Lifetime Brands (LCUT) Competitors

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

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%

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 5.5%. Lifetime Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, AM or LCUT?

Antero Midstream has a beta of 2.34, indicating that its stock price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifetime Brands has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer AM or LCUT?

In the previous week, Antero Midstream had 10 more articles in the media than Lifetime Brands. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Antero Midstream and 12 mentions for Lifetime Brands. Antero Midstream's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Lifetime Brands' score of -0.35 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lifetime Brands	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and 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	$1.04B	7.62	$371.79M	$0.81	20.36
Lifetime Brands	$686.68M	0.20	-$8.41M	-$0.99	-6.18

Do analysts prefer AM or LCUT?

Antero Midstream presently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.03%. Lifetime Brands has a consensus target price of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 67.48%. 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
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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AM or LCUT?

Antero Midstream received 228 more outperform votes than Lifetime Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.93% of users gave Lifetime Brands an outperform vote while only 64.90% of users gave Antero Midstream an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Antero Midstream	Outperform Votes 466 64.90%	Underperform Votes 252 35.10%
Lifetime Brands	Outperform Votes 238 65.93%	Underperform Votes 123 34.07%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of 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 insiders. Comparatively, 43.2% of Lifetime Brands shares are owned by 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.

Summary

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