FLXS vs. BSET, HOFT, MHK, LZB, LEG, SNBR, VIRC, HTLM, NTZ, and NVFY
Should you be buying Flexsteel Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flexsteel Industries include Bassett Furniture Industries (BSET), Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), Mohawk Industries (MHK), La-Z-Boy (LZB), Leggett & Platt (LEG), Sleep Number (SNBR), Virco Manufacturing (VIRC), HomesToLife (HTLM), Natuzzi (NTZ), and Nova Lifestyle (NVFY). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Flexsteel Industries vs. Its Competitors
Bassett Furniture Industries (NASDAQ:BSET) and Flexsteel Industries (NASDAQ:FLXS) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, Flexsteel Industries had 14 more articles in the media than Bassett Furniture Industries. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Flexsteel Industries and 4 mentions for Bassett Furniture Industries. Flexsteel Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Bassett Furniture Industries' score of 0.66 indicating that Flexsteel Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
54.4% of Bassett Furniture Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of Flexsteel Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Bassett Furniture Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Flexsteel 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 pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Flexsteel Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. 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 pays out 22.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bassett Furniture Industries has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Flexsteel Industries has raised its dividend for 1 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 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.
Bassett Furniture Industries has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flexsteel Industries has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Flexsteel Industries beats Bassett Furniture Industries on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:FLXS) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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