Lifetime Brands (LCUT) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, LCUT or AM?

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
Lifetime Brands	$682.95M	0.16	-$8.41M	-$0.71	-6.94
Antero Midstream	$1.18B	7.30	$400.89M	$0.83	21.62

Does the media refer more to LCUT or AM?

In the previous week, Antero Midstream had 10 more articles in the media than Lifetime Brands. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Antero Midstream and 3 mentions for Lifetime Brands. Antero Midstream's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Lifetime Brands' score of 0.61 indicating that Antero Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lifetime Brands	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Antero Midstream	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate LCUT or AM?

Lifetime Brands presently has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 52.13%. Antero Midstream has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential downside of 8.05%. Given Lifetime Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lifetime Brands is more favorable than Antero Midstream.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lifetime Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Antero Midstream	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

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

40.6% of Lifetime Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. 43.2% of Lifetime Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Antero Midstream shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LCUT or AM more profitable?

Antero Midstream has a net margin of 36.24% compared to Lifetime Brands' net margin of -3.19%. Antero Midstream's return on equity of 18.82% beat Lifetime Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lifetime Brands	-3.19%	3.13%	1.10%
Antero Midstream	36.24%	18.82%	6.95%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LCUT or AM?

Antero Midstream received 228 more outperform votes than Lifetime Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.57% of users gave Lifetime Brands an outperform vote while only 64.82% of users gave Antero Midstream an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lifetime Brands	Outperform Votes 240 65.57%	Underperform Votes 126 34.43%
Antero Midstream	Outperform Votes 468 64.82%	Underperform Votes 254 35.18%

Is LCUT or AM a better dividend stock?

Lifetime Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Lifetime Brands pays out -23.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Antero Midstream pays out 108.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility and risk, LCUT or AM?

Lifetime Brands has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Midstream has a beta of 2.33, indicating that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Antero Midstream beats Lifetime Brands on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.