty Supply: $500.58 million compared to the $507.67 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -2.5% year over year.
- Net Sales- Beauty Systems Group: $382.57 million compared to the $392.35 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -3.2% year over year.
- Operating Income- Beauty Systems Group: $43.93 million versus $49.88 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Operating Income- Sally Beauty Supply: $77.31 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $83.74 million.
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Shares of Sally Beauty have returned -3.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.8% 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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