Lifetime Brands (LCUT) Competitors

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

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. 43.6% of Lifetime Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Antero Midstream shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better 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	$670.99M	0.14	-$15.16M	-$1.59	-2.59
Antero Midstream	$1.11B	7.99	$400.89M	$0.95	19.44

Does the media refer more to LCUT or AM?

In the previous week, Antero Midstream had 11 more articles in the media than Lifetime Brands. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Antero Midstream and 2 mentions for Lifetime Brands. Antero Midstream's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Lifetime Brands' score of 0.95 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Antero Midstream	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, LCUT or AM?

Lifetime Brands has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Midstream has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer LCUT or AM?

Lifetime Brands currently has a consensus target price of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 33.30%. Antero Midstream has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.19%. Given Lifetime Brands' 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
Lifetime Brands	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Antero Midstream	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

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 4.1%. Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Lifetime Brands pays out -10.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Antero Midstream pays out 94.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is LCUT or AM more profitable?

Antero Midstream has a net margin of 39.53% compared to Lifetime Brands' net margin of -5.16%. Antero Midstream's return on equity of 21.67% beat Lifetime Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lifetime Brands	-5.16%	0.12%	0.04%
Antero Midstream	39.53%	21.67%	7.93%

Summary

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