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With many investors looking for income as well as capital gains, we now publish the top ten yielding stocks in certain industries each week. This week we look at Home Furnishing & Fixtures (see below for other industries). These stocks have been selected from a screening program. They are not recommendations to buy or sell. If you have an interest in any of them, please investigate them completely before taking any action. Updated 12/16/08 INDUSTRY: Home Furnishing & Fixtures Company | Symbol | Div/Yield | EPS | | Bassett Furniture Ind. * | BSET | 12.86% | -$0.62 | | Sealy Corp. * | ZZ | 12.66% | $0.59 | | Flexteel Industries * | FLXS | 7.24% | $0.35 | | Ethan Allen Interiors | ETH | 7.13% | $1.65 | | Leggett & Platt Inc. | LEG | 6.90% | -$0.50 | | Hooker Furniture | HOFT | 6.12% | $1.07 | | Stanley Furniture | STLY | 4.90% | $0.24 | | Fortune Brands | FO | 4.57% | $5.14 | | La-Z Boy Inc. | LZB | 3.33% | -$1.11 | | Richelieu Hardware | RHUHF | 2.09% | $1.26 | | |
| * Comments:
BSET: a retailer, manufacturer and marketer of branded home furnishings. The Company is organized into three segments: wholesale, retail, and investments and real estate. Bassett's products are sold primarily through Bassett Furniture Direct (BFD) stores, with secondary distribution through Bassett Design Centers and other multi-line furniture stores. Bassettbaby cribs and casegoods are sold through specialty stores and mass merchants. The BFD store program was created as a single source home furnishings retail store.
ZZ: is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of a complete line of bedding products, including mattresses and mattress foundations. The segments of the Company include the Americas and Europe. The Americas segment operations are concentrated in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Argentina and Brazil. The Europe operations are concentrated in Western Europe. The conventional (innerspring) bedding products are manufactured and marketed in the United States under the Sealy, Sealy Posturepedic, Stearns & Foster and Bassett brand names. In addition, the Company manufactures and markets specialty (non-innerspring) visco-elastic and latex bedding products under the TrueForm, SpringFree, Stearns & Foster, Reflexions, Carrington Chase, MirrorForm and Pirelli brand names. FLXS: a manufacturer, importer and marketer of residential, recreational vehicle and commercial upholstered and wooden furniture products. Product offerings include a variety of upholstered and wood furniture, such as sofas, loveseats, chairs, reclining and rocker-reclining chairs, swivel rockers, sofa beds, convertible bedding units, occasional tables, desks, dining tables and chairs and bedroom furniture. |
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DISCLAIMER: Dividend yields will differ from these tables due to pricing considerations. The table is generated from data that is not as of the close last Friday. Therefore, when you investigate one of these stocks, expect to see a lower or higher yield. Also, not all stocks are included in this list. There may be more in this industry that have a higher yield but due to the methodology of the screening program, they are not listed.
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