Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances
The Lovesac Company LOVE
$14.83 +0.88% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $215.2M
High qualityInexpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Dec 10, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.22, up 93.7% year over year.
- Net debt is 3.0× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The shares trade at 12.2× trailing earnings, lower 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 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 37%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 10%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 49%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 39%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 48%
- Gross marginTop 12%
- Operating marginBottom 31%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 12%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 24%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 47%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 16%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 6%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 21%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 11%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 29%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 48%
- 6-month returnBottom 49%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 47%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 40%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 34%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 15%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 38%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 5%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 45%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 28%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 20%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 7%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 47%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1.5% | 1.1% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -62.9% | 93.7% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 57.7% | 58.2% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 2.3% | 3.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -1.5% | 6.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 1.1% | 1.5% | ↓ | Bottom 37% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 93.7% | -62.9% | ↑ | Top 10% |
| Gross margin | 58.2% | 57.7% | ↑ | Top 12% |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 2.3% | ↑ | Bottom 31% |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 1.9% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.4% | -1.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.7% | — | Bottom 48% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 2.3% | — | Top 49% |
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.
- -9.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +17.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.03×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 3.36%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.36%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 2, 2026 (filed Sep 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +68.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -4.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $20.00
- Target vs current price
- +34.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 11
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 91%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | +242.5% | -11.0% | -8.7% | — | — |
| Jun 11, 2026 | +26.2% | -1.1% | -14.9% | +1.8% | +1.3% |
| Mar 26, 2026 | +9.5% | +21.9% | +29.4% | +48.4% | +24.0% |
| Dec 11, 2025 | -2.9% | -7.8% | +1.5% | +17.2% | -19.3% |
| Sep 12, 2025 | +37.5% | -0.1% | +3.3% | -17.4% | -20.9% |
| Jun 12, 2025 | +9.9% | -18.0% | -12.1% | -11.7% | -5.1% |
| Apr 10, 2025 | +18.3% | +16.1% | +23.0% | +31.3% | +18.9% |
| Dec 12, 2024 | +8.6% | -31.7% | -34.3% | -29.9% | -55.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | $0.51 | -$0.36 | +242.5% | $161.2M |
| Jun 11, 2026 | -$0.76 | -$1.03 | +26.2% | $138.2M |
| Mar 26, 2026 | $2.19 | $2.00 | +9.5% | $248.0M |
| Dec 11, 2025 | -$0.72 | -$0.70 | -2.9% | $150.2M |
| Sep 12, 2025 | -$0.45 | -$0.72 | +37.5% | $160.5M |
| Jun 12, 2025 | -$0.73 | -$0.81 | +9.9% | $138.4M |
| Apr 10, 2025 | $2.13 | $1.80 | +18.3% | $241.5M |
| Dec 12, 2024 | -$0.32 | -$0.35 | +8.6% | $149.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 12.2× | 24.0× | 19th | Top 16% |
| P/E (forward) | 13.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.4× | — | — | Top 21% |
| EV / Sales | 0.48× | — | — | Top 11% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 20.77% | — | — | Top 6% |
| Earnings yield | 8.23% | — | — | Top 16% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 9.4× – 62.8× since Aug 1, 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
- -9.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +93.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -58.3%
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
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -7.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -2.1%
- RSI (14)
- 46.3
- Relative volume
- 0.65×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 54.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 20th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.94
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.44
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -20.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -72.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2021 | Mar 20, 2026 | -88.5% | 1198 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Nov 9, 2020 | -33.8% | 19 days | 21 days (Dec 9, 2020) |
| Mar 1, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -19.6% | 17 days | 11 days (Apr 9, 2021) |
| Apr 28, 2021 | May 6, 2021 | -13.8% | 6 days | 14 days (May 26, 2021) |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Apr 14, 2021 | -13.2% | 3 days | 5 days (Apr 21, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $215.2M
- P/E (TTM)
- 12.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.22
- Revenue (TTM)
- $697.7M
- 52-week range
- $10.33 – $19.25
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $498.2M | $651.2M | $700.3M | $680.6M | $697.1M |
| Gross profit | $273.5M | $343.7M | $401.0M | $397.8M | $378.0M |
| Operating income | $40.6M | $37.0M | $30.1M | $13.6M | $5.4M |
| Net income | $47.5M | $26.5M | $23.9M | $11.6M | $4.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.86 | $1.66 | $1.45 | $0.69 | $0.28 |
| Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | Q2 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $149.9M | $241.5M | $138.4M | $160.5M | $150.2M | $248.0M | $138.2M | $161.2M |
| Net income | -$4.9M | $35.3M | -$10.8M | -$6.7M | -$10.6M | $32.1M | -$11.1M | $7.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.32 | $2.13 | -$0.73 | -$0.45 | -$0.72 | $2.19 | -$0.76 | $0.51 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $32.6M | -$21.4M | $76.4M | $39.0M | $49.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$15.1M | -$25.5M | -$29.2M | -$21.5M | -$23.1M |
| Free cash flow | $17.5M | -$46.9M | $47.2M | $17.5M | $26.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$19.9M | -$6.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $68.8M
- Total assets
- $539.0M
- Total liabilities
- $329.0M
- Total debt
- $191.0M
- Net debt
- $122.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $210.0M
As of Aug 2, 2026 (filed Sep 10, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,132,055
- Days to cover
- 8.08
- Change vs previous report
- +3.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.