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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000216085-24-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HVT"
cik: "0000216085"
company_name: "HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-10-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T08:38:30.659715+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Havertys Q3 EPS plunges 72% to $0.29; sales -20.2% to $176M

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $0.29 vs $1.02; net income $4.9M vs $17.2M.
- Sales $175.9M (-20.2%); comp-store sales -20.5%; total written business -15.3%.
- Gross margin 60.2% (down 60bps); SG&A 57.4% of sales vs 51.1% as costs dropped $11.8M.
- FY24 guidance: gross margin 60.0-60.5%; fixed SG&A cut to $279-$281M; tax rate raised to 28%.
- No debt; $127.4M cash; four new stores planned in Q4 to end year with 129 locations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000216085-24-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HVT
- cik: 0000216085
- company_name: HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000021608524000018/0000216085-24-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000021608524000018/hvt8k103024.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000216085-24-000018.txt

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