SBH
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.
Consumer Cyclical · Specialty Retail · NYQ
$12.08
Data: 2026-05-28
✓ ETHICAL PASS

Unknown MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$1.3B
Total market value of the company
7.33
Very cheap relative to earnings
5.94
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+2.3%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
4.9%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
23.9%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$17.00
+41% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
NONE
Consensus view from 5 analysts covering this stock
About Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer and distributor of professional beauty supplies. The company operates through two segments, Sally Beauty Supply and Beauty Systems Group. The Sally Beauty Supply segment offers beauty products, including hair color and care products, skin and nail care products, styling tools, and other beauty products for retail customers, salons, and salon professionals. This segment also provides products under Wella and L'Oreal brands, as well as Clairol, OPI, Wahl, and BaByliss Pro. The Beauty Systems Group segment offers professional beauty products, such as hair color and care products, skin and nail care products, styling tools, and other beauty items directly to salons, and licensed beauty professionals, and salon professionals through its professional-only stores, e-commerce platforms, and sales force, as well as through franchised stores under the Armstrong McCall store name. This segment also sells products under Paul Mitchell and Wella brands, including Matrix, Schwarzkopf, Kenra, Goldwell, Joico, Amika, and Moroccanoil. In addition, it operates company-operated stores, salon business consultants, digital platforms and franchised units in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Chile, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Germany. Further, the company distributes its products through full-service/exclusive distributors and open-line distributors. Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.

https://www.sallybeautyholdings.com

Country: United States Employees: 11,000 Industry: Specialty Retail
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
0.0% N/A
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% N/A
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
0.0% N/A
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

DISTRIBUTION
Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution
0.408
Positive but modest risk-adjusted returns
0.0224
Modest edge detected — smaller position warranted
0.188
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
8.5%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-45.2%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
CRISIS
Elevated risk detected — extreme caution warranted
Days in State
184
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

1.07
Moves slightly more than the broader market
52W High
$17.92
33% below the year high
52W Low
$8.45
43% above the year low
Avg Volume
1,512,663
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
11.9
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
28.0%
Very high short interest — potential squeeze candidate
N/A
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$1.81
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

180.95
Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline
2.34
Strong balance sheet — comfortably covers short-term obligations
Quick Ratio
0.47
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
51.9%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
7.9%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$163M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$3.7B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$184M
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
5
Target High
$20.00
Target Median
$17.00
Target Low
$13.00
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-28

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