BSET vs. FLXS, HOFT, MHK, LZB, LEG, SNBR, VIRC, HTLM, NVFY, and NTZ
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), Mohawk Industries (MHK), La-Z-Boy (LZB), Leggett & Platt (LEG), Sleep Number (SNBR), Virco Manufacturing (VIRC), HomesToLife (HTLM), Nova Lifestyle (NVFY), and Natuzzi (NTZ). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Bassett Furniture Industries vs. Its Competitors
Flexsteel Industries (NASDAQ:FLXS) and Bassett Furniture Industries (NASDAQ:BSET) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.
Flexsteel Industries has a net margin of 3.29% compared to Bassett Furniture Industries' net margin of 0.76%. Flexsteel Industries' return on equity of 12.72% beat Bassett Furniture Industries' return on equity.
Flexsteel Industries has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bassett Furniture Industries has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bassett Furniture Industries had 5 more articles in the media than Flexsteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bassett Furniture Industries and 1 mentions for Flexsteel Industries. Flexsteel Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Bassett Furniture Industries' score of 0.37 indicating that Flexsteel Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
36.3% of Flexsteel Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of Bassett Furniture Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.6% of Flexsteel Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Bassett Furniture Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Flexsteel Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Bassett Furniture Industries. Flexsteel Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bassett Furniture Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Flexsteel Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Bassett Furniture Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Flexsteel Industries pays out 31.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bassett Furniture Industries pays out 275.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Flexsteel Industries has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Bassett Furniture Industries has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Bassett Furniture Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Flexsteel Industries beats Bassett Furniture Industries on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BSET) was last updated on 7/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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