Lifetime Brands (LCUT) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, LCUT or AM?

Lifetime Brands has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Midstream has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% 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 4.3%. 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 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.

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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	0.13	-$8.41M	-$0.61	-6.48
Antero Midstream	$1.19B	7.36	$400.89M	$0.87	20.98

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LCUT or AM?

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 64.78% of users gave Antero Midstream an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lifetime Brands	Outperform Votes 242 65.41%	Underperform Votes 128 34.59%
Antero Midstream	Outperform Votes 469 64.78%	Underperform Votes 255 35.22%

Do analysts recommend LCUT or AM?

Lifetime Brands presently has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 39.24%. Antero Midstream has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.85%. 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in 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. 43.2% 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to LCUT or AM?

In the previous week, Antero Midstream had 1 more articles in the media than Lifetime Brands. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Antero Midstream and 2 mentions for Lifetime Brands. Lifetime Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Antero Midstream's score of 1.52 indicating that Lifetime Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lifetime Brands	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Antero Midstream	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

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