NASDAQ$HOFT

Hooker Furnishings Corporation · Q3 2025 earnings

Q3 2025 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Hooker Furnishings reported Q3 2025 results impacted by multiple charges.

Hooker Furnishings' Q3 2025 results were impacted by multiple charges, but the company is encouraged by sequential quarterly improvement in core business profitability and progress in cost reduction efforts. Macro-economic improvements, such as cooling inflation and recent interest rate cuts, are expected to increase demand for furnishings.

  • Hooker Branded inventories increased nearly $11 million or 40% during the quarter compared to the previous quarter-end.
  • Home Meridian achieved a gross margin of 20.5% in the fiscal 2025 third quarter despite decreased net sales, its highest level since the acquisition in 2016.
  • Domestic Upholstery reported an operating loss of $281,000, a sequential improvement versus $1.3 million in operating losses recorded in each of the fiscal 2025 first and second quarters.
  • Cash and cash equivalents were $20.4 million at the end of the third quarter.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$104M

Previous: $117M-10.7%
EPS

-$0.39

Previous: $0.65-160.0%
Gross Margin

24.8%

No prior period
Operating Margin

-6.2%

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$2.66M

Previous: -$1.75M-51.5%
Free Cash Flow

-$6.79M

Previous: $5.29M-228.4%
Net Income

-$4.13M

Previous: $7.04M-158.7%
Operating Income

-$7.26M

Previous: $8.77M-182.8%
Gross Profit

$24M

Previous: $33.7M-28.7%
Cash & Equivalents

$20.4M

Previous: $39.8M-48.7%
Total Assets

$327M

Previous: $354M-7.8%
Stock-Based Comp

$77K

Previous: $642K-88.0%

Revenue & EPS history

Hooker Furnishings · Revenue · Quarterly

$104M

Q3 2025-10.7%vs Q3 2024
Beat estimate in 6 of 15 quarters(40%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Hooker Furnishings · $69.5M total across 3 segments · Q1 2027

  • Hooker Branded
    $35.3M
  • Domestic Upholstery
    $28.4M
  • All Other
    $5.77M

Forward guidance

The macro-economic outlook is improving, and the company will continue to focus on improvements already underway. The balance sheet, financial condition and seasoned management team should well equip the company to navigate any remaining challenges as it focuses on maximizing efficiencies with the cost reductions while simultaneously investing in expansion strategies that will position it for revenue and profitability growth when demand fully returns.

Tailwinds

  • Key economic indicators that impact furniture sales have been trending positively.
  • Cooling inflation.
  • Recent interest rate cuts.
  • Strategic inventory management.
  • Reasonable capital expenditures.

Headwinds

  • Macro-economic challenges.
  • Furniture retail challenges.
  • Longer than typical lunar new year holiday in Vietnam.
  • Expected longer post-holiday ramp up period driven by the extended holiday and by lower production demand in Vietnam.
  • Possible US port strike in January 2025.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q3 2025

Historical avgQ3 2025

-0.3%

Avg return

Earnings day

+0.4%

Avg return

5 days after

-0.6%

Avg return

30 days after

50%

33 / 66 earnings

Positive

+23.1%

Q4 2017

Best reaction

-22.6%

Q1 2020

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2027+22.2%+23.3%
Q4 2026-13.5%-7.4%-9.7%
Q3 2026-4.4%+0.1%+8.3%
Q2 2026-1.1%-7.5%-18.5%
Q1 2026-1.0%+0.6%+3.8%
Q4 2025+14.8%+21.5%+28.8%
Q3 2025-7.4%-7.1%-25.3%
Q2 2025+1.2%+3.7%+8.1%
Q1 2025-14.9%-15.2%-24.0%
Q4 2024-10.7%-11.9%-11.1%
Q3 2024+15.7%+17.9%+20.1%
Q2 2024-12.1%-10.3%-11.5%
Q1 2024+3.6%+7.5%+12.0%
Q4 2023-5.5%-4.5%-2.2%
Q3 2023+3.7%+1.4%+11.5%
Q2 2023-1.0%-0.1%-14.1%
Q1 2023-5.0%-8.3%-7.8%
Q4 2022+0.8%-0.1%-6.3%
Q3 2022-7.6%-8.6%-9.9%
Q2 2022-9.9%-10.2%-13.1%
Q1 2022+7.4%+6.8%-7.9%
Q4 2021-6.7%-6.4%+3.0%
Q3 2021+1.4%+2.5%-1.9%
Q2 2021+6.8%+5.9%+1.7%
Q1 2021+1.6%+1.8%+7.7%
Q4 2020-11.2%-14.8%-17.2%
Q3 2020+1.2%+2.6%+5.4%
Q2 2020+4.7%+14.2%+16.7%
Q1 2020-22.6%-26.2%-20.7%
Q4 2019-5.2%-5.8%-4.6%
Q3 2019+1.5%+3.1%+3.1%
Q2 2019-10.3%-13.1%-27.9%
Q1 2019+21.3%+23.4%+27.0%
Q4 2018+5.9%+3.6%+0.8%
Q3 2018-14.0%-19.8%-21.3%
Q2 2018+10.3%+6.6%+19.0%
Q1 2018-7.5%-5.5%-8.0%
Q4 2017+23.1%+30.7%+45.3%
Q3 2017+9.5%+21.5%+27.9%
Q2 2017+6.8%+3.8%+2.7%
Q1 2017-6.7%-2.1%-12.8%
Q4 2016-19.9%
Q3 2016-5.5%
Q2 2016-3.9%
Q1 2016+3.9%
Q4 2015+14.1%
Q3 2015+4.6%
Q2 2015+0.3%
Q1 2015+18.2%
Q4 2014-0.7%
Q3 2014+0.6%
Q2 2014-3.6%
Q1 2014-6.9%
Q4 2013+3.7%
Q3 2013+2.0%
Q2 2013+4.1%
Q1 2013-0.1%
Q4 2012+5.0%
Q3 2012-0.3%
Q2 2012+4.9%
Q1 2011-5.7%
Q1 2012-3.5%
Q4 2011-8.2%
Q2 2011-8.2%
Q3 2011+1.1%
Q4 2010+1.1%

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