BSET vs. FLXS, HOFT, MHK, LZB, LEG, SNBR, VIRC, NVFY, HTLM, 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), Nova Lifestyle (NVFY), HomesToLife (HTLM), 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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, Flexsteel Industries had 4 more articles in the media than Bassett Furniture Industries. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Flexsteel Industries and 4 mentions for Bassett Furniture Industries. Bassett Furniture Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Flexsteel Industries' score of 1.28 indicating that Bassett Furniture Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Flexsteel Industries has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bassett Furniture Industries has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Flexsteel Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Bassett Furniture Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Flexsteel Industries pays out 22.6% 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 raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Bassett Furniture Industries has raised 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.
Flexsteel Industries has a net margin of 4.57% compared to Bassett Furniture Industries' net margin of 0.76%. Flexsteel Industries' return on equity of 14.74% beat Bassett Furniture Industries' return on equity.
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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock 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.
Summary
Flexsteel Industries beats Bassett Furniture Industries on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:BSET) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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