---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-024107"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETD"
cik: "0000896156"
company_name: "ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC"
filed_at: "2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T14:43:21.430356+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.78
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ethan Allen reports Q4 sales down 10%, EPS $0.72 vs $0.99; declares $0.40 special dividend

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $168.6M (-10% YoY); full-year sales $646.2M (-18.3%).
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.72 (Q4) and $2.49 (full year), down from $0.99 and $4.13.
- Cash and investments $195.8M, no debt; declared $0.40 special plus $0.39 regular dividend.
- CEO Farooq Kathwari extended as Chairman, President and CEO through June 2027.
- Retail written orders down 1.3% in Q4; wholesale orders up 0.4%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-024107
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETD
- cik: 0000896156
- company_name: ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC
- filed_at: 2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.78
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/896156/000143774924024107/0001437749-24-024107-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/896156/000143774924024107/eth20240731_8k.htm

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