Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.

SBH Consumer Cyclical Specialty Retail

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $3.7 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue was flat, EPS grew 23.9%, free cash flow grew 25.4% and total debt fell 8.89%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

16.65 0.47 −2.75%
Market cap
$1.6B
P/E
8.4×
Fwd P/E
5.9×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
2.88
Beneish M
−2.31
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 0.88
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — 2 — — — — — 1 — — — —
Insider Ownership 2.86%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 1,600.00
Revenue 3,729.12
Net Income 192.27
Free Cash Flow 241.21
Net Debt 634.47
Current Ratio 2.37 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.93
P/E ratio 8.37
Fwd P/E 5.88
P/S ratio 0.42
P/B ratio 1.82
Past 5Y EPS Growth 13.81%
This Y EPS Growth 8.74%
Next Y EPS Growth 8.42%
Next Y revenue growth 0.83%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 8.25%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 50.87%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 47.73%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 23.09%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 21.38%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 13.67%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2025 Powerpack
2024 Powerpack
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 123 108 149 173
Receivables 76 92 117 96
Inventory 975 1,037 988 996
Other 54 69 48 46
1,228 1,305 1,301 1,311
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 259 269 225 224
ST’ Debt 4 4 4 4
Other — — — —
579 593 576 554

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (0.35%) 1.04% (1.01%)
Cash Flow (0.90%) (8.43%) 20.65%
Earnings (1.81%) 11.58% 2.19%
Book Value 0.00% 119.91% 39.33%

Revenue $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 943 903 935 — —
’25 938 883 933 947 3,701
’24 931 908 942 935 3,717
’23 957 919 931 921 3,728
’22 980 911 961 962 3,816
’21 936 926 1,022 990 3,875
’20 980 871 705 958 3,514
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 93 73 81 — —
’25 33 51 69 121 275
’24 51 37 48 111 247
’23 55 25 53 117 249
’22 (6) 3 52 107 157
’21 39 93 86 164 382
’20 62 14 198 153 427
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 57 44 62 — —
’25 57 32 49 78 216
’24 20 23 29 73 145
’23 30 8 32 90 159
’22 (32) (15) 29 75 57
’21 24 81 68 135 308
’20 21 (17) 181 131 316
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 0.45 0.43 0.55 — —
’25 0.58 0.38 0.44 0.49 1.89
’24 0.35 0.27 0.36 0.46 1.43
’23 0.46 0.37 0.46 0.39 1.69
’22 0.60 0.42 0.43 0.20 1.66
’21 0.50 0.34 0.66 0.59 2.10
’20 0.45 0.12 (0.21) 0.62 0.99
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.4
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to September

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 23.72 14.05 13.72 11.46 6.28 12.57 10.95 7.21 9.06 7.54

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 32.93 26.98 23.61 21.98 18.42 25.66 19.79 18.42 14.79 17.40
People
People Employees 29,665 29,475 29,970 30,050 30,000 29,000 29,000 27,000 27,000 27,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.12 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.14
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 3,953 3,938 3,933 3,876 3,514 3,875 3,816 3,728 3,717 3,701
Gross margin, % 49.69 49.89 49.44 49.29 48.82 50.41 50.30 50.92 50.86 51.62
EBT 354 346 328 362 160 325 244 252 206 263
EBT margin, % 8.96 8.78 8.35 9.34 4.55 8.39 6.40 6.76 5.55 7.12
Net income 223 215 258 272 113 240 184 185 153 196
Depreciation 103 116 113 111 111 106 103 105 112 102
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 26.86 28.64 31.92 32.40 30.86 34.40 35.11 34.73 35.76 36.77
Earnings 1.51 1.56 2.09 2.27 0.99 2.13 1.69 1.72 1.48 1.95
Cash flow 2.41 2.50 3.03 2.68 3.75 3.39 1.44 2.32 2.37 2.73
Capex (1.01) (0.65) (0.70) (0.77) (0.97) (0.65) (0.91) (0.85) (0.97) (0.58)
Free cash flow 1.40 1.84 2.33 1.91 2.78 2.74 0.53 1.48 1.40 2.15
Book value (1.88) (2.64) (2.18) (0.50) 0.14 2.49 2.70 4.74 6.05 7.89
Shares, m 147 138 123 120 114 113 109 107 104 101
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 16.89 12.58 8.61 6.56 8.69 7.91 7.50 4.91 9.17 8.31
P/S 0.96 0.69 0.56 0.46 0.28 0.49 0.36 0.24 0.38 0.44
P/B 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 64.08 6.76 4.66 1.78 2.24 2.06
EV/Sales 1.39 1.14 0.99 0.85 0.65 0.74 0.64 0.50 0.61 0.64
EV/FCF 26.66 17.76 13.62 14.49 7.19 9.34 42.80 11.69 15.72 10.89
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 354 343 373 320 427 382 157 249 247 275
Capex (149) (90) (86) (92) (111) (74) (99) (91) (101) (59)
Free cash flow 205 254 287 228 316 308 57 159 145 216
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 684 569 664 707 870 719 464 649 713 725
Total debt 1,784 1,868 1,774 1,595 1,797 1,383 1,152 1,070 982 866
Net debt 1,697 1,804 1,697 1,523 1,283 982 1,081 947 874 717
Shareholders’ equity (276) (364) (269) (60) 15 281 294 509 629 794
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 10.55 10.17 12.30 12.95 4.54 8.35 6.77 6.96 5.56 6.92
ROIC 21.91 20.76 18.66 19.59 12.46 20.71 15.35 13.95 11.76 13.56
ROE (77.68) (67.23) (81.64) (165.18) (504.66) 161.97 63.91 46.01 26.98 27.54
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Sep 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. vs peers in Specialty Retail (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
ASO Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. $3.6B 9.6× 8.6× +2.97% (above 0%: growing) +16.93% (above 0%: growing) +435.22% (above 0%: growing) 40.42% 14.96% Compare
MNSO MINISO Group Holding Limited Unsponsored ADR $3.1B 17.3× 8.3× +23.53% (above 0%: growing) n/m +219.06% (above 0%: growing) 45.26% 2.04% Compare
RH RH $2.2B 19.1× 27.9× +2.56% (above 0%: growing) +15.22% (above 0%: growing) +23.83% (above 0%: growing) 48.24% 11.67% Compare
SBH Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. $1.6B 8.4× 5.9× +0.23% (above 0%: growing) +23.91% (above 0%: growing) +25.44% (above 0%: growing) 52.41% 9.24%
SVV Savers Value Village, Inc. $1.6B 62.9× 21.8× +7.43% (above 0%: growing) +16.67% (above 0%: growing) +104.50% (above 0%: growing) 56.87% 9.43% Compare
ARHS Arhaus, Inc. $1.4B 20.0× 13.3× +7.38% (above 0%: growing) +12.00% (above 0%: growing) +130.85% (above 0%: growing) 44.71% 14.10% Compare
EYE National Vision Holdings, Inc. $1.4B 27.7× 22.2× +2.55% (above 0%: growing) +45.45% (above 0%: growing) −133.21% (below 0%: shrinking) 58.23% 4.27% Compare
HZO MarineMax, Inc. $1.2B 291× 77.1× −6.98% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +0.54% (above 0%: growing) 35.68% 6.09% Compare
WINA Winmark Corporation $1.1B 27.3× 31.8× +23.23% (above 0%: growing) +5.22% (above 0%: growing) −5.68% (below 0%: shrinking) 82.89% 56.60% Compare
Median of peers $1.5B 23.7× 22.0× +5.18% +15.94% +64.16% 46.75% 10.55%

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Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (SBH) key facts

  • Strength: Net income was $195.9 million, or $1.95 per share (basic), a net margin of 5.29%.
  • Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (SBH) is a Specialty Retail company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $3.7 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2024.
  • As of October 16, 2026, SBH traded at $16.65, a market capitalization of $1.6 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 8.4× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 0.4× sales; its P/E is higher than 51% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Return on equity was 27.5% and debt-to-equity 0.93.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 8 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.88 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.

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