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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000057131-25-000096"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LZB"
cik: "0000057131"
company_name: "LA-Z-BOY INC"
filed_at: "2025-11-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T18:58:06.282270+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# La-Z-Boy posts Q2 sales $522M, EPS flat at $0.71; completes 15-store acquisition and raises dividend 10%

## Summary
- Q2 sales $522M (+0.3% YoY); GAAP EPS $0.70, adjusted EPS $0.71 (flat YoY).
- Retail written sales +4%; same-store sales -2% (sequential improvement); opened 15 stores in 12 months.
- Wholesale sales +2% to $369M; operating margin 7.9% GAAP (8.1% adjusted) with 160bps warranty benefit.
- Completed 15-store acquisition (est. $80M annual Retail sales); announced exit of non-core casegoods/upholstery and UK plant closure.
- Dividend raised 10% to $0.242/share (5th yr double-digit increase); Q3 guidance sales $525-545M, adj. op. margin 5.0-6.5%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000057131-25-000096
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LZB
- cik: 0000057131
- company_name: LA-Z-BOY INC
- filed_at: 2025-11-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57131/000005713125000096/0000057131-25-000096-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57131/000005713125000096/lzb-20251118.htm

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