---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-001648"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BSET"
cik: "0000010329"
company_name: "BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-01-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T10:26:07.992757+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bassett Furniture Q4 sales up 5.8% to $121M; early FY2023 wholesale orders down 20%

## Summary
- Q4 consolidated sales $121.0M (+5.8% YoY); operating income $6.7M (5.6% of sales) vs $6.6M (5.8%) last year.
- Wholesale sales down 1.6% to $74.6M; retail sales up 14.9% to $76.3M; corporate retail posted record Q4 profitability.
- Early FY2023 headwinds: quarter-to-date written wholesale orders down 20% YoY; shipments down 10%; backlogs normalized.
- Acquired Canadian online furniture retailer Noa Home Inc. in early September; Noa results not profitable in Q4.
- Returned over $35M to shareholders in FY2022 via $14.5M special dividend, increased regular dividend, and $15.1M share repurchases.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-001648
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BSET
- cik: 0000010329
- company_name: BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-01-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10329/000143774923001648/0001437749-23-001648-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10329/000143774923001648/bset20230124_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC reported fourth quarter ended November 26, 2022 results: revenue $121.0 million.
  - Period: fourth quarter ended November 26, 2022
  - Revenue: $121.0 million
  - Result: reported results
  source text: We posted revenue of $121.0 million in our fourth quarter, a 5.8% increase against the backdrop of an increasingly difficult macroeconomic environment as we head into another year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10329/000143774923001648/0001437749-23-001648-index.htm

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