---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000216085-22-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HVT"
cik: "0000216085"
company_name: "HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T02:13:01.655038+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Havertys Q1 EPS $1.11 vs $1.04; sales +1% to $238.9M; gross margin 59.0%

## Summary
- Consolidated sales $238.9M, up 1% YoY; comp-store sales +0.2%; written comp-store sales fell 9.6%.
- Diluted EPS $1.11, up from $1.04; net income flat at $19.4M; share repurchases $12.5M boosted EPS.
- Gross profit margin 59.0% vs 57.1%; raised full-year margin guidance to 57.7%-58.0%.
- Operating cash flow $20.6M; $169.1M cash, no funded debt; capital expenditures planned $37M for 2022.
- Management cites significant March decline in in-store traffic and written business due to inflation and geopolitical concerns.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000216085-22-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HVT
- cik: 0000216085
- company_name: HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000021608522000010/0000216085-22-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000021608522000010/hvt8k5222.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000216085-22-000010
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000216085-22-000010.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000216085-22-000010.txt

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