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 dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable 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	$326.47M	0.49	-$9.69M	$0.29	63.10
Flexsteel Industries	$437.28M	0.46	$10.53M	$2.54	14.91

Does the media favor BSET or FLXS?

In the previous week, Bassett Furniture Industries had 15 more articles in the media than Flexsteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Bassett Furniture Industries and 4 mentions for Flexsteel Industries. Flexsteel Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Bassett Furniture Industries' score of 0.66 indicating that Flexsteel Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bassett Furniture Industries	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 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)	Positive

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 4.4%. Flexsteel Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, BSET or FLXS?

Bassett Furniture Industries has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flexsteel Industries has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% 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%	1.49%	0.73%
Flexsteel Industries	3.29%	12.72%	7.36%

Summary

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