Sally Beauty Supply LLC announced unaudited earnings results for the second quarter and six months ended March 31, 2013. For the quarter, the company reported net sales were $555.98 million against $553.97 million a year ago. Operating earnings was $105.96 million against $111.33 million a year ago. Sales growth in the fiscal 2013 second quarter is attributed to net new store openings and was partially offset by softness in same store sales growth. Operating earnings and margin were negatively impacted by softer sales growth than the prior year quarter. For the six months, the company reported net sales were $1,114.79 million against $1,090.3 million a year ago. Operating earnings was $212.04 million against $212.4 million a year ago.

Sally Beauty Supply LLC reported unaudited consolidated earnings results for the fourth quarter and full year ended September 30, 2012. For the quarter, the company has posted sales of $554.7 million, up 6.0% from $523.4 million in the fiscal 2011 fourth quarter. The unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange on Net Sales were $7.6 million, or 1.4% of sales. Same store sales growth was 3.8% against 6.4% in the fiscal 2011 fourth quarter. Segment operating earnings was $99.5 million, down 0.7% from $100.2 million in the fiscal 2011 fourth quarter. Segment operating margins decreased 120 basis points to 17.9% of sales from 19.1% in the fiscal 2011 fourth quarter. In the fiscal 2012 fourth quarter, segment operating results were negatively impacted by a $10.2 million charge related to a potential settlement of litigation. Sales growth in the fiscal 2012 fourth quarter was driven by same store sales, new store openings and acquisitions. Partially offsetting sales growth was an unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange of $7.6 million, or 1.4% of sales. Gross profit margin expansion of 60 basis points resulted from a favorable shift in product and customer mix and low-cost sourcing initiatives. For the year, the company has sales of $2.2 billion, up 9.2% from fiscal year 2011. The unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange was $22.6 million or 1.0% of sales on a full year basis. Same store sales growth of 6.5% versus 6.3% in fiscal year 2011. Segment operating earnings was $429.5 million, up 12.7% from $381.0 million in fiscal 2011. Segment operating margins increased 60 basis points to 19.5% of sales from 18.9% in fiscal 2011. In fiscal year 2012, segments operating results were negatively impacted by a $10.2 million charge related to a potential settlement of litigation. Net store base increased by 151 or 4.8% for total store count of 3,309. This increase is from organic store growth of 4.1% and 0.7% from acquisitions. Store growth in the North American business was 4.2% while store growth in the International business was 8.9%. Sales growth in fiscal 2012 was driven by same store sales, new store openings and acquisitions; unfavorable foreign currency exchange partially offset sales growth. Gross profit margin improvement resulted from a favorable shift in product and customer mix and low-cost sourcing initiatives.

Sally Beauty Supply LLC announced unaudited sales results for the third quarter ended June 30, 2012. For the third quarter, the company reported sales of approximately $553.4 million, up 7.0% from sales of $517.2 million in the fiscal 2011 third quarter. Same store sales at Sally Beauty Supply grew approximately 5.2% in the fiscal 2012 third quarter compared to same store sales growth of 6.1% in the fiscal 2011 third quarter. Sales growth in the fiscal 2012 third quarter was primarily driven by same store sales, new store openings and acquisitions.