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Hooker Furnishings

Consumer discretionary · fiscal year ending 2026-02-01

BasisPayoutWhy
GAAP earningsnegative
why
Lost $2.54 per share — no earnings to pay from.
Operating cash flow47.9%
why
Before capital spending.
Free cash flow 57.9%
why
After maintaining the business.

10 points between highest and lowest basis.

Coverage rating 16 / 100 — Not covered. ? Peer standing 16/50Direction 0/30Stability 0/20

Against its own history: 57.9% this year vs 19.9% median over the prior 5. A gap this size is usually a one-off — acquisition, settlement, cyclical trough — not a dividend that stopped being funded. The rating reads the latest year; the table shows the trend.

Free cash flow payout, last 6 years

Fiscal yearPayout
2026-02-0157.9%
2024-01-2819.3%
2022-01-3070.5%
2021-01-3111.7%
2020-02-0219.9%
2019-02-03150.9%
Coverage worsened sharply this year, 19.3% to 57.9%, after no clear trend before it. One year is not a trend, but it is worth knowing which direction the last one moved.

32% of the 62 consumer discretionary here pay out more.

The arithmetic

  • GAAP earnings — dividends declared per share $0.808 ÷ diluted EPS $-2.54
  • Operating cash flow — dividends paid $8.77m ÷ operating cash flow $18.3m
  • Free cash flow — dividends paid $8.77m ÷ (operating cash flow $18.3m − capex $3.16m)

Where the figures came from

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Computed by an open pipeline reading SEC XBRL directly. If any number here looks wrong to you, tell us — that is more useful to us than agreement.

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