AM vs. LCUT, TUP, TRGP, WES, DTM, ETRN, KNTK, ENLC, AROC, and TGS
Should you be buying Antero Midstream stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Antero Midstream include Lifetime Brands (LCUT), Tupperware Brands (TUP), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Midstream Partners (WES), DT Midstream (DTM), Equitrans Midstream (ETRN), Kinetik (KNTK), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Archrock (AROC), and Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS).
Lifetime Brands (NASDAQ:LCUT) and Antero Midstream (NYSE:AM) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
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.
Lifetime Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Lifetime Brands pays out -63.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Antero Midstream pays out 112.5% 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 currently has a consensus price target of $12.75, indicating a potential upside of 20.06%. Antero Midstream has a consensus price target of $12.70, indicating a potential downside of 12.35%. Given Antero Midstream's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Lifetime Brands is more favorable than Antero Midstream.
In the previous week, Antero Midstream had 2 more articles in the media than Lifetime Brands. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Antero Midstream and 4 mentions for Lifetime Brands. Lifetime Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Antero Midstream's score of 1.13 indicating that Antero Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Antero Midstream has a net margin of 36.67% compared to Antero Midstream's net margin of -0.86%. Lifetime Brands' return on equity of 20.82% beat Antero Midstream's return on equity.
40.6% of Lifetime Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.2% of Lifetime Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lifetime Brands has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Midstream has a beta of 2.26, meaning that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Antero Midstream received 228 more outperform votes than Lifetime Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.63% of users gave Lifetime Brands an outperform vote while only 65.11% of users gave Antero Midstream an outperform vote.
Summary
Antero Midstream beats Lifetime Brands on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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