---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-010875"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HVT"
cik: "0000216085"
company_name: "HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T00:56:38.371796+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Havertys Q4 EPS $0.51 vs $0.49; sales up 9.5%; board authorizes $15M buyback

## Summary
- Q4 diluted EPS $0.51 vs $0.49; revenue $201.9M (+9.5%) comp-store sales +8.2%.
- FY 2025 EPS $1.19 flat; revenue $759.0M (+5.0%); pre-tax income $26.8M ($26.2M prior).
- Board approved additional $15M share repurchase authorization; total remaining $18.3M.
- Plans to enter Pennsylvania (18th state) with five new stores in 2026; capex guided $33.5M.
- 2026 guidance: gross margin 60.5%-61.0%, SG&A fixed $307-309M; no debt, $131.9M cash.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-010875
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HVT
- cik: 0000216085
- company_name: HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/216085/000162828026010875/0001628280-26-010875-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000162828026010875/hvt-20260224.htm

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