Tupperware Brands (TUP) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, TUP or LCUT?

Tupperware Brands has a beta of 2.9, indicating that its stock price is 190% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifetime Brands has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

25.1% of Tupperware Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.6% of Lifetime Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Tupperware Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.2% of Lifetime Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TUP or LCUT?

Lifetime Brands has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tupperware Brands.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tupperware Brands	$1.14B	0.02	-$232.50M	N/A	N/A
Lifetime Brands	$678.72M	0.22	-$8.41M	-$0.27	-24.74

Is TUP or LCUT more profitable?

Tupperware Brands has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lifetime Brands' net margin of -2.58%. Lifetime Brands' return on equity of 4.51% beat Tupperware Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tupperware Brands	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lifetime Brands	-2.58%	4.51%	1.58%

Is TUP or LCUT a better dividend stock?

Tupperware Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 211.8%. Lifetime Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Lifetime Brands pays out -63.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TUP or LCUT?

Tupperware Brands received 140 more outperform votes than Lifetime Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.82% of users gave Lifetime Brands an outperform vote while only 53.59% of users gave Tupperware Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tupperware Brands	Outperform Votes 373 53.59%	Underperform Votes 323 46.41%
Lifetime Brands	Outperform Votes 233 65.82%	Underperform Votes 121 34.18%

Do analysts prefer TUP or LCUT?

Lifetime Brands has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 94.61%. Given Lifetime Brands' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lifetime Brands is more favorable than Tupperware Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tupperware Brands	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

Does the media refer more to TUP or LCUT?

In the previous week, Tupperware Brands had 11 more articles in the media than Lifetime Brands. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Tupperware Brands and 1 mentions for Lifetime Brands. Lifetime Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Tupperware Brands' score of -0.11 indicating that Lifetime Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tupperware Brands	Neutral
Lifetime Brands	Positive

Summary

Lifetime Brands beats Tupperware Brands on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.