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Consumer products company selling pet care, lawn and garden pest control, and small home and personal-care appliances.
Consumer products company selling pet care, lawn and garden pest control, and small home and personal-care appliances.
Sold its Kwikset hardware business to ASSA ABLOY in 2023, leaving pet care, home and garden products and small home and personal-care appliances, some sold under licensed names such as Black+Decker. Goods go mostly through big retailers and online, so retailer shelf space and consumer spending are key.
Moat: narrow (brand, distribution). Portfolio of recognizable niche brands with established retail shelf space, though categories are competitive.
Headquarters: Middleton, Wisconsin, US · Employees: 3,000
Size Spectrum Brands (SPB) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Electronics/Appliances) with a market value of $1.99B, the 1792nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $86.68 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 6.4%, against -9.7% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 0.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.8%); the operating margin is 9.1% (peer median 7.1%).
Valuation It trades at 17.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 18.1× (7th cheapest of 18).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -2% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +1%, so the hurdle is -4 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.5 points above its cost of capital (7.9% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 17.9% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 12 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.87B | $2.81B | $2.96B | $2.92B | $3.13B |
| Revenue growth | — | -5% | +2% | -7% | — |
| Gross profit | $1.16B | $1.04B | $1.09B | $936M | $970M |
| EBITDA | $359M | $271M | $237M | $128M | $73.8M |
| Net income | $79.5M | $99.7M | $125M | $1.80B | $75.4M |
| Free cash flow | $292M | $165M | $119M | -$469M | -$118M |
| Capital expenditure | $40.4M | $38.3M | $44.0M | $59.0M | $64.0M |
| Total debt | $748M | $654M | $648M | $1.68B | $3.24B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum Brands SPB | $1.99B | +6% | +1% | 9% | 17.1× | -2.5% |
| Central Garden & Pet CENT | $2.64B | +25% | -1% | 9% | 16.0× | -4.0% |
| Newell Brands NWL | $2.33B | +20% | +1% | 9% | 8.2× | 0.4% |
| Scotts Miracle-Gro SMG | $3.77B | +6% | -4% | 14% | 13.6× | 7.5% |
| Helen of Troy HELE | $876M | +51% | +1% | 7% | 9.8× | 3.9% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | SPB | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +11.7% | -3.4% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +6.4% | -9.7% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -12.5% | -30.1% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +0.8% | +4.8% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 9.1% | 7.1% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 17.1× | 18.1× | 7th cheapest of 18 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -2.5% | 4.5% | 4th least demanding of 15 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +1.4% | +8.5% | lowest of 15 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -3.9 pp | -4.9 pp | 7th most demanding of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +0.5 pp | +2.1 pp | 9th lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.1× | 10.9× | 2nd cheapest of 7 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.4× | -0.1× | 4th most indebted of 9 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum Brands SPB | United States | $1.99B | +6% | +1% | 9% | 17.1× | -2.5% | +1.4% |
| Whirlpool WHR | United States | $2.01B | -32% | -6% | 2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sonos SONO | United States | $1.94B | +9% | +6% | 6% | 149.2× | 17.3% | +1.7% |
| Hangzhou Robam Appliances 002508.SZ | China | $2.28B | -10% | -18% | 8% | 14.4× | 6.3% | +4.5% |
| Tatung 2371.TW | Taiwan | $1.70B | -15% | +8% | 4% | 10.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Flyco Electrical Appliance 603868.SS | China | $2.34B | +4% | +1% | 17% | 24.2× | 4.6% | +1.5% |
| Theon International THEON.AS | Netherlands | $2.36B | -10% | +32% | 23% | 17.1× | 18.7% | +52.2% |
| Cowell e 1415.HK | Hong Kong | $2.38B | -33% | +15% | 7% | 9.8× | -10.3% | +36.2% |
| Edifier Technology 002351.SZ | China | $1.60B | +8% | -1% | 18% | 22.3× | 3.0% | +7.6% |
| Electrolux ELUX-A.ST | Sweden | $2.50B | +11% | -3% | -1% | 18.1× | 1.2% | +2.6% |
| Sichuan Jiuzhou Electric 000801.SZ | China | $1.58B | -19% | +20% | 3% | 45.1× | n/a | n/a |
| IMAX IMAX | United States | $2.61B | +35% | +15% | 23% | 18.8× | 12.2% | +24.5% |
| Shenzhen Newway Photomask Making 688401.SS | China | $1.45B | -27% | +18% | 26% | 17.9× | 23.6% | +23.7% |
| Casio Computer 6952.T | Japan | $2.74B | +24% | +12% | 11% | 15.9× | 0.2% | +4.0% |
| Kingclean Electric 603355.SS | China | $2.79B | +4% | -2% | 8% | 35.9× | 4.4% | +9.4% |
| OneRobotics (Shenzhen) 6600.HK | Hong Kong | $1.41B | -55% | +48% | -9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Gettop Acoustic 002655.SZ | China | $1.39B | -19% | +11% | 2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tamron 7740.T | Japan | $1.39B | +22% | +2% | 17% | 15.3× | 5.9% | +12.0% |
| Guangdong Xinbao Electrical Appliances 002705.SZ | China | $1.38B | -25% | -4% | 4% | 24.3× | -2.7% | +4.2% |
| Joyoung 002242.SZ | China | $2.87B | +131% | -7% | -1% | 159.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances 002668.SZ | China | $1.37B | -12% | +4% | 12% | 8.4× | -18.7% | +17.4% |