Lifetime Brands (LCUT) Competitors

L.S. Starrett (NYSE:SCX) and Lifetime Brands (NASDAQ:LCUT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SCX or LCUT?

43.4% of L.S. Starrett shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.6% of Lifetime Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of L.S. Starrett shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.2% of Lifetime Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SCX or LCUT a better dividend stock?

L.S. Starrett pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Lifetime Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. L.S. Starrett pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lifetime Brands pays out -21.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SCX or LCUT?

Lifetime Brands received 32 more outperform votes than L.S. Starrett when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.58% of users gave L.S. Starrett an outperform vote while only 65.83% of users gave Lifetime Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
L.S. Starrett	Outperform Votes 203 68.58%	Underperform Votes 93 31.42%
Lifetime Brands	Outperform Votes 235 65.83%	Underperform Votes 122 34.17%

Which has more volatility & risk, SCX or LCUT?

L.S. Starrett has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifetime Brands has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SCX or LCUT more profitable?

L.S. Starrett has a net margin of 5.02% compared to Lifetime Brands' net margin of -2.58%. Lifetime Brands' return on equity of 4.51% beat L.S. Starrett's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
L.S. Starrett	5.02%	2.44%	1.67%
Lifetime Brands	-2.58%	4.51%	1.58%

Does the media prefer SCX or LCUT?

In the previous week, Lifetime Brands had 6 more articles in the media than L.S. Starrett. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Lifetime Brands and 0 mentions for L.S. Starrett. L.S. Starrett's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Lifetime Brands'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
L.S. Starrett	Neutral
Lifetime Brands	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SCX or LCUT?

L.S. Starrett has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
L.S. Starrett	$250.75M	0.48	$23.09M	$1.66	9.75
Lifetime Brands	$686.68M	0.18	-$8.41M	-$0.81	-7.05

Do analysts rate SCX or LCUT?

Lifetime Brands has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 101.40%. Given Lifetime Brands' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lifetime Brands is more favorable than L.S. Starrett.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
L.S. Starrett	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Lifetime Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Lifetime Brands beats L.S. Starrett on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.