HOOKER Furnishings (HOFT) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Jeremy R. Hoff, Chief Executive Officer and Director, was paid $1.9M in fiscal 2026, up 14% from $1.6M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 40:1, on median employee pay of $46,979.

Filed
May 8, 2026
Annual meeting
June 9, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2026
Named executives
3
CEO total pay
$1.9M+14% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
40:1median $46,979
CEO pay in equity
63%$1.2M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
91%of votes cast
Smith severance
$375,000Paid upon separation
CEO stock awards
$1,162,088Fiscal 2026 grant-date value
CEO target incentive
$680,000Annual cash incentive target
Other NEO total
$936,024Average fiscal 2026 compensation

How Hoff was paid

$1.9M in total for fiscal 2026, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary37%Stock awards63%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Jeremy R. HoffChief Executive Officer and Director$1,856,877
C. Earl Armstrong IIIChief Financial Officer and SVP-Finance$720,654
Anne J. SmithChief Administrative Officer$1,151,394

What changed and why

  • $1.9M$1,856,877 was CEO total compensation in fiscal 2026, compared with $1,624,654 in fiscal 2025.
  • $1.2M$1,162,088 of CEO compensation came from stock awards.
  • $375K$375,000 of Anne Smith’s All Other Compensation was severance after her October 31, 2025 separation.
  • 10%10% EPS growth and relative TSR at the 50th percentile were performance-award assumptions.
  • 91%Over 91% of votes supported say-on-pay at the 2025 annual meeting.
  • $278.1MFiscal 2026 consolidated net sales decreased 12.4% to $278.1 million.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.