BSET vs. FLXS, HOFT, TPX, MHK, LZB, LEG, MBC, ETD, HNST, and MCS
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), Honest (HNST), and Marcus (MCS).
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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends and valuation.
Flexsteel Industries has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bassett Furniture Industries has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Bassett Furniture Industries shares are held 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.
Bassett Furniture Industries received 67 more outperform votes than Flexsteel Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.58% of users gave Flexsteel Industries an outperform vote while only 62.88% of users gave Bassett Furniture Industries an outperform vote.
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, Flexsteel Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Bassett Furniture Industries. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Flexsteel Industries and 2 mentions for Bassett Furniture Industries. Flexsteel Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Bassett Furniture Industries' score of 0.43 indicating that Flexsteel Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Flexsteel Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.68 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 4.9%. Flexsteel Industries pays out 26.8% 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 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 4.63% compared to Bassett Furniture Industries' net margin of -2.94%. Flexsteel Industries' return on equity of 11.25% beat Bassett Furniture Industries' return on equity.
Summary
Flexsteel Industries beats Bassett Furniture Industries on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BSET) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
