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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-052124"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HVT"
cik: "0000216085"
company_name: "HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-08-04T10:46:33+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-04T10:50:11.487519+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Havertys Q2 EPS $0.32 vs $0.16; sales up 7.7% to $194.9M; comp-store sales +8.0%

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $0.32 vs $0.16; net income $5.3M vs $2.7M; sales $194.9M (+7.7% YoY).
- Gross margin 61.4% (incl. $1.5M tariff refunds); ex-refunds 60.7% vs 60.8% last year.
- Repurchased 723k shares for $16.6M, including 600k shares in private transaction for $13.9M.
- 2026 guidance: gross margin 60.5-61.0% unchanged; variable SG&A raised to 18.7-18.9%; capex raised to ~$34M.
- Opened two stores; plans five more and one relocation; entering Pittsburgh; store count to reach 133.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-052124
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HVT
- cik: 0000216085
- company_name: HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-08-04T10:46:33+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/216085/000162828026052124/0001628280-26-052124-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000162828026052124/hvt-20260804.htm

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