NASDAQ$HOFT
Hooker Furnishings Corporation · Q4 2024 earnings
Q4 2024 earnings · · Investor relations
Briefing
Hooker Furnishings reported improved profitability due to restructuring and strategic investments.
Hooker Furnishings reported its Q4 and full year fiscal 2024 results, highlighting improved profitability and balance sheet strength despite a challenging year marked by soft demand and macroeconomic volatility. The company focused on restructuring its HMI business, made strategic investments, and continued its dividend payments.
- Hooker Branded net sales decreased by 27.3% due to soft demand, though incoming orders remained flat.
- Home Meridian (HMI) net sales decreased by 35%, but incoming orders more than doubled due to efforts to strengthen product offerings.
- Domestic Upholstery net sales decreased by 16.2%, but incoming orders increased across all four divisions.
- Cash and cash equivalents increased by $24.2 million from the prior year-end, and inventory levels decreased by $34.9 million.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
Hooker Furnishings · Revenue · Quarterly
$96.8M
Revenue by segment
Hooker Furnishings · $69.5M total across 3 segments · Q1 2027
- Hooker Branded$35.3M—50.9%
- Domestic Upholstery$28.4M—40.8%
- All Other$5.77M—8.3%
Forward guidance
Home furnishings industry demand is exceptionally soft, and year-to-date consolidated orders are down in the mid-single digits. The company is cautiously optimistic for later this year and beyond and is confident they’ve made the right strategic investments.
Tailwinds
- Easing of inflation from 2023 highs.
- Likely interest rate cuts later in the year.
- Recent strong existing home sales.
- Growth in building permits.
- Growth in single-family housing starts and completions.
Headwinds
- Home furnishings industry demand is exceptionally soft.
- Year-to-date consolidated orders are down in the mid-single digits as compared to the same prior-year period.
- Economic indicators are mixed.
- US Consumer confidence has shown no real trend to the upside or downside.
- Current economic volatility until consumer confidence improves and demand returns
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 Q4 2024
-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
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (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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