Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated

BSET

Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances · Consumer Cyclical

Price

$21.60

-0.18 (-0.83%)

Market Cap

$187.0M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−11.6% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 9.8M (2021) → 8.7M (2025)

Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated engages in the manufacture, marketing, and retail of home furnishings in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Wholesale, Retail company-owned Stores, and Logistical Services. The company engages in the design, manufacture, sourcing, sale, and distribution of furniture products to a network of company-owned retail stores and licensee-owned stores, and independent furniture retailers; and wood and upholstery operatio

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-2.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-38.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

11.7%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~16 months

$33M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Revenue declining

Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

56.2%

Premium pricing power — 56.2% gross margin

Operating Margin

1.6%

Thin — 1.6% operating margin

ROCE

0.8%

Weak — 0.8% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+2.4%

Nearly flat sales (2.4% YoY)

EPS YoY

+83.1%

Earnings growing fast (83.1% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

151%

Turns 151% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

1.1%

Thin free cash flow (1.1%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Interest Cover

100.00x

Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

34.7x

Pricey — P/E 34.7

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+12.0

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (34.7 → 22.7)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

4.27%

Healthy income — 4.27% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend Growth

+0.0%

Dividend flat

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