Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. SPB
$78.32 -1.42% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.82B
High qualityStrong trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 13, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count fell 7.6% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 4 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +100.0%).
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.35, up 24.8% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 33%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 26%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 3%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 14%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 11%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 40%
- Gross marginTop 37%
- Operating marginTop 42%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 10%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 41%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 39%
- Interest coverTop 44%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 43%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 8%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 13%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 33%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 39%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 5%
- 6-month returnTop 27%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 7%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 36%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 44%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 27%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 30%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 48%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 18%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 46%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 20%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 39%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -3.8% | 0.8% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 153.5% | 24.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 37.3% | 39.8% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 4.1% | 8.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 2.6% | 10.2% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.8% | -3.8% | ↑ | Bottom 33% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 24.8% | 153.5% | ↓ | Top 26% |
| Gross margin | 39.8% | 37.3% | ↑ | Top 37% |
| Operating margin | 8.3% | 4.1% | ↑ | Top 42% |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 2.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 10.2% | 2.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 8.0% | — | Top 40% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -3.6% | — | Bottom 14% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -7.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +5.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.55×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 7.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.42%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 5.36%
- Shareholder yield
- 7.78%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -7.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -17.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $97.60
- Target vs current price
- +24.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 21
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 62%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | +91.1% | +2.1% | +2.8% | +0.2% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +20.2% | -7.5% | -6.5% | -3.9% | +4.6% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | +81.8% | +10.2% | +10.4% | +11.3% | +21.2% |
| Nov 13, 2025 | +239.0% | +9.7% | +2.7% | +16.9% | +39.9% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -0.8% | +7.4% | +12.3% | +5.4% | +3.6% |
| May 8, 2025 | -49.6% | +3.6% | +5.0% | -9.6% | -14.4% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | +12.1% | -7.7% | -7.2% | -10.2% | -22.3% |
| Nov 15, 2024 | -9.3% | -6.0% | -3.8% | -3.6% | -16.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | $2.79 | $1.46 | +91.1% | $753.3M |
| May 7, 2026 | $1.25 | $1.04 | +20.2% | $708.9M |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $1.40 | $0.77 | +81.8% | $677.0M |
| Nov 13, 2025 | $2.61 | $0.77 | +239.0% | $733.5M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $1.24 | $1.25 | -0.8% | $699.6M |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.68 | $1.35 | -49.6% | $675.7M |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $1.02 | $0.91 | +12.1% | $700.2M |
| Nov 15, 2024 | $0.97 | $1.07 | -9.3% | $773.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 23.4× | 21.4× | 55th | Top 43% |
| P/E (forward) | 12.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.3× | — | — | Top 13% |
| EV / Sales | 0.80× | — | — | Top 33% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 16.05% | — | — | Top 8% |
| Earnings yield | 4.28% | — | — | Top 43% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 1.7× – 61.6× since Jul 4, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +47.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +24.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +27.0%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -10.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -0.5%
- RSI (14)
- 28.1
- Relative volume
- 1.31×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 26.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 15th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.95
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.43
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -13.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -47.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 2021 | Sep 30, 2022 | -63.3% | 215 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 10, 2021 | Aug 19, 2021 | -19.4% | 71 days | 26 days (Sep 27, 2021) |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -11.0% | 14 days | 10 days (Nov 13, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.82B
- P/E (TTM)
- 23.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.35
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.87B
- Dividend yield
- 2.40%
- 52-week range
- $49.99 – $99.06
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.00B | $3.13B | $2.92B | $2.96B | $2.81B |
| Gross profit | $1.04B | $990.5M | $924.8M | $1.11B | $1.03B |
| Operating income | $97.1M | $23.2M | -$205.6M | $170.6M | $124.9M |
| Net income | $189.6M | $71.6M | $1.80B | $124.8M | $99.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.39 | $1.75 | $45.65 | $4.09 | $3.86 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $773.7M | $700.2M | $675.7M | $699.6M | $733.5M | $677.0M | $708.8M | $753.3M |
| Net income | $28.6M | $23.5M | $900,000 | $19.9M | $55.6M | $28.4M | $22.5M | -$26.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.01 | $0.84 | $0.03 | $0.80 | $2.29 | $1.25 | $0.97 | -$1.16 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $288.4M | -$53.8M | -$409.7M | $162.6M | $204.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$43.6M | -$64.0M | -$59.0M | -$44.0M | -$38.3M |
| Free cash flow | $244.8M | -$117.8M | -$468.7M | $118.6M | $165.8M |
| Dividends paid | -$71.5M | -$68.6M | -$66.5M | -$50.6M | -$48.2M |
| Net share buybacks | -$125.8M | -$134.0M | -$535.5M | -$482.7M | -$326.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $258.9M
- Total assets
- $3.58B
- Total liabilities
- $1.67B
- Total debt
- $748.2M
- Net debt
- $489.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.85B
As of Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | $0.47 | Sep 22, 2026 |
| May 26, 2026 | $0.47 | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $0.47 | Mar 10, 2026 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | $0.47 | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Aug 26, 2025 | $0.47 | Sep 23, 2025 |
| May 27, 2025 | $0.47 | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $0.47 | Mar 11, 2025 |
| Nov 26, 2024 | $0.47 | Dec 17, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,882,983
- Days to cover
- 14.37
- Change vs previous report
- +3.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 16, 2018
- 81-for-500
- Apr 7, 2005
- 8-for-1
- Jan 31, 2001
- 1-for-10
- May 3, 1994
- 1-for-5
- Jan 16, 1981
- 2-for-1