

Haverty Furniture is upgraded from ‘hold' to a soft ‘buy' due to strong financial performance and attractive valuation. HVT delivered 6.2% comparable sales growth and margin expansion despite industry-wide furniture sales declines and a soft housing market. Management is proactively managing inventory, leveraging AI, and expanding with six new stores, while maintaining a net cash position of $111 million and no debt.

Haverty Furniture demonstrates resilience, growing revenue 7.7% to $194.9M despite a soft housing market. Comps rose 8% and written business increased 12.6%, highlighting HVT's robust demand even in challenging conditions. I estimate fair value at $33 (EV/EBITDA) and $38 (DCF), supporting a Buy rating at the current $27.54 price.

Shares of Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. (NYSE: HVT - Get Free Report) passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Wednesday. The stock has a two hundred day moving average of $25.00 and traded as high as $27.77. Haverty Furniture Companies shares last traded at $27.4710, with a volume of 101,418 shares traded.

Haverty Furniture Companies NYSE: HVT said it is seeing continued strength in higher-ticket furniture purchases and its in-store design business, even as the company monitors freight costs, promotional activity and uncertainty around tariffs.

ATLANTA, Sept. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES, INC.


A focus on digitization, e-commerce, product innovation and new marketing techniques is encouraging for industry players like ALH, HVT and FGI despite macro headwinds.

ATLANTA, Aug. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. (NYSE: HVT and HVT.A) ("Havertys" or the "Company") today announced 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 $0.33 per share on the common stock and $0.31 per share on the Class A common stock. The dividend is payable on September 9, 2026, to stockholders of record at the close of business on August 25, 2026.