Company Analysis

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (SBH)

NYSE: SBH · Retail-Retail Stores, NEC · Plano, TX · filing with the SEC since 2006
Grade7.0
◀ Past 6.8● Present 7.5▶ Future 6.4

The grade of Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
7.0/10
◀ Past6.825% of the headline
● Present7.545% of the headline
▶ Future6.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.8/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 78th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-0.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $3.9 billion in fiscal 2017 to $3.7 billion in fiscal 2026, down 0.6% a year; it rose in 2 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 11% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-0.6%bottom 26% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 9% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 6% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak10.8%top 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 3.3% a year. 27% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 4 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 74th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-09-30, Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 3.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 27% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 4 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 15% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.5/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 23%: 23¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 69%: owes 69¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 74th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-09-30, Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. earned about 23 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 67 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 69 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 4.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 47% of its family
  • return on equitytop 12% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 30% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 33% of 17 in its family; net margin 5.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.'s standing among 17 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.7 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 29% by size; a net margin of 5.4% ranks in the top 21%; revenue growth of 0.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 50% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.73Btop 29% of its family
  • net margin5.4%top 21% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth0.1%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
9.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 9% of 9 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 91st percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Paulonis, Denise (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-10-05, 5.1 years (top 6% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.9 years (top 17%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (top 6%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge3 in three years among 16 peopletop 6% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.9 yearstop 17% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.1 yearstop 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 36% of 17 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 64th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $158 million against debt of $784 million leaves -21.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 31% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 5.6% of revenue (top 21%); a gross margin of 52% (top 17%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-21.6%bottom 31% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue5.6%top 21% of its family
  • gross margin52.0%top 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 33% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 0.1% a year over the last three filed years against -0.6% over all 10, speeding up (top 21% of its family); the newest year grew 0.9% (top 44%); capital spending grew 7.4% a year (top 34%) (its annual reports). Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Sally Beauty Supply at $2.1 billion, Beauty Systems Group at $1.6 billion. 0 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 57% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.6 points a yeartop 21% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth0.9%top 44% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending7.4%top 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 41% of 15 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 59th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.7 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 1.3% above the $3.7 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 43% of its family); net income of $200 million against a prior three-year average of $178 million (top 30%); a net margin of 5.4% against 4.8% before (top 37%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace1.3%bottom 43% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+12%top 30% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.6 pointstop 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton SBH · research, not advice