Lifetime Brands (LCUT) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer AM or LCUT?

Antero Midstream currently has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential downside of 11.20%. Lifetime Brands has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 74.05%. Given Lifetime Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Lifetime Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media refer more to AM or LCUT?

In the previous week, Antero Midstream had 10 more articles in the media than Lifetime Brands. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Antero Midstream and 0 mentions for Lifetime Brands. Antero Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Lifetime Brands' score of -0.42 indicating that Antero Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Antero Midstream	Very Positive
Lifetime Brands	Neutral

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 4.8%. Lifetime Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Antero Midstream pays out 103.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lifetime Brands pays out -27.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lifetime Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AM or LCUT?

Antero Midstream received 227 more outperform votes than Lifetime Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.41% of users gave Lifetime Brands an outperform vote while only 64.87% of users gave Antero Midstream an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Antero Midstream	Outperform Votes 469 64.87%	Underperform Votes 254 35.13%
Lifetime Brands	Outperform Votes 242 65.41%	Underperform Votes 128 34.59%

Which has more volatility and risk, AM or LCUT?

Antero Midstream has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifetime Brands has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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	$1.19B	7.49	$400.89M	$0.87	21.36
Lifetime Brands	$680.80M	0.10	-$8.41M	-$0.61	-5.18

Is AM or LCUT 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
Antero Midstream	36.24%	18.82%	6.95%
Lifetime Brands	-3.19%	3.13%	1.10%

Summary

Antero Midstream beats Lifetime Brands on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.