Ethan Allen
Ethan Allen's revenue fell 5.7% to $580 million in fiscal 2026. Its operating margin was 7.8%, down from 10.1% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $41 million, down 17.8%. It paid out $51 million in dividends and buybacks, 123% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 0.2%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
What Ethan Allen does
Ethan Allen sells furniture and home accessories, including upholstery, wood case goods, lighting, rugs and outdoor pieces, all under the Ethan Allen name. Its interior designers work with customers at no charge. It sells through its own design centers, through independently operated ones and online.
It has two segments. The retail segment is its 141 company-operated design centers, 136 in the U.S. and five in Canada. The wholesale segment sells to its 43 independently operated design centers in the U.S., Asia, the Middle East and Europe, and to other buyers such as the U.S. government. Its ten largest customers, all in wholesale, made up 9% of net sales.
The company makes about 75% of its furniture in its own North American plants and buys the rest, mainly from Asia. It owns eleven manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Mexico and Honduras, and says its design centers have been updated with touchscreens and workstations for designers.
Its biggest risks, as it describes them
- Supply chain disruptions and swings in the cost and availability of raw materials and imported goods.
- Changes in U.S. trade and tax policy that raise its costs.
- Losing or failing to find good design center locations at costs it can afford.
- Less revenue from its contract with the U.S. government if federal spending is cut.
- Operating many manufacturing sites in several countries, which adds exposure to disruptions.
Income statement
From fiscal 2017 to 2026, earnings per share grew 2.1% a year and net income 1.1% a year, as buybacks cut the share count by 9%.
Returns on capital
Balance sheet
Five years at a glance
| Fiscal year end | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 110 | 173 | 161 | 136 | 133 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | −109 | −172 | −160 | −135 | −133 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −0.7x | −1.1x | −1.7x | −1.8x | −2.2x |
| Debt to equity | 0.0x | 0.0x | 0.0x | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Interest coverage | 691.2x | 31.2x | 10.5x | 255.1x | 198.3x |
| Current ratio | 1.6x | 2.2x | 2.2x | 2.0x | 2.1x |
| Quick ratio | 0.8x | 1.3x | 1.2x | 1.1x | 1.1x |
Cash flow
Projections
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Insider trades
No officer, director or 10% owner of Ethan Allen reported buying or selling its shares on the open market between November 7, 2025 and November 6, 2026.
Indicators
Four widely used measures, worked out from the company's filings. The cutoffs are the ones their authors or users go by, not a verdict of ours.
| Indicator | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piotroski F-score | 4 of 9 | 4 of 9 | 6 of 9 |
| Rule of 40 | −7.4% | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| Altman Z'' | 7.64 | 7.42 | 7.37 |
| Accruals ratio | −2.2% | −1.4% | −1.7% |
The nine F-score tests
| Test | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| Current ratio rose | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| F-score | 4 of 9 | 4 of 9 | 6 of 9 |
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| Ethan Allen | FY26 | −5.7% | 7.8% | 7.2% | 9.8% | −2.2x | 6 | |
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10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 763 | 767 | 747 | 590 | 685 | 818 | 791 | 646 | 615 | 580 |
| Revenue growth | −3.9% | 0.5% | −2.6% | −21.0% | 16.2% | 19.4% | −3.2% | −18.3% | −4.9% | −5.7% |
| Gross profit | 420 | 416 | 410 | 323 | 393 | 485 | 480 | 393 | 372 | 355 |
| Research and development | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | 58 | 49 | 34 | 15 | 77 | 138 | 137 | 78 | 62 | 45 |
| Net income | 36 | 36 | 26 | 9 | 60 | 103 | 106 | 64 | 52 | 40 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 1.29 | 1.32 | 0.96 | 0.34 | 2.37 | 4.05 | 4.13 | 2.49 | 2.01 | 1.56 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 79 | 42 | 55 | 53 | 130 | 69 | 101 | 80 | 62 | 52 |
| Capital expenditure | 18 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Free cash flow | 61 | 30 | 46 | 37 | 118 | 56 | 87 | 71 | 50 | 41 |
| Dividends paid | 20 | 30 | 47 | 22 | 43 | 48 | 46 | 50 | 50 | 46 |
| Share buybacks | 10 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Acquisitions | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 58 | 22 | 21 | 72 | 105 | 110 | 173 | 161 | 136 | 133 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 14 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Total assets | 568 | 530 | 510 | 623 | 683 | 720 | 746 | 745 | 737 | 720 |
| Total liabilities | 167 | 147 | 146 | 295 | 332 | 313 | 274 | 262 | 255 | 248 |
| Shareholders' equity | 401 | 384 | 364 | 328 | 351 | 407 | 471 | 483 | 482 | 472 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 55.0% | 54.2% | 54.8% | 54.8% | 57.4% | 59.3% | 60.7% | 60.8% | 60.5% | 61.2% |
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 6.4% | 4.5% | 2.5% | 11.3% | 16.9% | 17.3% | 12.1% | 10.1% | 7.8% |
| Net margin | 4.7% | 4.7% | 3.4% | 1.5% | 8.8% | 12.6% | 13.4% | 9.9% | 8.4% | 6.9% |
| Free cash flow margin | 8.0% | 3.9% | 6.2% | 6.3% | 17.2% | 6.8% | 11.0% | 10.9% | 8.2% | 7.2% |
| Rule of 40 (growth + FCF margin) | 4.1% | 4.4% | 3.6% | −14.7% | 33.4% | 26.2% | 7.7% | −7.4% | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| Return on capital | 10.0% | 10.1% | 7.3% | 2.8% | 22.0% | 37.9% | 34.5% | 18.7% | 13.8% | 9.8% |
| Return on equity | 9.1% | 9.3% | 6.9% | 2.6% | 17.7% | 27.2% | 24.1% | 13.4% | 10.7% | 8.4% |
| Return on assets | 6.3% | 6.6% | 4.9% | 1.6% | 9.2% | 14.7% | 14.4% | 8.6% | 7.0% | 5.5% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −0.6x | −0.3x | −0.4x | −0.7x | −1.1x | −0.7x | −1.1x | −1.7x | −1.8x | −2.2x |