Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. is a specialty retailer of residential furniture and related home furnishings. The company sells products for living rooms, bedrooms, dining rooms, home offices and other areas of the home, including upholstered furniture, case goods, mattresses, rugs, lighting and home accessories.

Founded in Atlanta in 1885 by James J. Haverty, the company operates under the Havertys name and serves customers through a network of retail stores and its e-commerce platform. Its stores are concentrated in the southern and central United States, with operations spanning multiple states across those regions. Havertys also provides interior design assistance and offers services intended to support customers throughout the furniture-buying process.

Havertys has maintained a long history of family involvement in its business and leadership. Stephen G. Burdette serves as the company’s chief executive officer, while Clarence H. Smith, a member of the Haverty family, has held senior leadership and board roles. The company’s product assortment includes both proprietary and nationally sourced merchandise designed to address a range of home furnishing styles and budgets.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $27.39 to $27.90
• 50-Day Range: $24.61 to $29.23
• 52-Week Range: $19.89 to $29.83
• Volume: 129,787 shs
• Average Volume: 128,016 shs
• Market Capitalization: $432.36 million
• P/E Ratio: 20.39
• Dividend Yield: 4.76%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Haverty Furniture Companies Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Haverty Furniture Companies scored higher than 61% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 235th out of 474 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Haverty Furniture Companies has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Haverty Furniture Companies has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 62.35%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Haverty Furniture Companies are expected to grow by 62.35% in the coming year, from $1.62 to $2.63 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Haverty Furniture Companies is 20.39, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.94.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Haverty Furniture Companies is 20.39, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 44.06.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Haverty Furniture Companies has a PEG Ratio of 1.45. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Haverty Furniture Companies has a P/B Ratio of 1.45. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.45% of the float of Haverty Furniture Companies has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Haverty Furniture Companies has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.53.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Haverty Furniture Companies has recently increased by 5.26%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Haverty Furniture Companies is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.67%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Haverty Furniture Companies has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Haverty Furniture Companies is 97.06%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Haverty Furniture Companies will have a dividend payout ratio of 50.19% next year. This indicates that Haverty Furniture Companies will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.25

News Sentiment

Haverty Furniture Companies has a news sentiment score of 0.25. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.46 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Haverty Furniture Companies this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Haverty Furniture Companies to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Haverty Furniture Companies insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $591,107.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

8.40% of the stock of Haverty Furniture Companies is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

80.57% of the stock of Haverty Furniture Companies is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/04/2026
• Record date for 9/9 Dividend: 8/25/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/9 Dividend: 8/25/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/09/2026
• Today: 9/24/2026
• Small-Cap Virtual Conference: 9/24/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Specialty Retail
• Sub-Industry: Homefurnishing Retail
• Current Symbol: NYSE:HVT
• CIK: 216085
• Web: www.havertys.com
• Phone: (404) 443-2900
• Fax: 404-443-4180
• Employees: 2,392
• Year Founded: 1885

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.36
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 20.39
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.12
• P/E Growth: 1.45
• Net Income: $19.73 million
• Net Margins: 2.93%
• Pretax Margin: 3.92%
• Return on Equity: 7.15%
• Return on Assets: 3.34%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.69
• Quick Ratio: 0.97

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $758.99 million
• Price / Sales: 0.57
• Cash Flow: $2.65 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.48
• Book Value: $19.07 per share
• Price / Book: 1.45

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 15,590,000
• Free Float: 14,284,000
• Market Cap: $432.36 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.22