LA-Z-BOY INC · Household Furniture

LZB

Low riskNext report: Around Nov 17 (est.)

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The short version

A profitable company with steady sales.

Going well

Profitable every year for 10 years
Brings in more cash than it spends
Buying back shares: share count down 4.4% in 3 years

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 0.1% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (147 bought, 100 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$29.63-1.2% that day

Company value: $1.2B; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 15.0x; You pay about $15 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 0.56x; Company value is 0.56 times a year of sales
Dividend yield: 2.6%; Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
Cash vs value: 23%; Cash as a share of company value

From LZB's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jul '26

$475.7M-3.4% vs a year earlier

Oct '23Tap a barJul '26

Last 12 months: $2.1B, up 0.2% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 4.2% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of LZB. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth0% a yearRecently: +0.2% a yearProfit margin4%Last 12 months: 3.9%P/E at the end15xToday: 15.0x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change-1% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$2.1B

Profit in 5 years$84M

Price these guesses point to$33.24+12% vs $29.63 todayAbout +2.3% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 4% margin and a 15x P/E, sales could shrink about 2.3% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

4/6Mixed

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.9.9%
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.4.8%
PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$127.8M
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-4.4% in 3 years
PassGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.44.0%

Revenue: $2.1B; +0.8% vs prior year
5-year growth: +4.2%/yr; revenue, per year
Current ratio: 1.66x; short-term assets / bills due
Free cash flow: $127.8M; 6.0% of revenue

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: debt under half of equity. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.

Latest quarter

Quarter ended Jul 25, 2026

Reported Aug 18

Revenue: $475.7M; -3.4% YoY
EPS: -$0.06; vs $0.44
Op. margin: -0.4%; -4.9 pts
Gross margin: 43.9%; +1.4 pts
Free cash flow: -$7.6M
Share count: -3.5%; vs a year ago

Insider rating

Last 90 days

No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.

Weekly insider trend

No trades to chart yet.

Filing buzz

Last 7 days vs normal

0/ 100

This week: 0
Normal week: 1.2
vs normal: 0.0x

SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.

Institutional ownership

Steady+0.1%

Institutions added 0.1% to their holdings. 147 bought, 100 sold.

Shares held by institutions40.7M

Sep '24Jun '26

Safety check

From SEC filings

Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years

-2.4%

Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn

Cash flow positive

Shares outstandingLatest reported

40M

Earnings reports

Last 12

Next reportAround Nov 17 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year

Results filedAug 18
Results filedJun 16
Results filedFeb 17
Results filedNov 18, 2025
Results filedAug 19, 2025

Flags and big holders

Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days

No offerings, red flags or new big holders. Clean record.

Insider trades

Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days

No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.

"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.

Latest filings

Straight from SEC EDGAR

SoldRobert Ii SundyPresident, Retail

5,000 shares at $30.85 · $154K

-8% of holdings
Now owns 59,297 shares
Not a pre-planned sale
Filed 4 days after trade

Sep 10Form 4 ↗

Planned insider saleSep 10 · Form 144 ↗

SoldJanet KerrDirector

3,653 shares at $31.75 · $116K

-47% of holdings
Now owns 4,125 shares
Pre-planned sale (10b5-1)
Filed 1 day after trade

Sep 8Form 4 ↗

Planned insider saleSep 8 · Form 144 ↗

Stock awardMatt BaerDirector

4,125 shares

+73% of holdings
Now owns 9,808 shares
Filed 4 days after trade

Aug 27Form 4 ↗

Stock awardWilliam C BoorDirector

4,125 shares

+169% of holdings
Now owns 6,573 shares
Filed 4 days after trade

Aug 27Form 4 ↗

Stock awardRaza Syed HaiderDirector

4,125 shares

+35% of holdings
Now owns 15,766 shares
Filed 4 days after trade

Aug 27Form 4 ↗

Stock awardJanet KerrDirector

4,125 shares

+113% of holdings
Now owns 7,778 shares
Filed 4 days after trade

Aug 27Form 4 ↗

Insider tradeAug 31 · Form 4 ↗Insider tradeAug 31 · Form 4 ↗Insider tradeAug 31 · Form 4 ↗Insider tradeAug 31 · Form 4 ↗Insider tradeAug 31 · Form 4 ↗Shareholder vote resultsAug 26 · Form 8-K ↗Earnings resultsAug 18 · Form 8-K ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR filings. For informational purposes. Not investment advice.

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