Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT) Stock

HAVERTYS HVT is still struggling as the housing market remains in a recession. Will earnings finally turn around in 2025 for this Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell)?

ATLANTA, GA / ACCESSWIRE / November 8, 2024 / HAVERTYS (NYSE:HVT, HVT.A) announced today that its board of directors declared a cash dividend to be paid on the outstanding shares of the two classes of $1 par value common stock of the company at a rate of $0.32 per share on the common stock and $0.30 per share on the Class A common stock. The dividend is payable on December 12, 2024, to stockholders of record at the close of business on November 26, 2024.

Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. (NYSE:HVT ) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call October 31, 2024 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Richard Hare - Chief Financial Officer Clarence Smith - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Steve Burdette - President Conference Call Participants Michael Legg - The Benchmark Company Anthony Lebiedzinski - Sidoti & Company Cristina Fernandez - Telsey Advisory Group Operator Greetings, and welcome to the Haverty's Third Quarter 2024 Earnings Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.

Haverty Furniture (HVT) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.29 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.48 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.02 per share a year ago.

Haverty Furniture, a premium retailer with 120 stores, offers dual-class shares: HVT for liquidity and dividends, HVT.A for superior voting rights and flexibility to convert to HVT. Haverty appears to have lost market share this year, with its sales decline in H1 coming in at 2.2x the sales decline of the home furniture and furnishing market. Despite challenging market conditions, Haverty's gross margins remain stable, are expected to stay that way on account of its premium positioning, and stable inventory position.

ATLANTA, GA / ACCESSWIRE / August 9, 2024 / HAVERTYS (NYSE:HVT)(NYSE:HVT.A) announced today that its board of directors declared a cash dividend to be paid on the outstanding shares of the two classes of $1 par value common stock of the company at a rate of $0.32 per share on the common stock and $0.30 per share on the Class A common stock. The dividend is payable on September 11, 2024, to stockholders of record at the close of business on August 26, 2024.

Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. (NYSE:HVT ) Q2 2024 Results Conference Call August 1, 2024 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Richard Hare - Chief Financial Officer Clarence Smith - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Steve Burdette - President Conference Call Participants Anthony Lebiedzinski - Sidoti Cristina Fernandez - Telsey Advisory Group Budd Bugatch - Water Tower Research Mickey Legg - The Benchmark Company Operator Greetings, and welcome to the Haverty's Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.

HAVERTYS (NYSE:HVT)(NYSE:HVT.A) has promoted Greg Davis to senior vice president of information technology, where he will oversee the company's technology systems and help achieve its strategic objectives. Davis will be reporting to Clarence Smith, who is the chairman and CEO of Havertys.

Haverty Furniture (HVT) reported quarterly earnings of $0.14 per share, falling short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.33 per share. This is a decrease from earnings of $0.74 per share in the same quarter last year.