Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances
Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated BSET
$20.72 +8.71% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $179.4M
Strong trendLow risk
Next earnings report: Feb 3, 2027
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.78, down 60.8% year over year.
- The shares trade at 26.6× trailing earnings, higher than 88% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 79 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 38%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 17%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 9%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 6%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 38%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 24%
- Gross marginTop 14%
- Operating marginBottom 29%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 20%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 15%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 45%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 45%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 21%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 42%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 23%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 15%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 28%
- 6-month returnTop 10%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 19%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 6%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 7%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 41%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 12%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 44%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 8%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 4%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 45%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 2.0% | 1.4% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -54.2% | -60.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 56.3% | 56.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 2.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 2.4% | 0.0% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 1.4% | 2.0% | ↓ | Bottom 38% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -60.8% | -54.2% | ↓ | Bottom 17% |
| Gross margin | 56.6% | 56.3% | ↑ | Top 14% |
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 1.9% | ↑ | Bottom 29% |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 2.3% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 0.0% | 2.4% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 12.4% | — | Top 24% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -11.6% | — | Bottom 6% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.14×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -0.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -16.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.36×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.85%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.59%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.44%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 29, 2026 (filed Sep 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +14.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 7
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 4
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 25%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | +84.6% | -3.2% | — | — | — |
| Jul 1, 2026 | +20.0% | +6.0% | +13.3% | +10.2% | +0.8% |
| Apr 1, 2026 | -23.5% | +0.4% | +1.2% | +3.4% | +22.1% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | -23.3% | +3.4% | +3.8% | -2.3% | -5.4% |
| Oct 8, 2025 | +0.0% | +5.7% | -2.1% | -7.4% | +4.3% |
| Jul 9, 2025 | +46.7% | +4.7% | +14.9% | -3.0% | -1.5% |
| Apr 2, 2025 | +950.0% | +3.0% | -2.6% | +16.4% | -5.9% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | +1050.0% | +1.7% | +0.0% | +11.5% | +28.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.13 | +84.6% | $82.8M |
| Jul 1, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.20 | +20.0% | $83.8M |
| Apr 1, 2026 | $0.13 | $0.17 | -23.5% | $80.3M |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.30 | -23.3% | $88.7M |
| Oct 8, 2025 | $0.09 | $0.09 | +0.0% | $80.1M |
| Jul 9, 2025 | $0.22 | $0.15 | +46.7% | $84.3M |
| Apr 2, 2025 | $0.21 | $0.02 | +950.0% | $82.2M |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $0.38 | -$0.04 | +1050.0% | $84.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 26.6× | 9.7× | 88th | Bottom 45% |
| P/E (forward) | 22.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.3× | — | — | Top 42% |
| EV / Sales | 0.68× | — | — | Top 23% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 0.05% | — | — | Bottom 21% |
| Earnings yield | 3.76% | — | — | Bottom 45% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 2.4× – 45.2× since Aug 28, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +29.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -60.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +165.4%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 2
- Days above the 200-day average
- 79
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +10.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +25.1%
- RSI (14)
- 70.0
- Relative volume
- 2.53×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 38.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 64th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.34
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.14
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -4.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -30.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2021 | Aug 8, 2024 | -65.7% | 821 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -22.2% | 8 days | 22 days (Apr 26, 2021) |
| Jan 25, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -18.0% | 4 days | 27 days (Mar 10, 2021) |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -17.4% | 9 days | 18 days (Nov 23, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $179.4M
- P/E (TTM)
- 26.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.78
- Revenue (TTM)
- $335.6M
- Dividend yield
- 3.86%
- 52-week range
- $13.17 – $22.26
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $430.9M | $485.6M | $390.1M | $329.9M | $335.3M |
| Gross profit | $221.1M | $248.3M | $206.5M | $179.4M | $188.7M |
| Operating income | $24.3M | $34.9M | -$3.1M | -$16.3M | $7.8M |
| Net income | $18.0M | $65.3M | -$3.2M | -$9.7M | $6.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.83 | $2.70 | -$0.36 | -$1.11 | $0.70 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $84.3M | $82.2M | $84.3M | $80.1M | $88.7M | $80.3M | $83.8M | $82.8M |
| Net income | $3.2M | $1.9M | $1.9M | $801,000 | $1.5M | $1.1M | $2.0M | $2.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.47 | $0.21 | $0.22 | $0.09 | $0.18 | $0.13 | $0.23 | $0.24 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $14.6M | -$3.0M | $18.7M | $4.0M | $13.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$10.8M | -$21.3M | -$17.5M | -$5.2M | -$4.5M |
| Free cash flow | $3.8M | -$24.3M | $1.2M | -$1.2M | $9.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$7.7M | -$20.2M | -$6.0M | -$6.7M | -$6.9M |
| Net share buybacks | -$5.2M | -$14.7M | -$3.9M | -$1.0M | -$1.8M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $53.4M
- Total assets
- $103.4M
- Total liabilities
- $147.2M
- Total debt
- $82.7M
- Net debt
- $47.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $164.9M
As of Aug 29, 2026 (filed Sep 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $0.20 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| May 15, 2026 | $0.20 | May 29, 2026 |
| Feb 13, 2026 | $0.20 | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Nov 14, 2025 | $0.20 | Nov 28, 2025 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $0.20 | Aug 29, 2025 |
| May 16, 2025 | $0.20 | May 30, 2025 |
| Feb 14, 2025 | $0.20 | Feb 28, 2025 |
| Nov 15, 2024 | $0.20 | Nov 29, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 60,524
- Days to cover
- 2.90
- Change vs previous report
- +13.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- May 27, 1993
- 5-for-4
- Apr 7, 1992
- 3-for-2
- Jun 13, 1983
- 5-for-4