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Feb 02, 2020
Hooker Furnishings Q4 2020 Earnings Report
Hooker Furnishings experienced a challenging year but finished on a more positive note in the fourth quarter, with sales up over 4% and net income up nearly 80% compared to the third quarter.
Key Takeaways
Hooker Furniture reported consolidated net sales of $164.9 million and net income of $7.0 million, or $0.59 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020. Net sales decreased $35.6 million, or 17.8%, compared to last year’s record fourth quarter sales, due to lower sales across all reportable segments and essentially flat sales in All Other. Net income decreased 52.2% compared to the prior-year quarter.
Consolidated fourth quarter sales were up over 4% compared to the third quarter.
Net income was up nearly 80% compared to the third quarter.
Backlog was up over 9% compared to the previous year-end.
The company successfully executed tariff mitigation and resourcing strategies, reducing the amount of product imported from China by about half.
Hooker Furnishings
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Hooker Furnishings Revenue by Segment
Revenue by Segment
Hooker Branded Revenue
CapyFin.comHome Meridian Revenue
CapyFin.comDomestic Upholstery Revenue
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CapyFin.com Forward Guidance
The COVID-19 pandemic presents an economic challenge of unprecedented proportions with an uncertain time frame, and the company is preparing for a significant downturn lasting anywhere from four to six months.
Positive Outlook
- Lower-fixed-cost, broad-distribution business model gives the company more flexibility to scale its business up or down.
- Strong presence in e-commerce, since that channel is holding up during this crisis so far.
Challenges Ahead
- Erratic stock market and spike in unemployment claims.
- Supply chain disruptions.
- Cancellation of business, social, sporting, academic and religious gatherings, including High Point Premarket and the postponement of the Spring High Point Market.
- Some customers have closed temporarily as many communities across the country are under stay-at-home orders from state and local authorities.
- Spike in order cancellations over the last few weeks, which has blunted some of the strong backlog the company saw at year-end.
Revenue & Expenses
Visualization of income flow from segment revenue to net income