Bassett Furniture Industries, I BSET

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
48/100
Developing

About Bassett Furniture Industries, I

Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, sources, distributes, and retails home furnishings and furniture products in the United States. It operates through two segments, Wholesale and Retail—Company-Owned Stores. The company offers sofas, chairs, reclining furniture, ottomans and benches, and leather furniture; tables and cabinets; dining and outdoor furniture; beds, dressers and chests, nightstands and bedside tables, … Full BSET analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative Leverage Debt serviceability is strong (score 0.90), with robust interest coverage.
  • Scale Supporting Profitability Profitability at scale is strong (score 0.70), demonstrating competitive advantages.

Key risks

  • Volatile Margins Suggest Cyclicality Margin volatility is high (stability score 0.37), suggesting cyclical exposure or competitive pressure.

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Pricing Power

Developing
46

Where BSET ranks in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances

Bassett Furniture Industries, I ranks #16 of 34 scored companies in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances by moat score — the top 47%. The widest moat in the group is SharkNinja, Inc. (SN) at 81/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near BSET in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances
# Company Moat score Rating
12 MillerKnoll, Inc. MLKN 58/100 Moderate
13 Viomi Technology Co., Ltd VIOT 58/100 Moderate
14 Whirlpool Corporation WHR 50/100 Moderate
15 Crown Crafts, Inc. CRWS 50/100 Moderate
16 Bassett Furniture Industries, I BSET 48/100 Developing
17 Lifetime Brands, Inc. LCUT 46/100 Developing
18 Virco Manufacturing Corporation VIRC 46/100 Developing
19 The Lovesac Company LOVE 45/100 Developing
20 Hooker Furnishings Corporation HOFT 38/100 Developing

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How BSET scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 46 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 32 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 47 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 41 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 69 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 51 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding BSET's moat

What is Bassett Furniture Industries, I's moat score?

Bassett Furniture Industries, I (BSET) scores 48 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #16 of 34 scored companies in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances, the top 47%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 33 companies in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances. Its strongest defense is Resilience (69/100) and its weakest is Cost Advantage (32/100).

How does Bassett Furniture Industries, I compare with other Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances companies?

Bassett Furniture Industries, I ranks #16 of 34 scored companies in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances by moat score. The widest moat in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances is SharkNinja, Inc. (SN) at 81/100. The companies ranked closest are Crown Crafts, Inc. (CRWS) at 50 just above it and Lifetime Brands, Inc. (LCUT) at 46 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 33 companies in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Bassett Furniture Industries, I scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Bassett Furniture Industries, I?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and BSET scores: Pricing Power (46), Cost Advantage (32), Customer Stickiness (47), Capital Efficiency (41), Resilience (69), Scale & Market Position (51). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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