La-Z-Boy (LZB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

La-Z-Boy Incorporated is a residential furniture manufacturer and retailer best known for its upholstered recliners. The company offers a broad range of furniture for living rooms, family rooms, bedrooms and other areas of the home, including recliners, sofas, sectionals, chairs, ottomans, tables, beds and complementary home furnishings.

Founded in 1927 in Monroe, Michigan, La-Z-Boy built its reputation around its reclining chair and has expanded into a full-service home furnishings company. Its portfolio includes the La-Z-Boy brand, as well as England Furniture and Joybird, which serves customers seeking upholstered furniture with customizable designs and materials.

La-Z-Boy serves customers through a combination of company-owned furniture stores, independent furniture retailers, online channels and wholesale distribution. Its La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries provide design assistance, furniture sales and delivery services in communities across the United States, while the company also serves customers in selected international markets through retail and distribution partners. Melinda D. Whittington serves as the company’s president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $29.32 to $30.15
• 50-Day Range: $29.57 to $42.08
• 52-Week Range: $29.03 to $44.90
• Volume: 845,448 shs
• Average Volume: 797,549 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.20 billion
• P/E Ratio: 15.19
• Dividend Yield: 3.24%
• Price Target: $39.50
• Consensus Rating: Hold

La-Z-Boy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

La-Z-Boy scored higher than 87% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 136th out of 481 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: 3.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

La-Z-Boy has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.40, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

La-Z-Boy has a consensus price target of $39.50, representing about 32.0% upside from its current price of $29.92.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

La-Z-Boy has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 13.44%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for La-Z-Boy are expected to grow by 13.44% in the coming year, from $2.53 to $2.87 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of La-Z-Boy is 15.19, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.92.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of La-Z-Boy is 15.19, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 44.08.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

La-Z-Boy has a PEG Ratio of 1.10. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

La-Z-Boy has a P/B Ratio of 1.17. 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

5.04% of the float of La-Z-Boy has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

La-Z-Boy has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.65, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in La-Z-Boy has recently increased by 0.63%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

La-Z-Boy pays a meaningful dividend of 3.16%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

La-Z-Boy has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of La-Z-Boy is 49.24%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, La-Z-Boy will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.80% next year. This indicates that La-Z-Boy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.45

News Sentiment

La-Z-Boy has a news sentiment score of 0.45. 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 0.55 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for La-Z-Boy this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added La-Z-Boy to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, La-Z-Boy insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,067,824.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.12% of the stock of La-Z-Boy is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

99.62% of the stock of La-Z-Boy is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/18/2026
• Record date for 9/15 Dividend: 9/03/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend: 9/03/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/15/2026
• Today: 9/25/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/17/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 4/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Household Durables
• Sub-Industry: Home Furnishings
• Current Symbol: NYSE:LZB
• CIK: 57131
• Web: www.la-z-boy.com
• Phone: (734) 242-1444
• Fax: 734-457-2005
• Employees: 10,200
• Year Founded: 1927

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for La-Z-Boy: $39.50
• High Price Target: $40.00
• Low Price Target: $39.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +32.0%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.40
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.97
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 15.19
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.83
• P/E Growth: 1.1
• Net Income: $101.99 million
• Net Margins: 3.86%
• Pretax Margin: 5.25%
• Return on Equity: 11.79%
• Return on Assets: 6.12%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.66
• Quick Ratio: 1.14

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.13 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.56
• Cash Flow: $6.62 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.52
• Book Value: $25.61 per share
• Price / Book: 1.17

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 40,050,000
• Free Float: 38,803,000
• Market Cap: $1.20 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.23