Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company (NYSE: HBB) (The Company) today announced results for the third quarter of 2025.
ThirdQuarter 2025 Overview
— Revenue declined 15.2% to $132.8 million compared to $156.7 million
— Gross margin decreased to 21.1% compared to 28.0%; 3Q25 gross margin included a one-time 370 basis point impact mostly from the flow through of a temporary 125% tariff rate on Chinese imports
— Operating profit decreased to $2.9 million compared to $10.6 million
— Total debt was $50.0 million for both periods; Net debt was $32.8 million compared to $22.5 million
“We are pleased that our sales trend improved sequentially as retailer purchasing started to normalize during the third quarter following the significant disruption from new tariffs implemented in April,” said R. Scott Tidey, President and Chief Executive Officer. “With trade relations between the U.S. and China improving and tariff rates on certain Chinese imports moderating significantly from the peaks reached in the second quarter, we now have greater clarity into our cost and pricing architecture which has led to the resumption of more normalized ordering patterns. Importantly, in the third quarter we fully absorbed the impact on gross margins from the peak tariff rate and moved forward with a more balanced inventory position. While uncertainty in the marketplace remains, our visibility is improving and we expect that the strength of our brand portfolio, recent sourcing diversification efforts, and pricing actions, will lead to further top-line and margin recovery in the fourth quarter.”
Results of the Third Quarter 2025 Compared to the Third Quarter 2024 Total revenue decreased $23.9 million, or 15.2%, to $132.8 million compared to $156.7 million. The revenue decline was primarily driven by lower volumes in the Company's U.S. Consumer business, including a delay in orders from one large retailer for most of the third quarter as they assessed inventory and pricing in response to the tariffs implemented by the U.S. in April 2025. Partially offsetting this decline was revenue growth in the Commercial and Health businesses.
Gross profit was $28.0 million, or 21.1% of total revenue, compared to $43.9 million or 28.0% of total revenue. The decrease in gross profit margin is primarily due to the flow through of a one-time incremental tariff cost of $5.0 million, which negatively impacted margin by 370 basis points. Most of these costs were from a temporary spike in tariff rates on imports from China to 125%. Additionally, a delay between tariff related rising costs and the effective date of pricing adjustments temporarily reduced our margins during the third quarter.
Selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A) decreased to $25.1 million compared to $33.3 million. The decrease was primarily driven by $6.8 million of lower personnel costs, including reduced stock-based compensation expense due to changes in stock price and benefits associated with the restructuring actions taken by management in the second quarter.
Operating profit was $2.9 million compared to $10.6 million.
Income before taxes was $2.0 million compared to $2.7 million. The prior year period included a one-time non-cash charge of $7.6 million related to the termination of the Company's pension plan.
Income tax expense was $0.4 million compared to $0.7 million in the prior year period.
Net income was $1.7 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, compared to $1.9 million, or $0.14 per diluted share.
Cash Flow and Debt For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, net cash used for operating activities was $14.6 million, compared to $35.2 million cash provided for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The decline was primarily driven by a $27.5 million reduction in accounts payable due to lower purchasing activity from decreased sales volume and inventory turnover, as well as shorter payment terms with new suppliers under the Company's China diversification initiatives.
For the three months ended September 30, 2025, the Company repurchased 39,333 shares of its Class A common stock at prevailing market prices for an aggregate purchase amount of $0.6 million and paid $1.6 million in dividends during the third quarter of 2025.
On September 30, 2025, net debt was $32.8 million compared to net debt of $22.5 million on September 30, 2024. Net debt is defined as total debt minus cash and cash equivalents and highly liquid short-term investments.
Outlook As a result of the increased uncertainty caused by higher tariffs recently imposed by the United States, particularly in China, the Company believes it is prudent to maintain its recently implemented practice of not providing specific guidance on its business outlook.
Conference Call The Company will conduct an earnings conference call and webcast on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time. The call may be accessed by dialing 888-350-3452 (toll free), International 646-960-0369. Conference ID: 1809480. The conference call will also be webcast live on the Company's Investor Relations website at www.hamiltonbeachbrands.com. An archive of the webcast will be available on the website.
About Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company is a leading designer, marketer, and distributor of a wide range of brand name small electric household and specialty housewares appliances, and commercial products for restaurants, fast food chains, bars, and hotels, and is a provider of connected devices and software for healthcare management. The Company's owned consumer brands include Hamilton Beach®, Proctor Silex®, Weston®, and TrueAir®, as well as premium brands Hamilton Beach Professional® and Lotus®. The Company's owned commercial brands include Hamilton Beach Commercial® and Proctor Silex Commercial®. The Company licenses the brands for CHI® premium garment care products, CloroxTM home appliances, and Brita HubTM countertop electric water filtration appliances. The Company has multiyear agreements to design, sell, market, and distribute Bartesian® cocktail makers and Numilk® plant-based milk makers. The Company's Hamilton Beach Health subsidiary is focused on expanding the Company's participation in the home health and medical markets. In 2024, Hamilton Beach Health acquired HealthBeacon, a medical technology firm that specializes in developing connected devices, and strategic partner of the Company since 2021. For more information about Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company, visit www.hamiltonbeachbrands.com.
Forward-Looking Statements The statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. These forward-looking statements are made subject to certain risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those presented. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation: (1) uncertain or unfavorable global economic conditions and impacts from tariffs, inflation, rising interest rates, recessions or economic slowdowns; (2) changes in costs, including transportation costs and tariffs, of sourced products; (3) the Company's ability to source and ship products to meet anticipated demand; (4) changes in or unavailability of quality or cost effective suppliers; (5) the Company's ability to successfully manage constraints throughout the global transportation supply chain; (6) delays in delivery of sourced products; (7) changes in the sales prices, product mix or levels of consumer purchases of small electric and specialty housewares appliances; (8) changes in consumer retail and credit markets, including the increasing volume of transactions made through third-party internet sellers; (9) bankruptcy of or loss of major retail customers or suppliers; (10) exchange rate fluctuations, changes in the import tariffs and monetary policies and other changes in the regulatory climate in the countries in which the Company operates or buys and/or sells products; (11) the impact of tariffs on customer purchasing patterns; (12) customer acceptance of changes in costs of or delays in the development of new products; (13) product liability, regulatory actions or other litigation, warranty claims or returns of products; (14) increased competition, including consolidation within the industry; (15) changes in customers' inventory management strategies; (16) shifts in consumer shopping patterns, gasoline prices, weather conditions, the level of consumer confidence and disposable income as a result of economic conditions, unemployment rates or other events or conditions that may adversely affect the level of customer purchases of the Company's products; (17) changes mandated by federal, state and other regulation, including tax, health, safety or environmental legislation; (18) the Company's ability to identify, acquire or develop, and successfully integrate, new businesses or new product lines; and (19) other risk factors, including those described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. Furthermore, the future impact of unfavorable economic conditions, including inflation, changing interest rates, availability of capital markets and consumer spending rates remains uncertain. In uncertain economic environments, we cannot predict whether or when such circumstances may improve or worsen, or what impact, if any, such circumstances could have on our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial position.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to Reported Financial Measures: Net (Cash) Debt
Net (cash) debt is a non-GAAP financial measure that management uses in evaluating financial position. Net (cash) debt is defined as long-term debt less cash and cash equivalents and highly liquid short-term investments. Management believes net (cash) debt is an important measure of the Company's financial position due to the amount of cash and cash equivalents on hand. The presentation of this measure is not intended to be considered in isolation from, as a substitute for, or as superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The presentation of this measure may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. A reconciliation of this measure to its most directly comparable GAAP measure is provided in the table below:
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