# Spectrum Brands, Inc.

> Spectrum Brands is a publicly traded home-essentials portfolio whose products feed fish, groom pets and people, cook dinner, fight weeds and repel insects. Its advantage is not a single master brand but a collection of familiar specialist names, consumer research, retail relationships and product-development infrastructure. After selling its lock and hardware operation for $4.36 billion, the company has been working to sharpen its focus around Global Pet Care and Home & Garden while seeking a separate future for Home & Personal Care.

- **Founded:** 1906
- **Headquarters:** Middleton, United States
- **Founders:** James Bowen Ramsay (Founder of predecessor French Battery Company)
- **Team size:** Approximately 3,000 full-time employees worldwide as of September 30, 2025
- **Products:** Global Pet Care, Home & Garden, Home & Personal Care
- **Notable:** Built a portfolio of recognized category brands spanning pet care, aquatics, lawn and garden, pest control, grooming and small appliances., Sold Hardware & Home Improvement to ASSA ABLOY in June 2023 for $4.36 billion after adjustments; management said the unit had nearly doubled EBITDA under Spectrum ownership., Returned $374.6 million to shareholders through buybacks and dividends in fiscal 2025.

## Products & services

- **Global Pet Care** — Aquatics, pet treats, grooming, clean-up and animal-care products under brands including Tetra, GloFish, FURminator, Nature's Miracle, DreamBone and SmartBones.
- **Home & Garden** — Lawn, garden and pest-control products under brands including Spectracide, Cutter, Repel, Hot Shot, Black Flag, Rejuvenate and Liquid Fence.
- **Home & Personal Care** — Small kitchen appliances and grooming or personal-care devices sold under owned and licensed brands including Remington, Russell Hobbs, George Foreman, Black+Decker, PowerXL and Copper Chef.

## Achievements

- Built a portfolio of recognized category brands spanning pet care, aquatics, lawn and garden, pest control, grooming and small appliances.
- Sold Hardware & Home Improvement to ASSA ABLOY in June 2023 for $4.36 billion after adjustments; management said the unit had nearly doubled EBITDA under Spectrum ownership.
- Returned $374.6 million to shareholders through buybacks and dividends in fiscal 2025.
- Completed SAP S/4HANA implementation across Global Pet Care and Home & Garden and the first Home & Personal Care deployment by the fiscal 2026 third quarter.
- Reported fiscal 2026 third-quarter net sales of $753.3 million, up 7.7% year over year.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Fiscal third-quarter net sales rose 7.7% to $753.3 million; the company raised its adjusted EBITDA growth expectation, excluding tariff refunds, to mid single digits while retaining flat-to-low-single-digit sales guidance.
- **2026-08** — Spectrum reported its first SAP S/4HANA deployment in Home & Personal Care and completion across remaining Global Pet Care and Home & Garden entities, with HPC EMEA still scheduled.
- **2026-05** — Oaktree agreed to invest $127 million in the Home & Personal Care business through $67 million of convertible preferred equity and a $60 million first-lien term loan.
- **2026-02** — Fiscal first-quarter net sales were $672.4 million, down from $695.3 million a year earlier.
- **2025-11** — Spectrum reported fiscal 2025 net sales of $2.809 billion, down 5.2%, and adjusted free cash flow of $170.7 million.

## Links

- Website: https://spectrumbrands.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-brands
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Spectrum_Brands
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/SpectrumBrandsCareers/

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Last updated: 2026-08-20