Sally Beauty Holdings Q2 Adj. EPS Tops View - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (SBH) Tuesday reported second-quarter net earnings of $61.5 million or $0.39 per share, up from $58.5 million or $0.35 per share a year ago.

Adjusted net earnings for the latest second quarter were $62.5 million or $0.39 per share, up 5.6% from $59.2 million or $0.36 per share in the comparable quarter last year. On average, 15 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to report earnings of $0.36 per share for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.

Quarterly sales rose 2.0 percent to $937.76 million from $919.47 million last year, driven by same store sales growth and addition of new stores. Analysts estimated revenue of $949.58 million.

Consolidated same store sales growth in the fiscal 2015 second quarter was 2.8%.