Lifetime Brands (LCUT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Lifetime Brands, Inc. designs, sources, and sells branded kitchenware, tableware, and other products for use in the home in the worldwide. The company provides kitchenware products, including kitchen tools and gadgets, cutlery, kitchen scales, thermometers, cutting boards, shears, cookware, pantryware, spice racks, and bakeware; and tableware products comprising dinnerware, stemware, flatware, and giftware. It also provides home solutions, such as thermal beverageware, bath scales, weather and outdoor household, food storage, neoprene travel, and home décor products. The company owns or licenses various brands, including the Farberware, Mikasa, Taylor, KitchenAid, Pfaltzgraff, BUILT NY, Rabbit, Kamenstein, S'well, and Fred & Friends. It serves mass market merchants, specialty stores, department stores, warehouse clubs, grocery stores, off-price retailers, food service distributors, food and beverage outlets, and e-commerce. The company sells its products directly, as well as through its retail websites. Lifetime Brands, Inc. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Garden City, New York.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $3.80 to $4.01
• 50-Day Range: $3.65 to $5.42
• 52-Week Range: $2.89 to $7.72
• Volume: 23,046 shs
• Average Volume: 31,459 shs
• Market Capitalization: $86.50 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 4.40%
• Price Target: $5.50
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Lifetime Brands Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Lifetime Brands scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 12th out of 295 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Lifetime Brands has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Lifetime Brands has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 34.55%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Lifetime Brands are expected to grow by 34.55% in the coming year, from $0.55 to $0.74 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Lifetime Brands is -2.43, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Lifetime Brands is -2.43, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Lifetime Brands has a P/B Ratio of 0.47. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.43% of the float of Lifetime Brands has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Lifetime Brands has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.1, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Lifetime Brands has recently decreased by 6.34%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Lifetime Brands is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.36%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Lifetime Brands does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Lifetime Brands will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.97% next year. This indicates that Lifetime Brands will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.52

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.43% of the float of Lifetime Brands has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Lifetime Brands has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.1, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Lifetime Brands has recently decreased by 6.34%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.61

News Sentiment

Lifetime Brands has a news sentiment score of 0.61. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.74 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Lifetime Brands this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for LCUT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Lifetime Brands insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

43.60% of the stock of Lifetime Brands is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

40.62% of the stock of Lifetime Brands is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

LCUT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have LCUT shares performed this year?

Lifetime Brands' stock was trading at $5.91 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, LCUT shares have decreased by 34.7% and is now trading at $3.86.

How were Lifetime Brands' earnings last quarter?

Lifetime Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ:LCUT) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 7th. The company reported ($0.50) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.17) by $0.33. The company had revenue of $131.86 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $138.25 million. Lifetime Brands had a negative net margin of 5.16% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 0.12%.
Read the conference call transcript.

Who are Lifetime Brands' major shareholders?

Lifetime Brands' top institutional shareholders include JB Capital Partners LP (7.04%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (4.05%), Martin & Co. Inc. TN (2.35%) and RBF Capital LLC (1.80%). Insiders that own company stock include Robert Bruce Kay and Daniel Siegel.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Lifetime Brands?

Shares of LCUT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Lifetime Brands own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Lifetime Brands investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Adobe (ADBE), Arista Networks (ANET), Jabil (JBL) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 8/15 Dividend: 8/01/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 8/15 Dividend: 8/01/2025
• Last Earnings: 8/07/2025
• Today: 8/15/2025
• Dividend Payable: 8/15/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: CONSM PD - MISC DIS
• Sub-Industry: Housewares & Specialties
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:LCUT
• CIK: 874396
• Web: www.lifetimebrands.com
• Phone: (516) 683-6000
• Fax: 516-555-0101
• Employees: 1,180
• Year Founded: 1945

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Lifetime Brands: $5.50
• High Price Target: $6.00
• Low Price Target: $5.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +38.4%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($1.59)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 7.23
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$15.16 million
• Net Margins: -5.16%
• Pretax Margin: -5.12%
• Return on Equity: 0.12%
• Return on Assets: 0.04%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.89
• Current Ratio: 2.65
• Quick Ratio: 0.94

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $682.95 million
• Price / Sales: 0.13
• Cash Flow: $1.72 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.31
• Book Value: $8.29 per share
• Price / Book: 0.48

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 22,410,000
• Free Float: 12,641,000
• Market Cap: $89.08 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.63