Flexsteel Industries (FLXS) 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.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BSET or FLXS?

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.

Is BSET or FLXS a better dividend stock?

Bassett Furniture Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Flexsteel Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. 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 31.5% 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.

Does the media refer more to BSET or FLXS?

In the previous week, Bassett Furniture Industries and Bassett Furniture Industries both had 3 articles in the media. Bassett Furniture Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Flexsteel Industries' score of 0.37 indicating that Bassett Furniture Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has more risk and volatility, BSET or FLXS?

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.

Is BSET or FLXS 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
Bassett Furniture Industries	0.76%	1.48%	0.74%
Flexsteel Industries	3.29%	12.72%	7.36%

Which has better valuation and earnings, BSET or FLXS?

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
Bassett Furniture Industries	$329.92M	0.43	-$9.69M	$0.29	55.83
Flexsteel Industries	$412.75M	0.43	$10.53M	$2.54	13.13

Summary

Flexsteel Industries beats Bassett Furniture Industries on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.