Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. filings document the public-company reporting of a specialty home furnishings retailer with NYSE-listed common stock and Class A common stock. Form 8-K reports furnish quarterly and annual operating results through press-release exhibits, including sales activity, gross margin discussion, working-capital items, inventory, customer deposits, and related financial updates.
The company’s proxy materials describe annual meeting matters, board composition, director elections, executive compensation, equity awards, and governance practices. Other current reports disclose director appointments and related governance information, while cover-page data and exhibits identify the company’s Maryland incorporation, security classes, and Exchange Act reporting status.
Smith Edward Kendrick reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC director stock award: Director Edward Kendrick Smith received an award of 892 shares of common stock on 2026-02-26 at a reference price of $23.91 per share. A footnote states this represents a portion of his annual retainer paid in stock under the Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan.
After this grant, he directly holds 1,892 shares of common stock and 10,500 shares of Class A common stock. The filing reflects compensation in equity rather than an open-market purchase.
HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC director reports initial share holdings. Edward Kendrick Smith filed a Form 3 showing he directly owns 1,000 shares of Common Stock and 10,500 shares of Class A Common Stock. The filing is an initial statement of beneficial ownership and does not report any new share purchases or sales.
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. reported 2025 net sales of $758.995M, up 5.0% as targeted price increases and marketing helped offset housing-market and tariff headwinds. Comparable-store sales rose 2.1% and gross margin held at 60.7%.
Net income was $19.73M versus $19.96M in 2024, with diluted EPS steady at $1.19. SG&A was 57.9% of sales, roughly flat as higher advertising, compensation and occupancy were balanced by distribution efficiencies. The company ended the year with 129 stores, no funded debt, and strong cash and lease-adjusted balance sheet metrics.
Havertys reported solid fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results, combining higher sales with stable earnings and a strong balance sheet. Fourth quarter 2025 sales rose to $201.9 million, up 9.5% from 2024, with comparable store sales up 8.2% and diluted EPS increasing to $0.51 from $0.49. Full-year 2025 sales grew 5.0% to $759.0 million, while diluted EPS held at $1.19. Gross margin was 60.7% for the year, and excluding LIFO effects, improved to 61.3% from 60.6%.
The company ended 2025 with $131.9 million in cash, no debt, and generated $32.9 million in free cash flow. It returned $25.6 million to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases and announced a new $15.0 million stock repurchase authorization, leaving $18.3 million available as of February 24, 2026. Management plans five store openings in 2026, entry into Pittsburgh, and expects 2026 gross margin between 60.5% and 61.0%, with SG&A and capex increasing mainly from growth and inflation, while noting tariff changes could materially affect results.
Havertys Furniture Companies, Inc. reported that its Board of Directors elected E. Kendrick Smith as a director, effective February 17, 2026. His term will run until the company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, increasing the Board size to eleven members.
Mr. Smith is a veteran trial lawyer with more than 40 years of experience in complex business and tort litigation and has previously served as Havertys’ primary outside counsel for nearly a decade. He is the brother of Clarence H. Smith, the company’s Executive Chairman, and will serve as a non‑independent, non‑management director. He will receive the company’s standard non‑employee director compensation on a pro rata basis. Havertys also issued a press release on January 29, 2026 announcing his election.
Haverty Furniture Companies Inc. executive vice president of merchandising Gill John Linwood reported an equity compensation grant and updated holdings. On January 22, 2026, he received 4,677 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) 2026 at a price of $0. These RSUs were granted on January 22, 2026 and vest ratably over three years beginning May 8, 2027, with each RSU converting into one share of common stock upon vesting.
The filing also updates previously granted RSUs and Performance RSUs. As of this report, Linwood holds RSUs from 2023–2025 and PRSUs tied to EBITDA and consolidated sales performance for the years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2024. He additionally reports direct ownership of 19,158 shares of Common Stock and 17,500 shares of Class A Common Stock.
Haverty Furniture Companies executive Richard B. Hare, EVP and CFO, reported an equity compensation grant and updated stock-based holdings. On January 22, 2026, he received 5,970 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs 2026) at a price of $0 per unit, each representing one share of common stock upon vesting. These RSUs vest ratably over three years beginning May 8, 2027.
Following this grant, he directly holds 23,497 shares of Common Stock and 10,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, along with multiple prior RSU and Performance RSU awards tied to EBITDA and consolidated sales performance for 2023 and 2024, with vesting dates in 2026 and 2027.
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. reported that President and CEO Steven G. Burdette received a new equity award in the form of 11,190 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) on January 22, 2026. The RSUs were granted at a price of $0 per unit and will vest in equal installments over three years beginning May 8, 2027, with each RSU converting into one share of common stock upon vesting.
Following this award, Burdette directly holds 14,743 shares of common stock and 41,030 shares of Class A common stock, along with previously granted RSUs and Performance RSUs tied to EBITDA and consolidated sales targets for 2023 and 2024 that vest in 2026 and 2027.
Haverty Furniture Companies executive chairman Clarence H. Smith reported an equity award of 2,424 restricted stock units (RSUs) dated January 22, 2026. These 2026 RSUs vest in equal installments over three years beginning May 8, 2027, and each RSU converts into one share of common stock when it vests.
The filing also lists previously granted RSUs from 2023–2025 and performance RSUs tied to EBITDA and consolidated sales for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2024, with vesting dates in February 2026 and February 2027. In addition to derivative awards and phantom stock deferred under the directors' deferred compensation plan, Smith reports direct and indirect holdings of Haverty common and Class A common stock, including shares held through a Georgia limited partnership, his spouse, and Villa Clare, LP.
Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT) director reports stock transactions and share exchange. On 12/10/2025, the reporting person exchanged 2,331 shares of Class A common stock for 2,331 shares of common stock in a transaction with the Mary E. Haverty Foundation at a reported price of $0. On 12/11/2025, an additional 7,500 Class A common shares held indirectly through H5-JRH, LLC were exchanged for 7,500 common shares, also at a reported price of $0.
Subsequently, the reporting person sold 2,331 common shares on 12/11/2025 at $24.90 per share and 7,500 common shares on 12/12/2025 at a weighted average price of approximately $24.86, with actual sale prices ranging from $24.70 to $25.14. The filing also notes ongoing indirect ownership of 8,728 common shares held as a committee of trust for the director’s daughter.