Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated BSET
2 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.
Earnings covered only a fraction of the dividend — the rest came from cash or borrowing.
Each USD of equity produced 4 cents of profit this year.
USD 6.9M in dividends and USD 1.8M in buybacks — 144% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.
The share count shrank 13% in five years — the same company, cut into fewer, larger slices.
Equity funds 51% of total assets.
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