Negative sentiment towards HVT reflected by a jump of 4.87% in short interest

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc shares valued at $31,005 were sold by HAVERTY RAWSON JR on Jun 11 ’25. At $20.67 per share, HAVERTY RAWSON JR sold 1,500 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 38,023 shares worth approximately $0.77 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, HAVERTY RAWSON JR purchased 35,000 shares, netting a total of over 723,450 in proceeds.

Before that, J RAWSON HAVERTY, JR. had added 3,222 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $66,022, the Director bought Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc shares for $20.49 each.

As published in their initiating research note from The Benchmark Company on July 11, 2023, Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc [HVT] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $41. Analysts at Sidoti upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early October. As of October 10, 2016, Raymond James has decreased its “Strong buy” rating to a “Mkt perform” for HVT. Earlier on August 02, 2016, Raymond James upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Strong buy” for HVT stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.

Analyzing HVT Stock Performance

On last trading session,, Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc [NYSE: HVT] rose 1.30% to $20.25. The stock’s lowest price that day was $20.05, but it reached a high of $20.47 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.61%. Over the course of the year, Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc shares have dropped approximately -9.03%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $24.15 on 02/25/25 and a 52-week low of $17.01 on 04/16/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc (HVT)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 20.02, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 19.78. In the upper region, resistance lies at 20.48. The next price resistance is at 20.70. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 51.99 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-05-30 jumping by 47750.0 shares to 0.98 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 0.93 million shares. A jump of 4.87% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 7.53 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 7.53.

Which companies own the most shares of Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc (HVT)?

In terms of Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 42 in the next 12 months, up nearly 110.11% from the previous closing price of $19.99. Analysts anticipate Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc stock to reach 42 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 42. In spite of this, 1 analysts ranked Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025.

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