LCUT vs. SCX, TUP, AM, CIX, EML, ACU, TBLT, SNA, SWK, and SSD
Should you be buying Lifetime Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lifetime Brands include L.S. Starrett (SCX), Tupperware Brands (TUP), Antero Midstream (AM), CompX International (CIX), Eastern (EML), Acme United (ACU), ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT), Snap-on (SNA), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), and Simpson Manufacturing (SSD).
Lifetime Brands (NASDAQ:LCUT) and L.S. Starrett (NYSE:SCX) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, Lifetime Brands had 3 more articles in the media than L.S. Starrett. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Lifetime Brands and 1 mentions for L.S. Starrett. Lifetime Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat L.S. Starrett's score of 0.00 indicating that Lifetime Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
40.6% of Lifetime Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.4% of L.S. Starrett shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.2% of Lifetime Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of L.S. Starrett shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
L.S. Starrett has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lifetime Brands. Lifetime Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than L.S. Starrett, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
L.S. Starrett has a net margin of 5.02% compared to Lifetime Brands' net margin of -0.86%. Lifetime Brands' return on equity of 4.63% beat L.S. Starrett's return on equity.
Lifetime Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. L.S. Starrett pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Lifetime Brands pays out -63.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. L.S. Starrett pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Lifetime Brands has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, L.S. Starrett has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lifetime Brands presently has a consensus price target of $12.75, indicating a potential upside of 18.38%. Given Lifetime Brands' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lifetime Brands is more favorable than L.S. Starrett.
Lifetime Brands received 47 more outperform votes than L.S. Starrett when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.43% of users gave L.S. Starrett an outperform vote while only 65.63% of users gave Lifetime Brands an outperform vote.
Summary
Lifetime Brands beats L.S. Starrett on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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