Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. (HVT) Stock

Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. (HVT) is a Consumer Discretionary stock trading at $24.91 (as of 2026-07-24), with a market capitalization of $371.69M and a trailing P/E of 10.7. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. is a U.S. specialty retailer of residential furniture and accessories. It sells Havertys-branded furniture merchandise and custom upholstery, plus mattresses under several brand names (Sealy, Stearns & Foster, Tempur-Pedic, and Serta) and a private-label offering, through retail showrooms and its website.

Understand Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.: how it makes money

Haverty Furniture sells residential furniture and related home furnishings through its Havertys brand, plus custom upholstery and mattress products (including Sealy, Stearns and Foster, Tempur-Pedic, Serta, and private label Skye), via retail showrooms and its website, and it makes money primarily from furniture sales recognized as net sales and related revenue items.

The profit engine is the conversion from written orders into delivered sales, because operating KPIs track written business and delivery speed (including whether markets deliver within one week) along with sales mix by product category (case goods, upholstery, and mattresses), which together drive when demand becomes recognized revenue.

Revenue by segment (latest quarter)
Net Sales	$0.2B
Anniversary Email Rev	$0.0B

Business quality (Weak): The KPI set links demand to fulfillment with multiple conversion and timing indicators (written business, delivered sales, closing percentage, delivery speed) and includes product mix shares, but segment detail in the provided facts is limited mainly to Net Sales plus a small email revenue item.

Valuation: At 18× earnings, HVT trades in line with the Retail average (19×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

Delivery speed is strong: Markets Delivering Within One Week is 90 percent, which supports faster conversion of demand into Delivered Sales.
Category mix is diversified: Case Goods Share of Deliveries and Sales is 35.0 percent, Upholstery Share of Deliveries and Sales is 42.6 percent, and Mattresses Share of Deliveries and Sales is 8.3 percent.

Bear case

Demand conversion is showing weakness in written business: Written Business is negative at -6.2 percent, which can indicate fewer orders translating into future delivery revenue.
Seasonal written demand softness: Written Sales Decline for Labor Day is 16.0 percent, which can pressure future delivery volumes if weakness persists.
Order backlog timing risk: Average Age of Undelivered Orders is 11.0 (count), which can imply delivery or fulfillment timing issues if it rises.

Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price	$24.91
Market Cap	$371.69M
P/E Ratio	10.7
EV / EBITDA	5.0
Price / Book	1.21
Price / Sales	0.48
Dividend Yield	5.6%
FCF Yield	6.2%

Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)	$759.00M
Net Margin	2.6%
Return on Equity	6.6%
Current Ratio	1.84
Revenue Growth (YoY)	4.1%
FCF Growth (YoY)	-36600.0%

Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score	3.08 (safe)

Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E	10.7
Sector P/E (Consumer Discretionary)	21.6
Industry P/E (Retail)	18.8
vs Sector	-50.3%
vs Industry	-43.0%

Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional Holder	BlackRock Fund Advisors ($37.47M)
Institutional Holders Tracked	10

Company
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
Industry	Retail
CEO	Steven G. Burdette
Employees	2,334
Country	US
IPO Date	1980-03-17

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Data as of 2026-07-24.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.