BSET vs. FLXS, HOFT, TPX, MHK, LZB, LEG, MBC, ETD, LINC, and AGS
Should you be buying Bassett Furniture Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bassett Furniture Industries include Flexsteel Industries (FLXS), Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), Tempur Sealy International (TPX), Mohawk Industries (MHK), La-Z-Boy (LZB), Leggett & Platt (LEG), MasterBrand (MBC), Ethan Allen Interiors (ETD), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), and PlayAGS (AGS).
Bassett Furniture Industries vs.
Flexsteel Industries (NASDAQ:FLXS) and Bassett Furniture Industries (NASDAQ:BSET) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Flexsteel Industries has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bassett Furniture Industries has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Flexsteel Industries has a net margin of 3.30% compared to Bassett Furniture Industries' net margin of -5.00%. Flexsteel Industries' return on equity of 10.09% beat Bassett Furniture Industries' return on equity.
36.3% of Flexsteel Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of Bassett Furniture Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 15.6% of Flexsteel Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Bassett Furniture Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Bassett Furniture Industries received 66 more outperform votes than Flexsteel Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.58% of users gave Flexsteel Industries an outperform vote while only 62.80% of users gave Bassett Furniture Industries an outperform vote.
Flexsteel Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Bassett Furniture Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Flexsteel Industries pays out 26.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bassett Furniture Industries pays out -41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Bassett Furniture Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Flexsteel Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Bassett Furniture Industries. Bassett Furniture Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flexsteel Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Bassett Furniture Industries had 3 more articles in the media than Flexsteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Bassett Furniture Industries and 1 mentions for Flexsteel Industries. Bassett Furniture Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Flexsteel Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Bassett Furniture Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Flexsteel Industries beats Bassett Furniture Industries on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BSET) was last updated on 12/30/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
