Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for SBH in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
Oct 12 close
Sally Beauty's week featured a multiyear marketing partnership, with the company becoming the Official Beauty Retailer of the Dallas Cowboys and the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, spanning in-stadium advertising, digital media and interactive activations. An adviser also filed an amended disclosure on its holdings in SBH shares, a background filing that drew no particular reaction. Otherwise coverage was largely descriptive, with no new operational or regulatory news beyond the sponsorship announcement.
SBH closed at $15.63, down 1.7% on the day, sitting below its 50-day average of $16.35 but above its 200-day average of $14.91, reflecting a mixed trend picture. The GekkoIndex reads 62.3, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone. Shares trade 12.2% below the Gekko Fair Value estimate of $17.80, a gap that bears watching.
The next earnings report is due 12 November 2026, before the open, which falls outside a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior quarter saw adjusted EPS of $0.55 meet estimates with a 10.6% price reaction. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the current window. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 7.6% gain over the past 5 years, rising in 4 of them, a pattern worth noting alongside the current 3-firm analyst consensus target of $17.00.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.) scores 4 supportive, 1 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
4 supportive1 mixed0 headwinds
Averages disagree
Close $15.63 sits between the 50-day ($16.35) and 200-day ($14.91) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart62.3, Accumulation
Reading 62.3 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex12.2% below
Price is 12.2% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair valueNo data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart moneyReports in 31 days
Next report Nov 12, 2026, 31 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings+7.6% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +7.6% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
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Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.) closed at $15.63 on Oct 12, 2026, +5.0% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $11.54 to $17.92.
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Sally Beauty Holdings sells professional beauty products, reaching both everyday shoppers and salon professionals. It is best known for the Sally Beauty Supply stores, which stock hair color, haircare, skincare, nail care and styling tools for home and salon use, carrying brands like Wella, Clairol, OPI, Conair and L'Oreal alongside its own labels.
The company runs through two divisions. Alongside Sally Beauty Supply, the Beauty Systems Group arm supplies salons and licensed beauticians with similar categories of product, including hair color, treatments, skin and nail items and tools, offered through professional stores, online ordering, a direct sales force and franchised locations under the Armstrong McCall name. This division also sells third-party lines such as Paul Mitchell, Matrix, Schwarzkopf, Kenra, Goldwell, Joico and Olaplex. Beyond its stores, the company reaches customers through distributors, direct sales efforts and large salon retail outlets, with locations spanning the United States and a number of other countries in the Americas and Europe.
The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Denton, Texas. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker SBH.
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.)’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 62.3, in the Accumulation zone, up 1.9 points over five sessions.
Up 1.9 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 23 | +0.1% | +2.9% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 249 | +0.9% | +0.4% | ||
| Neutral | 393 | 0.0% | +1.7% | ||
| Distribution | 16 | +2.6% | +8.3% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average SBH share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.) trades 12.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $17.80, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.) shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$17.80
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
12.2% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 11.2% below the estimate.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.), and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for SBH in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No trades in SBH were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.) has been buying back its own shares.
From company filings.
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.) reports on Nov 12, 2026, before the open (31 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.
Nov 12, 2026
Expected before the open, 31 days away
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | $0.55 est $0.55 | $935.5M est $938.4M | +10.6% |
| May 11, 2026 | $0.44 est $0.41 | $903.4M est $901.4M | −10.9% |
| Feb 9, 2026 | $0.48 est $0.47 | $943.2M est $940.2M | −3.5% |
| Nov 13, 2025 | $0.55 est $0.48 | $947.1M est $933.2M | −3.4% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.51 est $0.42 | $933.3M est $932.6M | +20.8% |
| May 12, 2025 | $0.42 est $0.39 | $883.1M est $901.5M | +14.6% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $0.43 est $0.43 | $937.9M est $943.2M | +1.2% |
| Nov 14, 2024 | $0.50 est $0.47 | $935.0M est $939.4M | +7.0% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.) is $17.00, +8.8% from the last close, from 3 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 3 firms.
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | Canaccord Genuity | $20 | +28.0% |
| Aug 4 | Morgan Stanley | $13 | −16.8% |
| Aug 4 | Canaccord Genuity | $20 | +28.0% |
| Aug 4 | TD Cowen | $19 | +21.6% |
| Aug 3 | TD Cowen | $19 | +21.6% |
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.) averaged +7.6% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +4.0% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +2.1% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +6.0% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +7.6% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +14.0% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, SBH’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 8.1%.
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.)’s market cap is $1.49B, with a P/E ratio of 8.4 and revenue of $3.73B over the last twelve months.
Coverage of Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.) this week reads neutral: 1 positive, 3 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.)’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| WMTWalmart | Neutral | 2.5% below |
| COSTCostco Wholesale | Neutral | 16.4% above |
| ORLYO'Reilly Automotive | Neutral | 4.7% below |
| TGTTarget | Accumulation | 5.7% above |
| CVNACarvana | Accumulation | 19.7% below |
| AZOAutoZone | Neutral | 28.5% below |
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Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.)’s market cap is $1.49B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $15.63, with 93.62M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 8.4.
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.) is $17.00, +8.8% from the last close. Of the 3 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 2 rate it a buy, 0 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
On Gekko’s estimate Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.) is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $15.63 is 12.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $17.80. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.) is expected to report on Nov 12, 2026, before the market opens (31 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.60 per share on revenue of $951.0M. Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.) beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 9% on average across the report.
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.)’s 52-week high is $17.92 and its 52-week low is $11.54; it closed at $15.63 on Oct 12, 2026, +5.0% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $21.86 on Nov 22, 2021.
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