Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Home Improvement
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. HVT
$27.50 +0.29% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $455.6M
High qualityStrong trend
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.69, down 41.0% year over year.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 81 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- The shares trade at 39.9× trailing earnings, higher than 81% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 33%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 24%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 32%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 7%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 27%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 26%
- Gross marginTop 10%
- Operating marginBottom 32%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 12%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 35%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 48%
- Interest coverTop 2%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 37%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 31%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 47%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 28%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 22%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 19%
- 6-month returnTop 19%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 19%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 8%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 34%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 45%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 33%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 49%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 26%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 23%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 45%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 44%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 48%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 6.4% | 8.0% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -57.8% | -41.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 61.0% | 60.9% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 3.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 3.7% | 5.1% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 8.0% | 6.4% | ↑ | Top 33% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -41.0% | -57.8% | ↑ | Bottom 24% |
| Gross margin | 60.9% | 61.0% | ↓ | Top 10% |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 2.8% | ↑ | Bottom 32% |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 2.7% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.1% | 3.7% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 1.8% | — | Bottom 26% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -10.2% | — | Bottom 7% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -7.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.0%
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.58×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 648.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 4.63%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 4.25%
- Shareholder yield
- 8.88%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +7.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $42.00
- Target vs current price
- +52.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 6
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | +8.7% | +9.5% | +12.1% | +5.6% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +0.0% | -1.7% | +3.3% | +10.9% | +21.6% |
| Feb 23, 2026 | +4.2% | -3.4% | -9.1% | -20.6% | -19.1% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +16.7% | -2.8% | +8.0% | +16.2% | +25.9% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +6.7% | -1.3% | +1.1% | +8.5% | -4.1% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +64.3% | -1.2% | +2.6% | +13.8% | +16.5% |
| Feb 24, 2025 | +176.5% | -0.2% | +8.0% | -1.3% | -1.6% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | -40.4% | -1.5% | -8.3% | -1.9% | -5.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.23 | +8.7% | $194.9M |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.26 | +0.0% | $189.1M |
| Feb 23, 2026 | $0.50 | $0.48 | +4.2% | $201.9M |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $0.28 | $0.24 | +16.7% | $194.5M |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $0.16 | $0.15 | +6.7% | $181.0M |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.23 | $0.14 | +64.3% | $181.6M |
| Feb 24, 2025 | $0.47 | $0.17 | +176.5% | $184.4M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.28 | $0.47 | -40.4% | $175.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 39.9× | 9.9× | 81th | Bottom 37% |
| P/E (forward) | 16.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.9× | — | — | Top 47% |
| EV / Sales | 0.75× | — | — | Top 28% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 8.67% | — | — | Top 31% |
| Earnings yield | 2.51% | — | — | Bottom 37% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.4× – 46.9× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +28.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -41.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +124.4%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 81
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -0.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +11.4%
- RSI (14)
- 49.3
- Relative volume
- 0.92×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 31.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 17th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.09
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.48
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -5.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -53.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2021 | Apr 16, 2025 | -66.9% | 970 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 19, 2020 | Dec 7, 2020 | -16.9% | 11 days | 22 days (Jan 8, 2021) |
| Apr 29, 2021 | May 12, 2021 | -12.6% | 9 days | 17 days (Jun 7, 2021) |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Oct 21, 2020 | -10.8% | 4 days | 6 days (Oct 29, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $455.6M
- P/E (TTM)
- 39.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.69
- Revenue (TTM)
- $780.4M
- Dividend yield
- 4.80%
- 52-week range
- $19.89 – $29.83
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.01B | $1.05B | $862.1M | $722.9M | $759.0M |
| Gross profit | $574.6M | $604.2M | $523.1M | $439.1M | $460.5M |
| Operating income | $118.4M | $117.9M | $67.3M | $19.9M | $21.2M |
| Net income | $90.8M | $89.4M | $56.3M | $20.0M | $19.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.90 | $5.24 | $3.36 | $1.19 | $1.19 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $175.9M | $184.4M | $181.6M | $181.0M | $194.5M | $201.9M | $189.1M | $194.9M |
| Net income | $4.9M | $8.2M | $3.8M | $2.7M | -$6.5M | $8.5M | $4.3M | $5.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.29 | $0.49 | $0.23 | $0.16 | -$0.39 | $0.51 | $0.26 | $0.31 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $97.2M | $51.0M | $97.2M | $58.9M | $52.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$34.1M | -$28.4M | -$53.1M | -$32.1M | -$19.7M |
| Free cash flow | $63.2M | $22.6M | $44.1M | $26.8M | $33.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$52.4M | -$33.9M | -$35.2M | -$20.5M | -$20.8M |
| Net share buybacks | -$41.8M | -$30.0M | -$6.9M | -$5.0M | -$4.8M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $104.3M
- Total assets
- $656.1M
- Total liabilities
- $362.0M
- Total debt
- $230.7M
- Net debt
- $126.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $294.1M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | $0.33 | Sep 9, 2026 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | $0.33 | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Mar 10, 2026 | $0.33 | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Nov 25, 2025 | $0.33 | Dec 11, 2025 |
| Aug 25, 2025 | $0.32 | Sep 10, 2025 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | $0.32 | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Mar 6, 2025 | $0.32 | Mar 21, 2025 |
| Nov 26, 2024 | $0.32 | Dec 12, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 635,272
- Days to cover
- 5.53
- Change vs previous report
- +5.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Aug 26, 1999
- 2-for-1
- Jul 1, 1993
- 3-for-2
- May 27, 1986
- 2-for-1
- Feb 28, 1984
- 5-for-4
- Jul 1, 1983
- 2-for-1