How to buy Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated stock

Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated is a furnishings, fixtures & appliances business based in the US. Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated shares (BSET) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated employs 2,071 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

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Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-15.

52-week range	$4.82 - $28.10
50-day moving average	$23.82
200-day moving average	$19.71
Wall St. target price	$30.00
PE ratio	28.7755
Dividend yield	$0.455 (1.74%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.49

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Is Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated under- or over-valued?

Valuing Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's P/E ratio

Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 29x. In other words, Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated shares trade at around 29x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's PEG ratio

Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.9481. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's EBITDA

Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $15.7 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated financials

Revenue TTM	$387.4 million
Operating margin TTM	0.66%
Gross profit TTM	$222.3 million
Return on assets TTM	0.39%
Return on equity TTM	-4.59%
Profit margin	-1.97%
Book value	$15.91
Market capitalisation	$257.9 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated shares

There are currently 195,282 Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated shares held short by investors – that's known as Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's "short interest". This figure is 14.1% down from 227,391 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated shares can be evaluated.

Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated shares traded daily (recently around 83453.846153846). Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's SIR currently stands at 2.34. In other words for every 100,000 Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2340 shares are currently held short.

However Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated shares, or, against the total number of tradable Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0243% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated shares, roughly 24 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated.

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Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 82.88% of net profits

Recently Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated has paid out, on average, around 82.88% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.91% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated shareholders could enjoy a 1.91% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's case, that would currently equate to about $0.455 per share.

Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's most recent dividend payout was on 27 May 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 12 May 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's shares ever split?

Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's shares were split on a 5:4 basis on 26 May 1993. So if you had owned 4 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 5 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 20% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated shares which in turn could have impacted Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's share price.

Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's shares have ranged in value from as little as $4.8231 up to $28.1. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's is 1.7843. This would suggest that Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated overview

Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated engages in the manufacture, marketing, and retail of home furnishings in the United States and internationally. It operates in 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 operations. As of November 28, 2020, it operated a network of 63 company-owned stores and 34 licensee-owned stores. It also provides shipping, and warehousing services to customers in the furniture industry. In addition, the company owns and leases retail store properties; and distributes its products through other multi-line furniture stores, Bassett galleries or design centers, mass merchants, and specialty stores, as well as sells its products online. Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated was founded in 1902 and is based in Bassett, Virginia.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 6.602% of Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated shares are held by insiders and 52.987% by institutions.

• How many people work for Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated?

  Latest data suggests 2,071 work at Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated.

• When does the fiscal year end for Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated?

  Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's fiscal year ends in November.

• Where is Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated based?

  Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's address is: 3525 Fairystone Park Highway, Bassett, VA, United States, 24055

• What is Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's ISIN number?

  Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's international securities identification number is: US0702031040

• What is Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's CUSIP number?

  Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 070203104