La-Z-Boy $LZB Read from its own SEC filings · nothing written, nothing inferred
🫧 Edgar looked up LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED ($LZB). Last filing: 8-K (5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders), 2026-08-26. 7 event filings (8-K) in the past twelve months.
🔖 Exposure: revenue $2.1B (FY2026). Experience: revenue up 0.8% on the year, down 2.5% a year over 4 years; operating margin 6.1%, down from 6.4%. Soundness: equity 51.4% of assets, return on equity 9.8%, payout 36.9% of profit, the dividend per share fell in the latest year on record. Credibility: four or more audited years, reasonable weight. Range: 80% of past cases like this landed between $1.7B and $2.5B next year (method v4.1: its own 5-year record of growth weighed at 57% against $1B–10B filers; on a year the method never saw, 83.4% landed inside). In a shock year the stress range is $1.4B to $2.9B. A statistical range, not company guidance. Against peers (9 filers, $50M+ revenue, its industry group): operating margin 6.1% against a 4.3% median; growth 0.8% against 1.1%.
Gold paid out, navy kept. Kept share × return on equity = the growth it can fund itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.
Speed and cash · fiscal 2025
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| Cash flow (op · inv · fin · free) | $204M · −$139M · −$91M · $128M |
| Investment book (cash · short · long) | $303M · — · $6M · current ratio 1.80 |
| Revenue swing · equity of assets | 7.6% · 50.0% |
La-Z-Boy is growing slower than its size class, with steadier revenue. Its own audited SEC figures.
The figures, as filed
| Fiscal year end | 2026-04-25 |
| Revenue | $2.1B |
| Revenue, on the year | 0.8% |
| Revenue, a year over the record | −2.5% |
| Operating margin | 6.1% |
| Operating margin, prior year | 6.4% |
| Net margin | 4.8% |
| Research and development | $11M · 0.5% of revenue |
| Total debt | — |
| Equity of assets | 51.4% |
| Return on equity | 9.8% |
| Payout of profit | 36.9% |
| Dividend per share | $0.763 · cut in the latest year |
| Earnings per share | $2.49 |
| Book value per share | $25.40 |
| Revenue per share | $51.44 |
| Shares outstanding | 41,341,000 |
| Audited years read | 5 |
Peers: the median of 9 filers with $50M+ revenue in household furniture.
Health HarborLa-Z-Boy sails as: New ship
Health watch · 12 monthsDirector or officer change
Sailing speed follows growth: -3.3% a year crosses the harbor in 90 seconds.
🌊 Visit the Bay →No warning signs on the measures below.
Boat condition = number of warning signs: a serious warning filing in 12 months; liabilities over assets; slow and jumpy; negative operating cash; an 80% revenue range of ±25% or wider. A picture of the signs, not a rating and not investment advice.
- 8-K · 2026-08-26 · 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 10-Q · 2026-08-18
- 8-K · 2026-08-18 · 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition; 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- DEF 14A · 2026-07-15
- 10-K · 2026-06-16
- 8-K · 2026-06-16 · 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition; 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
Figures are as filed in audited 10-K reports and can move with restatements, acquisitions, disposals or a change in fiscal year. A range set from how past company-years turned out is not a promise about the next one, and says nothing about the share price. Reporting, not investment advice. No price targets and no trading recommendations. Figures from the SEC’s own data · every filing · this page as JSON · ask about another company