Sally Beauty Holdings Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Nov 18, 2010
Sally Beauty Holdings Inc. (SBH, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2010-09-30.

Sally Beauty Holdings Inc. has a market cap of $2.31 billion; its shares were traded at around $12.64 with a P/E ratio of 18.4 and P/S ratio of 0.9. Sally Beauty Holdings Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 12% over the past 5 years.SBH is in the portfolios of John Keeley of Keeley Fund Management, Kenneth Fisher of Fisher Asset Management, LLC, Mario Gabelli of GAMCO Investors, Bruce Kovner of Caxton Associates, Steven Cohen of SAC Capital Advisors.

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In connection with the Separation Transactions, CDRS Acquisition LLC, or CDRS and CD&R Parallel Fund VII, L.P., or the Parallel Fund, and which we refer to together with CDRS as the CDR Investors, invested an aggregate of $575.0 million in cash equity, representing ownership currently of approximately 47.0% of the outstanding shares of our common stock on an undiluted basis. CDRS, which owns approximately 47.0% of the outstanding shares of our common stock on an undiluted basis as of September 30, 2010, is a Delaware limited liability company organized by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VII, L.P., a private investment fund managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. Also in connection with the Separation Transactions, certain of our subsidiaries incurred approximately $1,850.0 million of indebtedness, as more fully described below. Please see "Risk FactorsRisks Relating to Our Substantial Indebtedness" in Item 1A below.

Controlling expenses. Another important aspect of our business is our ability to control costs, especially in our BSG business segment, by right-sizing the business and maximizing the efficiency of our structure. In 2009, we completed implementation of an approximately $22.0 million capital spending program to consolidate warehouses and reduce administrative expenses related to BSG's distribution network resulting in annualized cost savings of approximately $14.0 million for the 2010 fiscal year. Please see "Risk FactorsWe are not certain that our ongoing cost control plans will continue to be successful." Opening new stores. Our future growth strategy depends in part on our ability to open and profitably operate new stores in existing and additional geographic areas. The capital requirements to open a U.S.-based Sally Beauty Supply or BSG store, excluding inventory, average approximately $70,000 and $80,000, respectively, with the capital requirements for international stores costing less or substantially more depending upon the marketplace. We may not be able to open all of the new stores we plan to open and any new stores we open may not be profitable, any of which could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition or results of operations. Please see "Risk FactorsIf we are unable to profitably open and operate new stores, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected." Changes to our information technology systems. As our operations grow in both size and scope, we will continuously need to improve and upgrade our information systems and infrastructure while maintaining the reliability and integrity of our systems and infrastructure. The expansion of our systems and infrastructure will require us to commit substantial financial, operational and technical resources in advance of any increase in the volume of our business, with no assurance that the volume of business will increase. For example, we have recently upgraded our financial reporting systems in the U.S. and are in the process of designing and implementing a standardized enterprise resource planning ("ERP") system internationally over the next few years. In addition, we are currently implementing a three-year point-of-sale system upgrade program in a number of our divisions (including our Sally Beauty Supply operations in the U.S.), which we anticipate will provide significant benefits, including enhanced tracking of customer sales and store inventory activity. These and any other required upgrades to our information systems and information technology (or new technology), now or in the future, will require that our management and resources be diverted from our core business to assist in completion of these projects. There can be no assurance that the time and resources our management will need to devote to these upgrades, service outages or delays due to the installation of any new or upgraded technology (and customer issues therewith), or the impact on the reliability of our data from any new or upgraded technology will not have a material adverse effect on our financial reporting, business, financial condition or results of operations. Please see "Risk FactorsWe may be adversely affected by any disruption in our information technology systems." Business Segments, Geographic Area Information and Seasonality

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