---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000057131-26-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LZB"
cik: "0000057131"
company_name: "LA-Z-BOY INC"
filed_at: "2026-08-18T20:16:32+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-18T20:17:04.494224+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# La-Z-Boy Q1 FY27: GAAP EPS -$0.06, adj EPS $0.43; retail written sales +16%

## Summary
- Sales $475.7M, down 3% YoY; ex-casegoods divestiture down 1%; GAAP op margin -0.4%, adj 3.9%.
- Retail delivered sales +10% to $229M; written same-store sales +3%, 500bps sequential improvement.
- Wholesale sales -9% to $323M (down 5% ex-divestiture); Joybird written sales -17%.
- Q2 FY27 guidance: sales $500-520M, adj op margin 4.0-5.5%; dividend $0.242/share payable 9/15/26.
- Returned $34.8M to shareholders (repurchases $25.1M, dividends $9.7M); cash $267M, no debt.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000057131-26-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LZB
- cik: 0000057131
- company_name: LA-Z-BOY INC
- filed_at: 2026-08-18T20:16:32+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57131/000005713126000034/0000057131-26-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57131/000005713126000034/lzb-20260818.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000057131-26-000034.txt

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