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The following are today's upgrades for Validea's Price/Sales Investor model based on the published strategy of Kenneth Fisher. This value strategy rewards stocks with low P/S ratios, long-term profit growth, strong free cash flow and consistent profit margins.

HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES, INC. (HVT) is a small-cap value stock in the Furniture & Fixtures industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Kenneth Fisher changed from 90% to 100% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.

Company Description: Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. is a specialty retailer of residential furniture and accessories. The Company's product categories include furniture, decor and accessories, and mattresses and bedding. Its furniture category includes living room, bedroom, dining room, office and outdoor. Its living room product line includes sofas and sleepers, and chairs and recliners, among others. Its bedroom product line includes beds, dressers, chests and others. Its dining room product line includes dining chairs, dining tables, barstools and others. Its office product line includes office chairs, file cabinets, and desks and hutches, among others. Its outdoor product line includes outdoor dining, outdoor seating, outdoor tables and others. Its decor and accessories category includes rugs, lighting, wall decor and mirrors, pillows and throws and accent decor. It carries mattress product lines, such as Tempur-Pedic, Serta, Sealy and Stearns and Foster. The Company operates about 122 stores.

The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy's tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria.

Detailed Analysis of HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES, INC.

About Kenneth Fisher: The son of Philip Fisher, who is considered the "Father of Growth Investing", Kenneth Fisher is a money manager, bestselling author, and longtime Forbes columnist. The younger Fisher wowed Wall Street in the mid-1980s when his book Super Stocks first popularized the idea of using the price/sales ratio (PSR) as a means of identifying attractive stocks. According to his alma mater, Humboldt State University, Fisher is also one of the world's foremost experts on 19th century logging. Appropriately, Fisher's firm, Fisher Investments, is located in a lush forest preserve in Woodside, California, where the contrarian-minded Fisher says he and his employees can get away from Wall Street groupthink.

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