La-Z-Boy Incorporated
LZB Consumer Cyclical Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances
La-Z-Boy Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended April 2026) was $2.1 billion, up 0.83% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue fell 3.36%, EPS fell 113.6% and free cash flow fell 100.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years.
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La-Z-Boy Incorporated (LZB) Altman Z-score
La-Z-Boy Incorporated's Altman Z-score for fiscal 2026 is 2.74, in the grey zone (1.81–2.99).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 2.74 | (0.37) |
| FY2025 | 3.11 | 0.16 |
| FY2024 | 2.96 | (0.14) |
| FY2023 | 3.10 | 0.42 |
| FY2022 | 2.68 | (0.29) |
| FY2021 | 2.97 | 0.03 |
| FY2020 | 2.94 | (2.43) |
| FY2019 | 5.36 | (0.87) |
| FY2018 | 6.24 | 0.30 |
| FY2017 | 5.93 | (0.63) |
How fiscal 2026’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.17 | — | 0.20 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.30 | — | 0.42 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.06 | — | 0.21 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 1.45 | — | 0.87 | |
| Sales / total assets | 1.04 | — | 1.04 | |
| Altman Z-score | Grey zone | 2.74 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Safe zone | 3.64 | ||
Z and Z″ put La-Z-Boy Incorporated in different zones: grey zone by Z, safe zone by Z″.
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
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| LZB La-Z-Boy Incorporated | 2.7× |
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What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets