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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, risk and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility & risk, FLXS or BSET?

Flexsteel Industries has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bassett Furniture Industries has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FLXS or BSET more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flexsteel Industries	3.29%	12.72%	7.36%
Bassett Furniture Industries	0.76%	1.48%	0.74%

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 2.4%. 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 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.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FLXS or BSET?

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, 7.3% of Bassett Furniture Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer FLXS or BSET?

In the previous week, Bassett Furniture Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Flexsteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Bassett Furniture Industries and 2 mentions for Flexsteel Industries. Bassett Furniture Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Flexsteel Industries' score of 0.55 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bassett Furniture Industries	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, FLXS or BSET?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flexsteel Industries	$412.75M	0.43	$10.53M	$2.54	13.17
Bassett Furniture Industries	$329.92M	0.41	-$9.69M	$0.29	53.69

Summary

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