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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000216085-25-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HVT"
cik: "0000216085"
company_name: "HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T06:35:37.416610+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Havertys Q4 EPS falls to $0.49 from $0.90; full-year sales down 16%

## Summary
- Q4 diluted EPS $0.49 vs $0.90; net income $8.2M vs $15.0M.
- Q4 sales $184.4M, down 12.5%; comparable store sales down 13.7%.
- Full-year 2024 diluted EPS $1.19 vs $3.36; sales $722.9M, down 16.1%.
- Gross profit margin expected 60.0%-60.5% for 2025, below 2024's 60.7%.
- Returned $25.5M to shareholders via dividends and buybacks; no debt, $80M credit line.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000216085-25-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HVT
- cik: 0000216085
- company_name: HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000021608525000002/0000216085-25-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000021608525000002/hvt8k22425.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000216085-25-000002.txt

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