Spectrum Brands (NYSE: SPB) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin, United States that owns 6 consumer brands across 3 categories, and has 1 recorded transaction.[1][2]
Spectrum Brands is a diversified consumer products company built by acquisition, now focused on home and garden, pet supplies and home appliances after selling its battery and auto care businesses to Energizer in 2019 and its hardware business to Assa Abloy in 2023.
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Read from Spectrum Brands's latest annual filing[1]. Each line gives the sentence the filing uses, copied word for word.
For example, on February 18, 2022, the Company completed the acquisition of the Tristar Business, and the Company has been detrimentally impacted by aspects of the integration of the Tristar Business' operations and products, which have negatively impacted subsequent operating performance and partner relationships of the Tristar Business' brands and the HPC business.
We have previously announced our plan to divest our HPC business through a sale or spin of the segment.
Headline figures from Spectrum Brands's annual reports filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, in USD as reported, fiscal years ending 2020–2025. Revenue moved from $2.62bn to $2.81bn, an average of 1.4% a year (calculated).
| Fiscal year ended | Revenue | Operating income | Operating margin | Net income | Total assets | Long-term debt | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2.81bn | $124.9m | 4.4% | $99.9m | $3.38bn | $556.2m | 10-K | |
| $2.96bn | $170.6m | 5.8% | $124.8m | $3.84bn | $551.4m | 10-K | |
| $2.92bn | $-205,600,000 | -7.0% | $1.8bn | $5.26bn | $1.55bn | 10-K | |
| $3.13bn | $23.2m | 0.7% | $71.6m | $5.78bn | $3.14bn | 10-K | |
| $3bn | $97.1m | 3.2% | $189.6m | $5.34bn | $2.49bn | 10-K | |
| $2.62bn | $8.6m | 0.3% | $97.8m | $5.11bn | $2.41bn | 10-K |
Source: SEC XBRL company facts. A dash means the company did not report that line in a form we could read. Figures for a year can be restated in a later filing; the latest filing's number is shown.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Energizer bought the Rayovac and Varta consumer battery businesses from Spectrum Brands, consolidating three of the largest battery brands in North America and Europe under one owner. European regulators required Energizer to divest the Varta business in several markets before clearing the deal.
Spectrum Brands controlled these 4 brands in the past. Each row shows when the ownership ended and who holds the brand now, so a page that once said Spectrum Brands owned it still shows why it no longer does.
| Brand | Owned until | Owner today |
|---|---|---|
| Armor All | Jan 2019 | Energizer Holdings |
| STP | Jan 2019 | Energizer Holdings |
| Rayovac | Jan 2019 | Energizer Holdings |
| Varta | Jan 2019 | Energizer Holdings |
The documents behind the figures on this page, as listed in the SEC's EDGAR index. Each links to the filing itself.
| Filed | Form | What it declares |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Results of a shareholder vote | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Other events | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition |
2 recall notices from government regulators matched to Spectrum Brands. Each applies to the specific products, sizes and lot codes named in the notice, not to every product sold under the name.
Reason given: The handheld hair dryers lack an immersion protection device, which presents a substantial product hazard to consumers, posing the risk of death or serious injury from…
Recalling firm: Empower Brands · Brand: Remington
Reason given: The recalled conditioner can contain bacteria, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an environmental organism found widely in soil and water. People with weakened immune systems or…
Recalling firm: Spectrum Brands Pet Care · Brand: FURminator
Matched automatically from FDA, USDA FSIS, UK Food Standards Agency and CPSC records only when the recalling firm corresponds to this ownership record and, for a brand, the brand name appears in the product description. Check the linked notice for exact products and lots. Method.
Spectrum Brands owns 6 consumer brands tracked here, including Remington, Cutter, Spectracide, FURminator, Tetra and George Foreman Grill.
Yes. Spectrum Brands is headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin, United States and was founded in 1906.
Spectrum Brands is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as SPB on the NYSE.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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