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Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-04-29

La-Z-Boy Incorporated Declares Quarterly Dividend

PR Newswire

MONROE, Mich., April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- La-Z-Boy Incorporated (NYSE: LZB), a global leader in the retail and manufacture of residential furniture, today declared a quarterly cash dividend on the company's common stock of $0.242 per share. The dividend will be paid on June 15, 2026 to shareholders of record as of June 2, 2026. About La-Z-Boy: La-Z-Boy Incorporated (NYSE: LZB) is a leading vertically integrated retailer and manufacturer of high-quality, custom furniture that transforms the home. Founded on American heritage, the iconic La-Z-Boy brand has been synonymous with comfort, quality, and craftsmanship for nearly 100 years. As an end-to-end enterprise, the company manages every aspect of its business—from retail, manufacturing, and design to distribution and after-service care. La-Z-Boy Incorporated brings timeless and modern furniture to life through a retail network of over 370 La-Z-Boy stores, including 226 company-owned locations, and its digital platform at La-Z-Boy.com. Within the Wholesale segment, the company manufactures comfortable, high quality, custom furniture, with approximately 90% of its products produced in North America. Its Joybird® brand is an omnichannel retailer and manufacturer of modern, custom upholstered furniture, operating 15 U.S. stores. With a global team of about 11,000 employees, La-Z-Boy Incorporated was named to TIME's 2026 list of America's Most Iconic Companies and Newsweek's 2025 list of America's Best Retailers, ranking No. 1 in the furniture category. The company continues to shape the way people live by delivering the transformational power of comfort. View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/la-z-boy-incorporated-declares-quarterly-dividend-302756089.html

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-04-25

Q4 Earnings Review: Consumer Discretionary - Home Furnishings Stocks Led by La-Z-Boy (NYSE:LZB)

StockStory

As the Q4 earnings season wraps, let’s dig into this quarter’s best and worst performers in the consumer discretionary - home furnishings industry, including La-Z-Boy (NYSE:LZB) and its peers. The Consumer Discretionary sector, by definition, is made up of companies selling non-essential goods and services. When economic conditions deteriorate or tastes shift, consumers can easily cut back or eliminate these purchases. For long-term investors with five-year holding periods, this creates a structural challenge: the sector is inherently hit-driven, with low switching costs and fickle customers. As a result, only a handful of companies can reliably grow demand and compound earnings over long periods, which is why our bar is high and High Quality ratings are rare. Home furnishings companies design, manufacture, and sell furniture, décor, bedding, and related household products for residential and commercial spaces. Tailwinds include e-commerce expansion enabling broader distribution, continued remote-work trends sustaining home improvement interest, and premiumization as consumers invest in living spaces. However, headwinds are considerable: demand is closely tied to housing market activity, and rising mortgage rates have slowed home sales—a key purchase trigger. Bulky products carry high shipping costs and complex logistics. Intense competition from low-cost imports and mass-market retailers compresses margins, while consumer spending on furnishings is among the first categories deferred during economic downturns. The 6 consumer discretionary - home furnishings stocks we track reported a slower Q4. As a group, revenues along with next quarter’s revenue guidance were in line with analysts’ consensus estimates. In light of this news, share prices of the companies have held steady. On average, they are relatively unchanged since the latest earnings results. The prized possession of every mancave, La-Z-Boy (NYSE:LZB) is a furniture company specializing in recliners, sofas, and seats. La-Z-Boy reported revenues of $541.6 million, up 3.8% year on year. This print exceeded analysts’ expectations by 1.1%. Despite the top-line beat, it was still a mixed quarter for the company with a decent beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates but revenue guidance for next quarter missing analysts’ expectations. Melinda D. Whittington, Board Chair, President and Chief E...

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-04-12

La Z Boy (LZB) Valuation Check After Ceasefire Talks Lift Sentiment And Earnings Beat Guidance

Simply Wall St.

Make better investment decisions with Simply Wall St's easy, visual tools that give you a competitive edge. News of U.S. Iran ceasefire discussions, which eased energy cost worries for consumer companies, coincided with a 4% move higher in La-Z-Boy (LZB). This drew fresh attention to its recent earnings beat and guidance. See our latest analysis for La-Z-Boy. While the ceasefire talks and earnings surprise helped lift sentiment in the last week, with a 7 day share price return of 6.9%, La-Z-Boy’s 90 day share price return of 12.65% and 1 year total shareholder return of 10.06% highlight that momentum has been fading recently. If this move has you reassessing your watchlist, it could be a good moment to widen your search and check out 18 top founder-led companies With La-Z-Boy trading around $33.78 and sitting roughly 32% below the consensus price target and intrinsic value estimate, the key question now is whether the recent share price pullback leaves mispricing on the table or if the market is already accounting for its future growth. At $33.78, the most followed La-Z-Boy narrative anchors fair value at $44.50, framing the recent pullback as a valuation gap that hinges on execution and capital allocation. Read the complete narrative. Want to understand why a modest tweak to margins and a future earnings multiple still supports that $44.50 fair value? The narrative leans heavily on gradual revenue expansion, higher profitability, and a richer P/E assumption to bridge the gap, with every piece of the model needing to hold together. Result: Fair Value of $44.50 (UNDERVALUED) Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts. However, there is still the risk that softer store traffic and ongoing margin pressure in newer retail locations could undercut the case for that 24.1% undervaluation. Find out about the key risks to this La-Z-Boy narrative. The earlier fair value story leans heavily on future earnings and margin expansion, but the current P/E of 16.5x sits above both the US Consumer Durables industry at 12.4x and the peer average at 12.1x, even though the fair ratio sits higher at 19.1x. That gap hints at both a cushion if sentiment improves and a risk that the market could keep marking La-Z-Boy closer to peers. Which side of that tradeoff matters more to you right now? See what the numbers say about this price — find out in...

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-02-24

5 Insightful Analyst Questions From La-Z-Boy’s Q4 Earnings Call

StockStory

La-Z-Boy’s fourth quarter results were met with a significant negative market reaction, reflecting investor concerns despite the company’s revenue and non-GAAP profit exceeding Wall Street expectations. Management attributed the quarter’s performance to robust growth in its Retail segment, aided by new store openings and a major acquisition in the Southeast. CEO Melinda Whittington acknowledged ongoing challenges in consumer demand, highlighting shifting traffic patterns and volatile trends due to both macroeconomic headwinds and adverse weather late in the quarter. She emphasized that, while some areas like the Joybird brand underperformed, strong in-store execution and higher average tickets partially offset broader industry weakness. Is now the time to buy LZB? Find out in our full research report (it’s free). Revenue: $541.6 million vs analyst estimates of $535.6 million (3.8% year-on-year growth, 1.1% beat) Adjusted EPS: $0.61 vs analyst estimates of $0.59 (2.8% beat) Adjusted EBITDA: $45.81 million vs analyst estimates of $44.45 million (8.5% margin, 3.1% beat) Revenue Guidance for Q1 CY2026 is $570 million at the midpoint, below analyst estimates of $589.1 million Operating Margin: 5.5%, down from 6.7% in the same quarter last year Locations: 917 at quarter end, up from 899 in the same quarter last year Market Capitalization: $1.44 billion While we enjoy listening to the management's commentary, our favorite part of earnings calls are the analyst questions. Those are unscripted and can often highlight topics that management teams would rather avoid or topics where the answer is complicated. Here is what has caught our attention. Robert Griffin (Raymond James): Asked about the base year for expected margin improvement from strategic initiatives. CFO Taylor Luebke clarified that the improvements should be measured from the trailing 12 months at the point of the second quarter, expecting realized savings as the macro environment stabilizes. Griffin (Raymond James): Questioned whether margin improvement savings would flow directly to the bottom line. Luebke responded that, absent major changes in the macro backdrop, the company intends for these savings to be realized in profitability. Griffin (Raymond James): Sought clarity on how increasing business agility from supply chain changes will impact La-Z-Boy’s competitive position. CEO Melinda Whittington ex...

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-02-19

La-Z-Boy (LZB) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Motley Fool

Image source: The Motley Fool. Feb. 18, 2026, 8:30 a.m. ET President and Chief Executive Officer — Melinda D. Whittington Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer — Taylor B. Luebke Vice President, Investor Relations — Mark Becks Melinda Whittington: Thanks, Mark. Good morning, everyone. Yesterday, following the close of market, we reported our strong January-ended third quarter results. These results are proof that we continue to strengthen our enterprise and increase the agility of our business. Highlights for our third quarter included total delivered sales of $542 million, up 4% versus prior year. In our Retail segment, both written and delivered sales increased 11% versus prior year. And we opened 4 new company-owned stores during the quarter, bringing us to 16 new company-owned stores in the last 12 months and 4 closed. In our Wholesale segment, delivered sales grew 1% versus prior year. And we made continued progress on our distribution and home delivery transformation project with the completion of our Western U.S. phase of the network. Our GAAP operating margin was 5.5% and adjusted operating margin was 6.1%, coming in toward the high end of our guidance range. And we again generated strong operating cash flow of $89 million for the quarter, increasing 57% versus last year's comparable period. Amid the ongoing challenging consumer environment, we continue to create our own momentum, led by retail expansion. As I noted, total written sales for our company-owned Retail segment increased 11% versus last year's third quarter, driven by new and acquired stores. Written same-store sales, which exclude the benefit of new and acquired stores, decreased 4% for the quarter. Continued challenging traffic, consistent with our industry, was partially offset by strong in-store execution, including higher conversion rates, average ticket and design sales. Within the quarter, same-store sales trends were strongest in January, turning positive versus a year ago until widespread adverse weather slowed traffic in late January and continuing into early February across much of the United States. While we don't believe these weather events will impact overall furniture demand, we do expect some timing effects carrying into our fourth quarter deliveries as consumers reengage on planned purchases. Separately, for Joybird, total written sales for our third quarter...

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-02-19

La-Z-Boy Inc (LZB) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Retail Growth Amidst Challenges

GuruFocus.com

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Total Delivered Sales: $542 million, up 4% versus prior year. Retail Segment Sales: Increased 11% to $252 million. Wholesale Segment Sales: Increased 1% to $367 million. Joybird Sales: Decreased 13% in written sales; delivered sales down 3% to $36 million. GAAP Operating Margin: 5.5%. Adjusted Operating Margin: 6.1%. Operating Cash Flow: $89 million, up 57% versus last year. Diluted EPS: $0.52 GAAP; $0.61 adjusted. New Store Openings: 4 new company-owned stores in the quarter; 16 new stores in the last 12 months. Store Closures: 4 closed in the last 12 months. Same-Store Sales: Written same-store sales decreased 4%. Cash and Debt: $306 million in cash; no externally funded debt. Capital Expenditures: $18 million in the quarter. Shareholder Returns: $55 million returned through dividends and share repurchases year to date. Tax Rate: 31.3% for the third quarter. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 4 Warning Signs with LZB. Is LZB fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Release Date: February 18, 2026 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. La-Z-Boy Inc (NYSE:LZB) reported a 4% increase in total delivered sales, reaching $542 million for the third quarter. The Retail segment saw an 11% increase in both written and delivered sales, with the addition of four new company-owned stores. The company generated strong operating cash flow of $89 million, a 57% increase compared to the previous year. La-Z-Boy Inc (NYSE:LZB) successfully integrated a 15-store acquisition in the Southeast region, adding $80 million in annualized retail sales. The company completed the Western US phase of its distribution and home delivery transformation project, enhancing supply chain agility. Written same-store sales in the Retail segment decreased by 4% for the quarter. Joybird's total written sales decreased by 13% compared to the previous year, reflecting volatility in this consumer segment. The Wholesale segment's adjusted operating margin decreased to 6% from 6.5% last year, impacted by investments and unfavorable foreign exchange rates. The company announced the planned closure of its UK manufacturing facility, indicating challenges in that market. Adverse weather conditions in late January and early February negatively impacted traffic and sales, with potential t...

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-02-19

La-Z-Boy Q3 Earnings Call Highlights

MarketBeat

La‑Z‑Boy reported a $542 million quarter (up 4%) with adjusted operating income of $33 million (adjusted margin 6.1%), $0.61 adjusted EPS, $89 million operating cash flow (up 57%), $306 million cash and no externally funded debt, and guided Q4 sales of $560–580 million with a 7.5–9% adjusted margin. Retail expansion drove growth—retail delivered sales rose 11% to $252 million, the company completed a record 15‑store acquisition that adds ~$80 million annualized sales, and the store network grew to 374 locations with company‑owned stores at an all‑time high of 60%, with potential to exceed 400 stores. Management is executing portfolio and supply‑chain changes—Western distribution hub completed and an Eastern hub underway (expected to lift wholesale margins by 50–75 bps and enterprise margins by ~50 bps), while exiting non‑core casegoods and closing the U.K. plant; these actions are expected to reduce annualized sales by about $30 million but improve adjusted operating margin by 75–100 bps. Interested in La-Z-Boy Incorporated? Here are five stocks we like better. Analysts Love Lovesac, But Investors Should Be Cautious La-Z-Boy (NYSE:LZB) reported fiscal 2026 third-quarter results that management characterized as “strong,” citing growth in delivered sales, continued retail expansion, and progress on several strategic actions aimed at improving the company’s long-term agility and profitability. For the January-ended fiscal third quarter, La-Z-Boy posted total delivered sales of $542 million, up 4% versus the prior year. Consolidated GAAP operating income was $30 million, while adjusted operating income was $33 million. GAAP operating margin was 5.5% and adjusted operating margin was 6.1%, which management said came in toward the high end of its guidance range. Diluted EPS was $0.52 on a GAAP basis and $0.61 on an adjusted basis. → Whale Watching: BlackRock’s Massive Bet on Nebius Group 3 Small-Cap Stocks With Room to Run Despite Tariff Headwinds CFO Taylor Luebke said changes in profitability were “largely driven by investments” in the company’s multi-year distribution and home delivery transformation project. Adjusted gross margin increased 10 basis points year over year, primarily due to a mix shift toward the retail segment, partially offset by transformation-related investments. Adjusted SG&A as a percentage of sales increased 80 basis points, driven by the...

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-02-18

La-Z-Boy Expects Adverse Weather to Hurt Current Quarter Results

The Wall Street Journal

The furniture maker guided for fiscal fourth-quarter sales of $560 million to $580 million. Analysts expect sales of $590.2 million.

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-02-18

La-Z-Boy Incorporated Q3 2026 Earnings Call Summary

Moby

Total delivered sales grew 4% driven by aggressive retail expansion, including the integration of a 15-store acquisition in the Southeast, the largest in company history. Retail segment performance was bolstered by strong in-store execution, higher conversion rates, and increased average tickets, which partially offset industry-wide traffic challenges. Management is pivoting the business toward a more agile, vertically integrated model by exiting non-core wholesale casegoods and closing a dedicated U.K. manufacturing facility. The Wholesale segment maintained momentum through strategic partnerships with major retailers like Slumberland and Rooms To Go, leveraging North American manufacturing as a competitive edge. A multi-year distribution transformation is underway, with the Western U.S. phase complete, aimed at improving delivery speed and expanding reach through centralized hubs. Joybird performance remains volatile as its younger, urban consumer base is disproportionately impacted by current macroeconomic headwinds and inflationary pressures. Fourth quarter guidance assumes a cautious macroeconomic backdrop and short-term delivery delays resulting from adverse weather events in late January and early February. The company expects to open approximately 10 new stores annually for the next several years, targeting a total network of over 400 stores to broaden brand reach. Strategic initiatives, including the casegoods exit and U.K. plant closure, are expected to deliver 75 to 100 basis points of adjusted operating margin improvement once completed. The distribution transformation project is projected to provide an additional 50 to 75 basis points of Wholesale margin improvement, or up to 50 basis points for the entire enterprise. Capital allocation will remain tilted toward internal investments in the near term, with a long-term goal of returning 50% of operating cash flow to shareholders. Signed a letter of intent to sell non-core wholesale casegoods businesses, American Drew and Kincaid, to focus resources on the core upholstery business. The planned closure of the U.K. manufacturing facility by fiscal year-end involves transitioning to alternative global sourcing to maintain service for the European market. Management flagged persistent 'choppy' consumer behavior and a bifurcated market where aspirational buyers are more price-sensitive than whole-home s...

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-02-18

La-Z-Boy (LZB) Q3 Earnings and Revenues Surpass Estimates

Zacks

La-Z-Boy (LZB) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.61 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.59 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.68 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +3.39%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this furniture company would post earnings of $0.52 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.71, delivering a surprise of +36.54%. Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates two times. La-Z-Boy, which belongs to the Zacks Furniture industry, posted revenues of $541.59 million for the quarter ended January 2026, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.46%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $521.78 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates four times over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. La-Z-Boy shares have added about 2.9% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's decline of 0.1%. While La-Z-Boy has outperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions. Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for La-Z-Boy was mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. I...

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FY2026 Q3 earnings call transcript

Earnings source - 34 paragraphs
Operator

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the La-Z-Boy Fiscal 2026 Third Quarter Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to your host, Mark Becks, Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Development at La-Z-Boy. Mark, the floor is yours.

Mark Becks

Thank you, Jenny. Good morning, everyone, and thanks for joining us to discuss our fiscal 2026 third quarter. Joining me on today's call are Melinda Whittington, La-Z-Boy Incorporated's Board Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Taylor Luebke, SVP and CFO. Melinda will open and close the call, and Taylor will speak to segment performance and the financials midway through. After our prepared remarks, we will open the line for questions. Slides will accompany this presentation, and you may view them through our webcast link, which will be available for 1 year. And a telephone replay of the call will be available for 1 week beginning this afternoon. I would like to remind you that some statements made in today's call include forward-looking statements about La-Z-Boy's future performance and other matters. Although we believe these statements to be reasonable, our actual results could differ materially. The most significant risk factors that could affect our future results are described in our annual report on Form 10-K. We encourage you to review those risk factors, as well as other key information detailed in our SEC filings. Also, our earnings release is available under the News and Events tab on the Investor Relations page of our website and includes reconciliations of certain adjusted measures, which are also included as an appendix at the end of our conference call slide deck. With that, I will now turn the call over to Melinda.

Melinda Whittington

Thanks, Mark. Good morning, everyone. Yesterday, following the close of market, we reported our strong January-ended third quarter results. These results are proof that we continue to strengthen our enterprise and increase the agility of our business. Highlights for our third quarter included total delivered sales of $542 million, up 4% versus prior year. In our Retail segment, both written and delivered sales increased 11% versus prior year. And we opened 4 new company-owned stores during the quarter, bringing us to 16 new company-owned stores in the last 12 months and 4 closed. In our Wholesale segment, delivered sales grew 1% versus prior year. And we made continued progress on our distribution and home delivery transformation project with the completion of our Western U.S. phase of the network. Our GAAP operating margin was 5.5% and adjusted operating margin was 6.1%, coming in toward the high end of our guidance range. And we again generated strong operating cash flow of $89 million for the quarter, increasing 57% versus last year's comparable period. Amid the ongoing challenging consumer environment, we continue to create our own momentum, led by retail expansion. As I noted, total written sales for our company-owned Retail segment increased 11% versus last year's third quarter, driven by new and acquired stores. Written same-store sales, which exclude the benefit of new and acquired stores, decreased 4% for the quarter. Continued challenging traffic, consistent with our industry, was partially offset by strong in-store execution, including higher conversion rates, average ticket and design sales. Within the quarter, same-store sales trends were strongest in January, turning positive versus a year ago until widespread adverse weather slowed traffic in late January and continuing into early February across much of the United States. While we don't believe these weather events will impact overall furniture demand, we do expect some timing effects carrying into our fourth quarter deliveries as consumers reengage on planned purchases. Separately, for Joybird, total written sales for our third quarter decreased 13% compared to a year ago as this consumer segment continues to be particularly volatile against the current macroeconomic backdrop. During the quarter, we also progressed our strategic initiatives. We successfully integrated our 15-store acquisition in the Southeast region of the United States. We formally announced the planned closure of our U.K. manufacturing facility, where production will cease by the end of the fiscal year. We completed the sale of our Kincaid upholstery business just after the close of our third quarter. And we signed a letter of intent for the sale of our noncore wholesale casegoods businesses, American Drew and Kincaid, targeted to be complete by the fiscal year-end. Stepping back, I'd like to spend a few more minutes highlighting some of the structural improvements our team has achieved through these current initiatives and highlight the progress made as we advance our Century Vision strategy for our next 100 years. We are pleased to have successfully integrated our acquisition of the 15-store network in the Southeast region. This transaction was our largest single retail acquisition in the company's history, adding $80 million in annualized retail sales and $40 million net to the total enterprise. The seamless integration into our company-owned network reflects the collective efforts of many internal stakeholders, and the stores are performing well. Independent store acquisitions are an important part of our Century Vision strategy as they are immediately sales and profit accretive and provide ownership of a new market with potential white space opportunities. We will continue to pursue these types of acquisitions as they become available. Opening new La-Z-Boy stores is also a key lever to growing our Retail business and expanding our brand reach. In addition to completing our largest ever acquisition this quarter, we also are achieving the most significant period of new store expansion in our company's history. We opened 4 new company-owned stores in the quarter. And in the last 12 months, we opened 16 new stores, while closing 4. In total, we've added 29 net company-owned stores over the past year. Our total network of stores, including independently owned, has expanded to 374. And our current proportion of company-owned stores is now at an all-time high of 60% of the total network. We see opportunity to grow the La-Z-Boy store network to over 400 stores as we broaden our brand reach and delight and inspire even more consumers. We expect to open 16 new stores in total for this fiscal and continue at a pace of opening roughly 10 stores a year for the next several years. Momentum in our Wholesale segment also remained solid as we delivered our seventh consecutive quarter of sales growth in our core North American La-Z-Boy wholesale business, and we continue to grow our strategic compatible distribution with key partners like Slumberland and Rooms To Go. Wholesale customers value the strength of the La-Z-Boy brand, the enduring quality and the differentiated product functionality offered by our North American manufacturing capabilities. Our vertically integrated model with approximately 90% of upholstered products produced in the United States remains a key competitive advantage as we navigate the current challenging macroeconomic environment and has served as our foundation throughout our 99-year history. We're making meaningful progress on building an even more agile supply chain through our multiyear distribution and home delivery transformation project. During the third quarter, we completed the Western U.S. 1/3 of this project, serviced by our new Arizona centralized hub. And we recently broke ground on our new Dayton, Tennessee centralized hub, which will serve our Eastern region. This transformation will improve an already strong consumer experience, ensure faster speed of delivery and enable an expanded delivery reach. And in aggregate, we expect this project to deliver between 50 to 75 basis points of Wholesale margin improvement, up to 50 basis points to the entire enterprise once completed. As part of our strategic road map to expand brand reach, leveraging our iconic brand, we are creating integrated strategies for our retail and marketing teams. These strategies have enabled more cohesive and focused plans for our store network, improving execution and reducing redundancy. As a result, we are better positioned to capture consumer demand, improve responsiveness and navigate the volatile environment with greater discipline and agility. Our new brand identity continues to receive positive media attention. In December, La-Z-Boy was cited by Ad Age as one of the top 5 rebrands of 2025. The mention went on to say, La-Z-Boy's brand refresh felt like a full-bodied exhale, designed to make comfort feel as intentional as its famously cushy chairs. We plan to continue building off this success and expanding brand relevance with new and innovative ways to delight and inspire our consumers. Lastly, during our third quarter, we drove further progress in optimizing our portfolio and enabling focus on our core vertically integrated North American upholstery business. We formally announced the planned closure of our U.K. manufacturing facility, where we expect production will cease by the end of our fiscal '26. And we have solidified alternative sourcing for this business, leveraging our global supply chain network to ensure we are well positioned to grow with our new customer base. We also completed the sale of our Kincaid upholstery business just subsequent to our fiscal third quarter-end. We were pleased to transition this business in full to its new owners who are former employees of the company. And finally, we signed a letter of intent for the sale of our noncore wholesale casegoods businesses, American Drew and Kincaid. Importantly, these changes will not impact our ability to offer casegoods as part of beautiful whole home solutions for consumers in our La-Z-Boy stores, Comfort Studios and branded spaces. In fact, these changes will enhance our offerings in the future, opening up broader sourcing and driving efficiency in the process. We expect these final casegoods initiatives to be substantially complete by our fiscal year-end in April. And now, let me turn the call over to Taylor to review the financial results in more detail. Taylor?

Taylor Luebke

Thank you, Melinda, and good morning, everyone. As a reminder, we present our results on both a GAAP and adjusted basis. We believe the adjusted presentation better reflects underlying operating trends and performance of the business. Adjusted results exclude items which are detailed in our press release and in the tables in the appendix section of our conference call slides. On a consolidated basis, fiscal 2026 third quarter sales increased 4% from prior year to $542 million as growth in our Retail and Wholesale business were partially offset by lower delivered volume in our Joybird business. Consolidated GAAP operating income was $30 million and adjusted operating income was $33 million. Consolidated GAAP operating margin was 5.5% and adjusted operating margin was 6.1%. The change was largely driven by investments in our distribution and home delivery transformation project. Diluted earnings per share totaled $0.52 on a GAAP basis, and adjusted diluted EPS was $0.61. As I move to the segment discussion, my comments from here will focus on our adjusted reporting unless specifically stated otherwise. Starting with the Retail segment. For the third quarter, delivered sales increased 11% to $252 million, driven by acquired and new stores. Retail adjusted operating margin was flat versus a year ago at 10.7% as accretion from acquisitions was offset by investment in new stores and fixed cost deleverage from lower delivered same-store sales. For our Wholesale segment, delivered sales increased 1% to $367 million versus last year, driven by modest growth across the majority of our businesses, including our core North America La-Z-Boy wholesale business. Adjusted operating margin for the Wholesale segment was 6% in the third quarter versus 6.5% last year, driven primarily by investments in our distribution and home delivery transformation project and unfavorable foreign exchange rates. For Joybird, reported in Corporate and Other, delivered sales were $36 million, down 3% on lower delivered sales volume. Joybird operating loss increased versus the prior year, primarily due to fixed cost deleverage on lower Joybird delivered sales. Moving on to our consolidated adjusted gross margin and SG&A performance for fiscal 2026 third quarter. Consolidated adjusted gross margin for the entire company increased 10 basis points versus the prior year third quarter. The increase in gross margin was primarily driven by the shift in consolidated mix towards our Retail segment, which has a higher gross margin rate than our Wholesale segment, partially offset by investments in our distribution and home delivery transformation project. Adjusted SG&A as a percent of sales for the quarter increased by 80 basis points compared with last year, also due to the shift in consolidated mix towards our Retail segment, which carries a higher fixed cost structure relative to Wholesale, as well as fixed cost deleverage on lower delivered same-store sales. Our effective tax rate on a GAAP basis for the third quarter was 31.3% versus 25.1% in the third quarter of fiscal 2025. The year-over-year increase was primarily due to nondeductible operating losses and onetime charges related to our supply chain optimization actions in our U.K. business. We expect our tax rate to normalize in fiscal 2027. Turning to liquidity. We ended the quarter with $306 million in cash and no externally funded debt. Our balance sheet remains strong, supported by the consistent cash generation of our operating model even as we absorbed a significant acquisition in the quarter. We generated a strong $89 million in cash from operating activities in the third quarter, increasing 57% versus last year's comparable period, with improved working capital and an increase in customer deposits. We invested $18 million in capital expenditures during the quarter, primarily related to investment in new La-Z-Boy stores, as well as remodels, manufacturing-related investments, and spending related to our distribution and home delivery transformation. We also completed our 15-store acquisition in the Southeast region at the beginning of the quarter for a total of $86 million. We continue to believe that the best use of our cash and the highest return on investment is prudently reinvesting back into the business. As such, we remain committed to disciplined investments in new stores, acquisitions, and our distribution and home delivery transformation project to profitably grow our core business. Regarding cash return to shareholders, year-to-date, we returned $55 million to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases, including $28 million paid in dividends and $27 million in share repurchases. Also, in the quarter, we resumed more normalized share buybacks of $14 million, which leaves 3 million shares available under our existing share repurchase authorization. We expect consistent share repurchases ongoing, assuming ordinary business and economic conditions. We continue to view share repurchases and our dividend as an attractive use of our cash and positive return to shareholders. Capital allocation in fiscal 2026 is tilted more towards the business through investments in the recent 15-store acquisition and our distribution and home delivery transformation project. Longer term, our capital allocation target remains consistent to reinvest 50% of operating cash flow back into the business and return 50% to shareholders in share repurchases and dividends. Before turning the call back to Melinda, let me highlight several important items for fiscal 2026 and our fourth quarter. We expect fiscal fourth quarter sales to be in the range of $560 million to $580 million and adjusted operating margin to be in the range of 7.5% to 9%, reflecting a continued cautious view on the macroeconomic backdrop, as well as the short-term impact of recent adverse weather events. We expect to open 5 new company-owned stores in the fourth quarter, bringing us to 16 for our full fiscal year. We expect capital expenditures to be in the range of $80 million to $90 million. This includes investments for new stores and remodels, our distribution and home delivery transformation project, and continued manufacturing-related investments. And as a reminder, we expect the financial benefits of our strategic initiatives to have an annualized impact of approximately a $30 million net sales decrease and an adjusted operating margin improvement of 75 to 100 basis points to the entire enterprise. This represents the combined impacts of our 15-store acquisition, our casegoods exit, our planned closure of the U.K. plant and our management reorganization. We expect the benefit of all of these initiatives when they are substantially completed by the end of this fiscal year. And these impacts do not include the additional long-term margin improvement we expect from our distribution and home delivery transformation project. And note, at this time, we do not expect these strategic initiatives to have a material onetime gain or loss to the enterprise. Lastly, we expect our tax rate for the full year to be in the range of 27% to 29%. And with that, I will turn the call back to Melinda.

Melinda Whittington

Thanks, Taylor. The furniture industry and broader macroeconomic environment continue to be challenging. What has not changed is our iconic brand and the ability to delight and inspire millions of consumers. As a testament to our enduring impact and cultural relevance, La-Z-Boy Incorporated has been recognized by Time Magazine as one of America's most iconic companies for 2026. This unsolicited award reflects the lasting connection generations of families have built with our beloved brand over our 99-year history. As we look ahead, we'll continue to honor our heritage of comfort, customization and quality, while evolving to succeed in any environment. We will continue to leverage our vertically integrated model with approximately 90% of upholstered products produced in the United States, create our own momentum and position ourselves to disproportionately benefit when the industry does rebound. This, combined with our mission of delivering the transformational power of comfort, will enable us to drive value for all stakeholders. I'd like to thank our dedicated employees for their continued commitment to bringing our beloved products into more homes. And I wish everyone the best in the year ahead. Now, I'll turn the call back to Mark.

Mark Becks

Thank you, Melinda. We will begin the question-and-answer period now. Jenny, please review the instructions for getting into the queue to ask questions.

Operator

[Operator Instructions] Our first question is coming from Bobby Griffin of Raymond James.

Robert Griffin

I guess, Taylor or Melinda, I wanted to dive in kind of on some of the strategic kind of actions you guys have taken so far. And congrats on the speed of getting a lot of those underway. Taylor, can you maybe level set us that margin improvement that you're referencing, what base year should we use? Because when you look back in fiscal year '25, we were about a 7.6% EBIT margin. Then it starts to slide, given you start to do some of the distribution changes. So like level set us on where we should think about the improvement off of what base. And then, I got some follow-up questions on that.

Taylor Luebke

Yes, Bobby. So when we announced these strategic initiatives, and you're right, we're really pleased with the progress we've made over a very short period of time with selling our upholstery business, as well as solidifying our plan for the U.K. supply. The 75 to 100 basis points that we put out there was based on, call it, the trailing 12 months of the enterprise results at the point of quarter 2. So you can think of that as the right basis on which we expect to deliver that.

Robert Griffin

Okay. And is there any -- like when we think about completing that by the end of FY '26, and then we can do the simple math on adding that to the trailing 12, is there any offsets that would keep all that savings from flowing through? Like is there an investment piece that you would need to use for advertising or anything like that? Or is that really going to be dropped down to, call it, the bottom line?

Taylor Luebke

Bobby, we put it out there because we expect to realize it, again, against a pretty -- a generally consistent kind of macro consumer backdrop is how we look ahead. So our intent is it flows through, all else being equal.

Robert Griffin

Very good. Okay. That's helpful. And then Melinda, I want to maybe dive in on the comments you made about developing more agile business post some of these changes. What do you think that gives La-Z-Boy as you think about kind of navigating the next 3 to 5 years in today's kind of consumer environment? Is it quicker product development? You can move faster on stores? Like just anything there to kind of help us think about how that could change the business and how you go to market?

Melinda Whittington

Yes. Thanks for the question, Bobby. I guess, at a couple of levels -- I'll start with some of like the transformation work on our supply chain. 99 years of building product in the United States for the North American consumer, we're quite good at it. But the consumer preferences change, the -- where it makes the most sense to position your supply chain, the way that people want to be compensated and are motivated, those are all things that we constantly look at and have evolved over time. And so, I think the distribution transformation project is just one of those examples where we had a fairly organic network to support our stores. But as the stores footprint has changed so dramatically, we had a huge opportunity to just rethink that process. And in the end, not only is that going to deliver bottom line savings to the company and to the shareholder, but it's going to be an even more enhanced consumer experience. Broader delivery ranges is one example, and a better employee experience as well, because it will be efficient. On the consumer side, as I think about our store network and then our in-home consumer insights, we are constantly evaluating how to have the right product, the right messaging and the right shopping experience for the consumer. All things must begin with the consumer. And our broader retail ownership and omnichannel experience give us more control of that. So it's staying in touch with kind of where the puck is heading, making sure we're predicting that and then being responsive to that. So I guess, I'd say, kind of building the machine to constantly evolve over the future.

Operator

Our next question is coming from Taylor Zick of KeyBanc Capital.

Taylor Zick

Melinda, maybe just to start here, I kind of wanted to ask about the cadence of trends during the quarter. You provided some good commentary already, but just kind of knowing that there was improved trends in the prior year post election and then you noted some January impacts as well. But any color you can kind of provide on maybe what the underlying trends were in your third quarter versus your second quarter?

Melinda Whittington

Yes. I would start by saying the consumer remains choppy, right? So we've talked about that for a while that the consumers are broadly -- we have a bifurcated consumer that we have some that are really -- it's aspirational to step into our brand and invest in quality, and so we sharpened price points. At the same time, we still have a very strong consumer interested in whole room solutions and upgrades and really investing in their home with us. So with that said, if I look back over Q3, to your point, over 2 years, Q3 was actually positive. And looking across the 3 months in our quarter, January was our strongest, actually turned positive on a same-store sales basis until -- and then was impacted by weather right here at the very end. I'll step into sort of the President's Day that began our fourth quarter. We're actually quite pleased with how President's Day came out. Our results -- our trends were positive versus a year ago. So I think that speaks well. But at the same time, we continue to manage prudently, just knowing that -- and we believe the consumer is still pinched and probably will be for a while, and ultimately, the product is discretionary. So we feel good about the momentum we're making, but we continue to be prudent in how we go forward.

Taylor Zick

Great. That's super helpful. And you answered my second question already. Maybe, Taylor, I can squeeze one in for you. Maybe on the 4Q guidance here, your 7.5% to 9% operating margin puts margins down a little over 100 basis points despite a higher mix of retail and some of your strategic actions within the portfolio. Can you kind of just help us understand the puts and takes there? I know some of the pressures from the short-term headwinds from the distribution and home delivery redesign coming through. But is there anything else we should keep in mind for fourth quarter?

Taylor Luebke

Taylor, thanks for the question. No, actually, we still feel really good about the growth potential, as well as margin potential, of the business. And as Melinda had mentioned in prepared remarks and otherwise, we continue to manage through the near-term challenges and the choppy consumer, but also build for the future with our retail expansion, our distribution projects, as well as our, call it, strategic initiatives. Overall, on margin, we've had good momentum on our Wholesale. Retail continues to hold at a strong double digit, which incredibly pleased about. There is just the near-term headwinds of traffic continues to be challenged, which adds deleveraging impacts on our larger fixed cost basis. So we continue to hone our operations and manage in the near term, but also deliver some of these bigger transformative things for the long term and deliver margin improvements ongoing behind the likes of the strategic initiatives we mentioned to Bobby [indiscernible], the 75 to 100 basis points, as we enter into our fiscal '27, as well as the 50 basis points to the enterprise, which is the longer-term benefit of our distribution and home transformation project.

Operator

[Operator Instructions] Our next question is coming from Anthony Lebiedzinski of Sidoti & Company.

Anthony Lebiedzinski

So Melinda and Taylor, you both mentioned that the consumer environment is choppy, certainly nothing terribly new there. But as we look at the guidance for 4Q, can you perhaps try to separate how much of the guidance is tied to weather issues versus the macro environment?

Melinda Whittington

Anthony, I think how I'd broadly look at it is, we don't -- we're not expecting any big change in sort of the consumer environment in Q4 relative to what we've seen throughout most of this fiscal year. And the only piece of a little bit of conservatism in there versus just a continued trend on the consumer is just this weather impact that hit sort of right at the end of our Q3 and into our Q4, and you saw that in -- impacts in the written. And so, by the time that consumer reengages -- again, we saw some of that with strong President's Day. But by the time that consumer reengages both in our stores and then with our wholesale customers, and that turns into orders and restocks and deliveries, I think that puts a little bit more pressure on Q4 than we otherwise would have.

Taylor Luebke

Net of it, if I could just chime in, Anthony, we don't believe we've lost -- us or the industry lost furniture sales other than it's a timing impact on -- some may phase out into quarter 1, based on when that consumer decides to reengage in their shopping journey. We're ready to meet demand and delight and inspire them when they come in our store.

Anthony Lebiedzinski

Got it. Thanks for that great color. So, on the Wholesale side, you guys highlighted Slumberland and Rooms To Go. As you look forward here, I mean, do you see further opportunities to expand your brand reach on the Wholesale side? Would love to get your thoughts on that, and how you're thinking about the opportunities there?

Melinda Whittington

Yes. Strategic partnerships are a very important part of our business and our growth plan going forward as well. While we certainly disproportionately focus on our own retail because we can own that entire consumer experience and obviously own more of the financial benefits as well, we also recognize that strategic partners are a way of reaching consumers that we otherwise are never going to reach in a very fragmented market. We happened to call out Slumberland and Rooms To Go just because they are great examples of -- Slumberland, we've done business with for decades and continue to partner and grow with them in strategic ways that are good for our brand and compatible distribution across multiple outlets. And similarly, Rooms To Go is a vibrant growing operation that reaches a lot of consumers, particularly in the Southeast, and is a newer partner that we've added just over the last couple of years. If I look at -- in even just, call it, the last 12 months, we have continued to add some big strategic partners. I think we've called out Farmers down in the Southeast, which reaches a consumer that's not serviced today by our Furniture Galleries, and that was -- these are hundreds of store kind of networks. We opened up Living Spaces, which is a very sophisticated retailer out West. So we have seen those opportunities. And so, I think there are still opportunity. That said, I think our bigger growth potential in the next several years is to continue expanding with those strategic partners as opposed to adding a ton of strategic partners. It's important to us to work with folks that are really going to appreciate the brand and not create too much conflict out there that just doesn't end up making sense. Instead, we want to make sure we're reaching consumers where they want to shop and continuing to expand our brand.

Anthony Lebiedzinski

That's very helpful. And my last question is with regards to Joybird. So the sales there have continued to trend below the rest of the business. How are you guys thinking about Joybird, not just for the next couple of quarters, but maybe longer term? Any updated thoughts on Joybird that you may have?

Melinda Whittington

Yes. Joybird is tough. We really -- we've done the work to believe in it. It resonates with the consumer. It fits well into our portfolio as a -- and our aspiration to be a vertically integrated branded retailer. It's a good strategic green shoot. While it's small, it's mighty. But we are continuing to see a particularly volatile consumer there. That consumer is younger, more urban-focused and just disproportionately impacted by some of the macroeconomic challenges. So we continue to take actions towards getting that business rightsized to grow profitably, and we'll continue to work through and monitor that.

Operator

And we have another question in from Bobby Griffin of Raymond James.

Robert Griffin

Melinda, I just wanted to maybe circle back on the U.K. You called out you have an alternate source of product there lined up. Just maybe, like, now with kind of the changes there, do you still look at the opportunity there the same that was historically as when it was the prior kind of a pretty big single customer for you guys? And I understand there's been some retail transition there, but the new retail partner is actually larger. So how does that setup look going forward? And what is ultimately the potential there? Could that get back to the same level as before and with maybe even better margins, given the new setup or structure?

Melinda Whittington

Yes. Thanks for that question, Bobby. You're right. It's been, gosh, a little over 2 years ago now, where [ FCS ], which was a publicly traded company and our biggest customer globally, which is kind of crazy given the relative size of our international business, but was actually bought out by a private company that chose not to work with brands anymore. And so, we pretty quickly pivoted. We had long-time discussions with DFS, which as you astutely noted, is 3x, 4x bigger than FCS and probably a better fit for our brand and our customer base. But between FCS and DFS, they'd always required exclusivity. So we are well underway with DFS. They continue to be super pleased. We've had some introductions where they've called out that we've been one of their fastest-growing, if not the fastest-growing introduction they've had. But at the same time, it just -- it's taking a while. It's taking longer, frankly, than we probably forecasted to just get up to the kind of run rates of where we were with FCS, particularly given that U.K. economy and the macroeconomic environment is also quite challenged. So we are super pleased with DFS. They are pleased with us. We are continuing to grow that business, and we want to serve that consumer. That said, at the kind of volume levels that we're seeing through this multiyear transition, it just didn't make sense to have a fully dedicated plant there in the U.K. So, as we leverage our overall global network, we think we're getting that rightsized. We think we get that cost structure right as well, so it makes sense for us, it makes sense for DFS and it makes sense for the consumer to grow that business. And we actually think, to your point, it will accelerate it -- accelerate that growth. And then, historically, our U.K. business margins were fairly consistent with other wholesale that we would see like in our core North America, and we anticipate being able to get back to those kind of ranges over time.

Robert Griffin

Very good. And then, does the new setup from the manufacturing side of things or the sourcing side, does that allow other international type growth opportunities any different than before? Just anything there?

Melinda Whittington

No change. Yes, no change. We still have -- yes, we still have the opportunity there. Again, international expansion, less of a focus area for us right now just because that core North America business has so much opportunity. But no, we're not losing any optionality more broadly.

Operator

We have now reached the end of our question-and-answer session. I will now hand back over to Mark for any closing comments.

Mark Becks

Thanks, Jenny. We'll be in our offices for the rest of the day to handle any follow-up calls. Thanks, and have a great day.

Operator

Thank you very much. This does conclude today's conference call. You may disconnect your phone lines at this time, and have a wonderful day. We thank you for your participation.

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