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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000216085-23-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HVT"
cik: "0000216085"
company_name: "HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T07:21:24.921678+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Havertys reports record Q4 sales $280.6M, EPS $1.42; FY sales $1.047B, EPS $5.24

## Summary
- Q4 diluted EPS $1.42 vs $1.35; consolidated sales up 5.5% to $280.6M; comp-store sales up 5.8%.
- FY 2022 EPS $5.24 vs $4.90; record sales $1,047.2M (+3.4%); gross profit margin 57.7% (record).
- Returned $63.9M to shareholders: $30M share repurchases, $17.8M quarterly dividends, $16.1M special dividend.
- 2023 guidance: gross profit margin 58.0%-58.5%; fixed SG&A $292-295M; capex ~$28M; plan to open 5 stores, close 1.
- No funded debt; cash and equivalents $129.9M at Dec 31, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000216085-23-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HVT
- cik: 0000216085
- company_name: HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000021608523000002/0000216085-23-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000021608523000002/hvt8k22123.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000216085-23-000002.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC updated its the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022 guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 21, 2023, Havertys issued a press release regarding its results of operations for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000021608523000002/0000216085-23-000002-index.htm

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