Bassett Furniture Industries (BSET) Competitors

Flexsteel Industries (NASDAQ:FLXS) and Bassett Furniture Industries (NASDAQ:BSET) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Is FLXS or BSET a better dividend stock?

Flexsteel Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Bassett Furniture Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Flexsteel Industries pays out 31.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bassett Furniture Industries pays out -106.7% 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. 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.

Which has better valuation and earnings, FLXS or BSET?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flexsteel Industries	$412.75M	0.49	$10.53M	$2.54	15.17
Bassett Furniture Industries	$329.92M	0.41	-$9.69M	-$0.75	-20.85

Is FLXS or BSET more profitable?

Flexsteel Industries has a net margin of 3.29% compared to Bassett Furniture Industries' net margin of -2.04%. Flexsteel Industries' return on equity of 12.72% beat Bassett Furniture Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flexsteel Industries	3.29%	12.72%	7.36%
Bassett Furniture Industries	-2.04%	-0.68%	-0.33%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FLXS or BSET?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Bassett Furniture Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer FLXS or BSET?

In the previous week, Bassett Furniture Industries had 6 more articles in the media than Flexsteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Bassett Furniture Industries and 2 mentions for Flexsteel Industries. Bassett Furniture Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Flexsteel Industries' score of 0.62 indicating that Bassett Furniture Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Flexsteel Industries	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bassett Furniture Industries	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, FLXS or BSET?

Flexsteel Industries has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bassett Furniture Industries has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Flexsteel Industries beats Bassett Furniture Industries on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.