Operates as a specialty retailer and distributor of professional beauty supplies. Offers a wide range of hair color and care products. Now — the numbers.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
This is an established company with proven profits.
The gap is $1.4B. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 7.8× for every dollar of annual profit — cheap, which is either an opportunity or a warning.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 87% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 1% above today's price.
Executives buying with their own money is usually read as confidence in the company’s future.
The stock trades 26% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
It met or beat analyst expectations in 8 of the last 8 quarters — consistency is a promise kept.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 57 buys and 39 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
Over the last 4 years, sales fell about 1% a year on average. Profit is holding up, but a shrinking business is a risk worth watching.
On our five-subject report card, SBH sits near the top of the class. A high grade doesn’t mean “guaranteed win” — it means “the evidence looks strong for now.”
The takeaway: SBH is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s what that quality should cost.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.