Lifetime Brands (LCUT) Competitors

Antero Midstream (NYSE:AM) and Lifetime Brands (NASDAQ:LCUT) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Do analysts prefer AM or LCUT?

Antero Midstream currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.07%. Lifetime Brands has a consensus price target of $10.25, suggesting a potential upside of 79.20%. Given Lifetime Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lifetime Brands is more favorable than Antero Midstream.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Antero Midstream	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
Lifetime Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in AM or LCUT?

54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.6% of Lifetime Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.2% of Lifetime Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AM or LCUT?

Antero Midstream has higher revenue and earnings than Lifetime Brands. Lifetime Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antero Midstream, 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
Antero Midstream	$1.15B	6.28	$371.79M	$0.81	18.53
Lifetime Brands	$670.89M	0.19	-$8.41M	-$0.99	-5.78

Is AM or LCUT a better dividend stock?

Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Lifetime Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Antero Midstream pays out 111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lifetime Brands pays out -17.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor AM or LCUT?

In the previous week, Antero Midstream had 15 more articles in the media than Lifetime Brands. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Antero Midstream and 1 mentions for Lifetime Brands. Antero Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Lifetime Brands' score of -0.29 indicating that Antero Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Antero Midstream	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lifetime Brands	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, AM or LCUT?

Antero Midstream has a beta of 2.39, indicating that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifetime Brands has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AM or LCUT more profitable?

Antero Midstream has a net margin of 36.16% compared to Lifetime Brands' net margin of -3.19%. Antero Midstream's return on equity of 18.91% beat Lifetime Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Antero Midstream	36.16%	18.91%	7.03%
Lifetime Brands	-3.19%	3.13%	1.10%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AM or LCUT?

Antero Midstream received 228 more outperform votes than Lifetime Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.83% of users gave Lifetime Brands an outperform vote while only 64.94% of users gave Antero Midstream an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Antero Midstream	Outperform Votes 465 64.94%	Underperform Votes 251 35.06%
Lifetime Brands	Outperform Votes 237 65.83%	Underperform Votes 123 34.17%

Summary

Antero Midstream beats Lifetime Brands on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.