NYSE: LZB

La-Z-Boy (LZB) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Oct 12 close

$29.21−0.01 (0.0%)

Gekko Brief

AI summaryOct 12 close

This week's attention around La-Z-Boy centers on a shareholder rights investigation announced by SBS Law on behalf of investors, alongside continued options market activity flagged in coverage of elevated implied volatility tied to the October 16, 2026 $22.50 Call. Separately, a general overview piece noted the stock trading near $29.22 with a market capitalization of $1.17 billion. These items concern legal scrutiny and options positioning rather than operational news.

LZB closed at $29.21, below both its 50-day average of $33.41 and its 200-day average of $35.88, with the 50-day under the 200-day, reflecting a headwind trend. Over recent periods the stock has returned -4.7% over one month, -24.3% over three months, and -9.7% over one year. The GekkoIndex reads 66.8, placing LZB in the Accumulation zone, while the price sits 30.8% below the Gekko Fair Value of $42.22.

Looking ahead, La-Z-Boy's next earnings report is scheduled for 17 November 2026 after the close, 36 days away and outside a typical 20-trading-day holding window. The prior quarter saw EPS of $0.43 against an estimate of $0.48, with a -18.3% reaction, and the company has beaten estimates in 5 of 8 recent quarters. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the current window. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 4.4% return over 5 years, rising in 4 of those years, a pattern worth noting alongside the pending litigation coverage.

Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.

La-Z-Boy price vs fair value

$42.22$29.21Oct ’25Apr ’26Oct ’26
Close $29.21200-day averageGekko Fair Value $42.22

La-Z-Boy quick facts

Market cap
$1.17B
P/E ratio
14.9
Forward P/E
11.8
EPS, TTM
$1.98
Revenue, TTM
$2.11B
Profit margin
3.9%
Dividend yield
3.19%
Beta
1.25
Volume
549,636 avg 760,639
1-year return
−9.7%
Typical daily move
±2.3%
Typical 20-day move
±5.8%
50-day average
$33.41
200-day average
$35.88
Next earnings
Nov 17 after close
Shares outstanding
40.05M
52-week range
$28.79$44.90

La-Z-Boy swing-trade checklist

La-Z-Boy scores 4 supportive, 0 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

4 supportive0 mixed1 headwind

  • Trendheadwind

    Below 50 and 200-day

    Close $29.21 is below the 50-day ($33.41) and 200-day ($35.88) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.

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  • GekkoIndexsupportive

    66.8, Accumulation

    Reading 66.8 is in the Accumulation zone.

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  • Fair valuesupportive

    30.8% below

    Price is 30.8% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).

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  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

    No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.

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  • Earnings risksupportive

    Reports in 36 days

    Next report Nov 17, 2026, 36 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

    See earnings
  • Seasonalitysupportive

    +4.4% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +4.4% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.

    See seasonality

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La-Z-Boy stock chart and price history

La-Z-Boy closed at $29.21 on Oct 12, 2026, −9.7% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $28.79 to $44.90.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
La-Z-Boy share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$35$40NovDecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct29.21

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
−4.7%
3 months
−24.3%
6 months
−13.1%
1 year
−9.7%
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About La-Z-Boy

La-Z-Boy designs, builds and sells home furniture, with a lineup that spans upholstered items like recliners, motion sofas, loveseats, chairs, sectionals, modular seating, ottomans and sleeper sofas, plus wooden casegoods such as occasional tables, bedroom sets, dining furniture and entertainment centers. The brand is most associated with its signature recliner chair. Its products reach shoppers in the United States, Canada and a number of other countries.

Operations are split into three parts. One division handles production and importing of the furniture range, channeling goods to company-owned La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries locations, to independent operators of La-Z-Boy Comfort Studio and England Custom Comfort Center sites, and to outside dealers and retail partners. A second division sells straight to shoppers, largely through 161 company-owned La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries stores, carrying upholstered pieces, casegoods and assorted accessories for the home. A third division oversees sales made through the company's own online storefront.

The company traces back to Monroe, Michigan, where it was established in 1927 under the name La-Z-Boy Chair Company, later renamed La-Z-Boy in 1996. Its stock trades on the NYSE under the ticker LZB.

Listed
NYSE
Sector
Consumer durables
Industry
Home furnishings
Website
la-z-boy.com

La-Z-Boy GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

La-Z-Boy’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 66.8, in the Accumulation zone, up 0.7 points over five sessions.

010066.8Accumulation

Up 0.7 points over five sessions.

Reading for Oct 12, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying28+2.4%+2.4%+1.6%+10.1%
Accumulation (current zone)275+0.3%+0.5%+2.2%+4.1%
Neutral358−0.5%−0.7%−1.8%−3.2%
Distribution200.0%−0.1%−2.3%−3.0%
Selling1Too few readings yet

Average LZB share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →

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Is La-Z-Boy stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

La-Z-Boy trades 30.8% below Gekko Fair Value of $42.22, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what La-Z-Boy shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$42.22

Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026

30.8% Undervalued

At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 21.7% below the estimate.

Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
$42$29Aug 2026SepOct 2026

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La-Z-Boy insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for La-Z-Boy, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.

Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.

Insider buying last 90 days

No open-market insider purchases were filed for LZB in the last 90 days.

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in LZB were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Buybacks

La-Z-Boy has been buying back its own shares.

Latest authorization
$300.0M, Jun 16, 2026
Bought back, quarter ended Jul 25, 2026
$25.14M
As a share of market cap
2.15%
Trailing four quarters
$59.91M

From company filings.

La-Z-Boy earnings: next date and track record

La-Z-Boy reports on Nov 17, 2026, after the close (36 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports.

5 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±8.6%average move across the report
3 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

0.0%Nov ’24+3.6%Feb ’25−1.6%Jun ’25−10.3%Aug ’25+21.2%Nov ’25−7.3%Feb ’26+6.5%Jun ’26−18.3%Aug ’26

Last earnings call, Aug 18, 2026 AI summary

What they said
La-Z-Boy reported mixed Q1 FY2027 results with retail written sales up 16% and written same-store sales growing 3%. Total enterprise delivered sales declined 1% ex-divestitures, as strong retail growth was offset by weaker wholesale and Joybird (written sales -17%). The company added 4 company-owned stores (now 234 total), returned $35M to shareholders (up 62% YoY), and ended the quarter with $267M cash and zero external debt.
Guidance
Management expects continued uneven demand environment with solid wholesale backlog entering Q2. Joybird manufacturing will transition to U.S. plant network by fiscal year-end. Long-term goal remains growing sales at twice the industry rate while strengthening margins.
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Aug 18, 2026$0.43
est $0.48
−10.4%$475.7M
est $501.4M
−5.1%−18.3%
Jun 16, 2026$0.92
est $0.82
+12.2%$570.3M
est $569.2M
+0.2%+6.5%
Feb 17, 2026$0.61
est $0.59
+3.4%$541.6M
est $535.4M
+1.2%−7.3%
Nov 18, 2025$0.71
est $0.54
+31.5%$522.5M
est $517.6M
+0.9%+21.2%
Aug 19, 2025$0.47
est $0.53
−11.3%$492.2M
est $532.2M
−7.5%−10.3%
Jun 17, 2025$0.92
est $0.93
−1.1%$570.9M
est $507.9M
+12.4%−1.6%
Feb 18, 2025$0.68
est $0.67
+1.5%$521.8M
est $558.2M
−6.5%+3.6%
Nov 19, 2024$0.71
est $0.64
+10.9%$521.0M
est $506.0M
+3.0%0.0%

“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.

La-Z-Boy stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for La-Z-Boy is $41.00, +40.4% from the last close, from 1 firm rating the stock in the last 90 days.

$41.00consensus 12-month target, +40.4% from the last close
Buy1
Hold0
Sell0

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 1 firm.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Aug 20KeyBancBuy, maintained$40+36.9%
+2.2%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+4.4%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.3%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

La-Z-Boy seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, La-Z-Boy averaged +4.4% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

+8.8%2021+10.2%2022+1.3%2023+3.8%2024−0.2%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days+1.6%4 of 5
Next 10 trading days+1.7%3 of 5
Next 15 trading days+2.1%3 of 5
Next 20 trading days+4.4%4 of 5
Next 30 trading days+10.8%5 of 5

For scale, LZB’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.8%.

La-Z-Boy market cap and key statistics

La-Z-Boy’s market cap is $1.17B, with a P/E ratio of 14.9 and revenue of $2.11B over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$1.17B
P/E ratio
14.9
Forward P/E
11.8
EPS, TTM
$1.98
Gekko Fair Value
$42.22

Trading

Volume
549,636
Avg volume, 20 days
760,639
52-week high
$44.90
52-week low
$28.79
Shares outstanding
40.05M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$2.11B
Profit margin
3.9%
Return on equity
8.1%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
+133.1%

Risk and income

Beta
1.25
Typical daily move
±2.3%
Typical 20-day move
±5.8%
Dividend yield
3.19%

La-Z-Boy stock news this week

3 headlines about La-Z-Boy from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.

La-Z-Boy peers

La-Z-Boy’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
SGISomnigroup International+0.5%Accumulation7.6% below
ARHSArhaus−0.4%Neutral0.2% below
LEGLeggett & Platt−1.4%Buying31.5% below
MBCMasterBrand−1.5%Accumulation47.6% below
HELEHelen of Troy+9.9%Neutral3.2% below
ETDEthan Allen Interiors+0.2%Accumulation7.0% below

A peer links to its own page where one exists.

In the Buying zone today

Reporting earnings this week

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La-Z-Boy stock FAQ

What is La-Z-Boy’s market cap?

La-Z-Boy’s market cap is $1.17B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $29.21, with 40.05M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 14.9.

What is the La-Z-Boy stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for La-Z-Boy is $41.00, +40.4% from the last close. Of the 1 firm that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 1 rate it a buy, 0 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is La-Z-Boy stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate La-Z-Boy is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $29.21 is 30.8% below Gekko Fair Value of $42.22. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does La-Z-Boy report earnings next?

La-Z-Boy is expected to report on Nov 17, 2026, after the market closes (36 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.48 per share on revenue of $506.6M. La-Z-Boy beat the earnings estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports, moving 8.6% on average across the report.

What is La-Z-Boy’s 52-week high and low?

La-Z-Boy’s 52-week high is $44.90 and its 52-week low is $28.79; it closed at $29.21 on Oct 12, 2026, −9.7% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $48.31 on Jan 30, 2025.

Is La-Z-Boy stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value, earnings risk and seasonality) and 1 as a headwind (trend). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

How this page works

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