Stock Analysis: Basett Furniture May Gain 13.8% This Year

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Bassett Furniture Industries Inc (BSET) was founded by in 1902 and is headquartered in Bassett, VA.

The company, manufactures markets and retails home furnishings through three operating segments: (1) Wholesale, (2) Retail, and (3) Corporate & Other. 

Three key data points gauge BSET (or any dividend paying entity):

(1) Price 

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Those three keys also indicate if any company has made, is making, and will make money.

BSET Price

Bassett Furniture Industries’ single share price dropped $3.88 (or 21.4%) from $18.09 to $14.21 this past year, per Monday’s market report.

One analyst covers the stock and set a target price up $7.00 or 50%. However BSET’s average annual price increase was $1.55 over the past six years; moving from $4.91 to $14.21.

BSET Dividends

Bassett Furniture Industries has paid variable quarterly dividends since December, 1989. (Bset dividend stopped between 2008 and 2011 following the mortgage crash.) 

However, the May 2025 Q dividend of $0.20 indicates a likely $0.80 annual dividend for the coming year. 

BSET Returns

Putting it all together, a possible annual gross gain of $2.35 per share is predicted by adding the $0.80 forward-looking dividend to a 1yr  $1.55 annual price-gain next year.

A little under $1000 invested at Friday’s $14.21 share price would buy 70 shares which multiply the $2.35 estimated gross gain to a $136.38 upside for the coming year.

41.8% of that $136 upside gain could come from the $57.10 annual dividend payout from your $1,000 investment.

And the $57.10 annual dividend from $1k invested is over 4 times the BSET $14.20 single share price.

A dividend dogcatcher rule is to only buy initial shares of a stock that pay an annual dividend (from $1000 invested) that is greater than the cost of a single share.

The exact track of BSET’s future share price and dividend will entirely be determined by market action and company finances.

Remember the best way to track stock performance and dividend payments is through direct ownership of company shares.