Lifetime Brands (LCUT) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer LCUT or AM?

Lifetime Brands presently has a consensus price target of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.81%. Antero Midstream has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.86%. 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
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)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Is LCUT or AM more profitable?

Antero Midstream has a net margin of 39.53% compared to Lifetime Brands' net margin of -1.93%. 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	-1.93%	4.70%	1.67%
Antero Midstream	39.53%	21.67%	7.93%

Which has stronger valuation and 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	$680.80M	0.14	-$15.16M	-$0.61	-7.00
Antero Midstream	$1.22B	7.25	$400.89M	$0.95	19.51

Which has more risk and volatility, LCUT or AM?

Lifetime Brands has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Midstream has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 4.0%. Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Lifetime Brands pays out -27.9% 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.

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

40.6% of Lifetime Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.6% 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer LCUT or AM?

In the previous week, Antero Midstream had 21 more articles in the media than Lifetime Brands. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Antero Midstream and 1 mentions for Lifetime Brands. Antero Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Lifetime Brands' score of 0.00 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)	Neutral
Antero Midstream	12 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Antero Midstream beats Lifetime Brands on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.