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Haverty Furniture (Haverty Furniture) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 2.53 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Haverty Furniture's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $37.4 Mil. Haverty Furniture's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $180.4 Mil. Haverty Furniture's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $85.9 Mil. Haverty Furniture's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.53.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Haverty Furniture's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

HVT' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.82   Med: 1.44   Max: 3.9
Current: 2.54

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Haverty Furniture was 3.90. The lowest was 0.82. And the median was 1.44.

HVT's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
52.39% of 838 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.67 vs HVT: 2.54

Haverty Furniture Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Haverty Furniture's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Haverty Furniture Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.76 3.90 1.71 1.64 2.54

Haverty Furniture Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.55 2.96 2.76 2.12 2.53

Competitive Comparison

For the Home Improvement Retail subindustry, Haverty Furniture's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Haverty Furniture Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Haverty Furniture's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Haverty Furniture's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Haverty Furniture Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Haverty Furniture's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(37.357 + 180.397) / 85.883
=2.54

Haverty Furniture's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(37.357 + 180.397) / 85.94
=2.53

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Haverty Furniture  (NYSE:HVT) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Haverty Furniture Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Haverty Furniture (Haverty Furniture) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
780 Johnson Ferry Road, Suite 800, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30342
Haverty Furniture Companies Inc is a specialty retailer of residential furniture and accessories. It provides various products such as Sofa Tables, Sleepers, End Tables, Cocktail Tables, Accent Pieces, Display Cabinets, Wall Decor, Florals and Tress, and other related products. The company operates primarily in the Southern and Midwestern U.S. All its activities are encompassed in its Merchandise division. The company derives the majority of its revenue from its upholstery products and, secondarily, from bedroom furniture.
Executives
John Linwood Gill officer: Vice President, Operations 780 JOHNSON FERRY ROAD, NE, SUITE 800, ATLANTA GA 30157
Rawson Jr Haverty director, officer: Senior Vice President
Vicki R Palmer director PO BOX 723040, ATLANTA GA 30339
Mylle H Mangum director 3231 S E SIXTH AVENUE, TOPEKA KS 66607
Richard B Hare officer: Executive Vice President & CFO CARMIKE CINEMAS INC, 1301 FIRST AVENUE, COLUMBUS GA 31901
Clarence H Smith director, officer: President & CEO 780 JOHNSON FERRY RD., SUITE 800, ATLANTA GA 30342
Steven G Burdette officer: Senior Vice President
Jenny H Parker officer: Vice Pres., Secy. & Treas.
Michael R Cote director 1 CONCOURSE PARKWAY, SUITE 500, ATLANTA GA 30328
Kelly Allen Fladger officer: SVP, Chief HR Officer 780 JOHNSON FERRY ROAD, NE, SUITE 800, ATLANTA GA 30342
Alfredo Trujillo director
J Edward Clary officer: Chief Information Officer
Derek Gordon Schiller director 780 JOHNSON FERRY ROAD, NE, SUITE 800, ATLANTA GA 30342
G. Thomas Hough director P.O. BOX 407, LAKELAND FL 33802
Helen Berry Bautista officer: Vice President, Marketing 780 JOHNSON FERRY ROAD, SUITE 800, ATLANTA GA 30342

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