Lifetime Brands (LCUT) Competitors

L.S. Starrett (NYSE:SCX) and Lifetime Brands (NASDAQ:LCUT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability and community ranking.

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

43.4% of L.S. Starrett shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.6% of Lifetime Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of L.S. Starrett shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.2% of Lifetime Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, SCX or LCUT?

L.S. Starrett has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifetime Brands has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SCX or LCUT?

In the previous week, Lifetime Brands had 2 more articles in the media than L.S. Starrett. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Lifetime Brands and 0 mentions for L.S. Starrett. Lifetime Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat L.S. Starrett's score of 0.00 indicating that Lifetime Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
L.S. Starrett	Neutral
Lifetime Brands	Positive

Is SCX or LCUT a better dividend stock?

L.S. Starrett pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Lifetime Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. L.S. Starrett pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lifetime Brands pays out -63.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Lifetime Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer SCX or LCUT?

Lifetime Brands has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 109.34%. Given Lifetime Brands' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lifetime Brands is more favorable than L.S. Starrett.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
L.S. Starrett	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Lifetime Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SCX or LCUT?

L.S. Starrett has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lifetime Brands. Lifetime Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than L.S. Starrett, 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
L.S. Starrett	$250.75M	0.48	$23.09M	$1.66	9.75
Lifetime Brands	$678.72M	0.20	-$8.41M	-$0.27	-23.00

Is SCX or LCUT more profitable?

L.S. Starrett has a net margin of 5.02% compared to Lifetime Brands' net margin of -2.58%. Lifetime Brands' return on equity of 4.51% beat L.S. Starrett's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
L.S. Starrett	5.02%	2.44%	1.67%
Lifetime Brands	-2.58%	4.51%	1.58%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SCX or LCUT?

Lifetime Brands received 33 more outperform votes than L.S. Starrett when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.26% of users gave L.S. Starrett an outperform vote while only 65.82% of users gave Lifetime Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
L.S. Starrett	Outperform Votes 200 68.26%	Underperform Votes 93 31.74%
Lifetime Brands	Outperform Votes 233 65.82%	Underperform Votes 121 34.18%

Summary

Lifetime Brands beats L.S. Starrett on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.