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

La-Z-Boy's stock was trading at $22.82 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, LZB stock has increased by 56.2% and is now trading at $35.65.
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La-Z-Boy saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,060,000 shares, an increase of 7.0% from the October 15th total of 2,860,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 404,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 7.6 days. Currently, 7.2% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 20th 2024.
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La-Z-Boy Incorporated (NYSE:LZB) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 30th. The company reported $0.74 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.12. The firm had revenue of $511.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $502.33 million. La-Z-Boy had a net margin of 5.68% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.87%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 16.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.05 EPS.

La-Z-Boy announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 29th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 11th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Monday, December 18th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.24%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 8th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.18.
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La-Z-Boy (NYSE:LZB) pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.04%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 28.67%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LZB will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.56% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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218 employees have rated La-Z-Boy Chief Executive Officer Kurt L. Darrow on Glassdoor.com. Kurt L. Darrow has an approval rating of 77% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other La-Z-Boy investors own include Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), NVIDIA (NVDA), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Home Depot (HD), International Business Machines (IBM), Intel (INTC), Kroger (KR), Lowe's Companies (LOW) and AT&T (T).

La-Z-Boy's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include LSV Asset Management (4.40%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (2.88%), Brown Advisory Inc. (2.36%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.77%), Schroder Investment Management Group (1.59%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.42%). Insiders that own company stock include Darrell Dewain Edwards, James P Hackett, Janet Kerr, Kurt L Darrow and Otis S Sawyer.
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