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Lifetime Brands, Inc. (LCUT)

Consumer Cyclical | Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances | Garden City, United States | NasdaqGS
8.89 USD -0.17 (-1.876%) ⇩ (June 12, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 9.00 +0.11 (1.237%) ⇧ (June 12, 2026, 7:28 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | June 7, 2026, 3:21 a.m. EDT

The long-term outlook remains deeply concerning despite recent earnings headlines. While the company reported a profit increase, the underlying business is in a structural decline, having lost nearly 78% of its value over the last nine years. The most recent annual return was negative, and the stock trades at a forward P/E of roughly 11 while generating negative operating margins and negative return on equity. This is a classic value trap: the low price reflects a deteriorating competitive position, not a bargain. The dividend, while paid consistently, yields only 1.9%, which is insufficient to offset the capital destruction occurring in the share price. Short-term momentum is neutral to slightly bearish given the recent price consolidation and weak statistical forecasts, though the lack of selling pressure suggests a floor may be forming. However, without a reversal in the multi-year downward trend, the investment case remains weak.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL_105 ✓0.732359
AutoETS0.781874
AutoARIMA0.781874
MSTL0.782408
AutoTheta0.800571

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_105

Forecast Reliability
Score 37%
H-stat 2.68
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.119
Excess Kurtosis -0.22
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Ex Dividend Date 2026-04-30
Last Dividend Date 2026-04-30
Debt to Equity Ratio 111.904
Revenue per Share 29.933
Market Cap 203,181,024
Forward P/E 10.75
Beta 0.98
Profit Margins -4.22%
Website https://www.lifetimebrands.com

As of June 7, 2026, 3:21 a.m. EDT: Options activity reveals a distinct lack of bullish positioning. Call volume is negligible across all expirations, with open interest concentrated in deep out-of-the-money strikes or ATM anchors showing minimal speculative intent. Conversely, put buyers are actively establishing positions, particularly in the August and November expirations where significant open interest exists at strikes well below the current price. This asymmetry suggests speculators are hedging against further downside rather than anticipating a rally.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.64% 4.28% 3.34% 2.70%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-05-01 0.043000 0.640835
2026-01-30 0.043000 1.365079
2025-10-31 0.043000 1.268437
2025-08-01 0.043000 1.007026
2025-05-01 0.043000 1.218130
2025-01-31 0.043000 0.663580
2024-11-01 0.043000 0.753065
2024-08-01 0.043000 0.511905
2024-04-30 0.043000 0.470460
2024-01-31 0.043000 0.535492
2023-10-31 0.043000 0.805243
2023-07-31 0.043000 0.781818
2023-04-28 0.043000 0.877551
2023-01-31 0.043000 0.536829
2022-10-31 0.043000 0.501750
2022-07-29 0.043000 0.399628
2022-04-29 0.043000 0.340729
2022-01-28 0.043000 0.283828
2021-10-29 0.043000 0.253538
2021-07-30 0.043000 0.285335
2021-04-30 0.043000 0.296552
2021-01-28 0.043000 0.308023
2020-11-13 0.043000 0.348460
2020-10-30 0.043000 0.427861
2020-07-31 0.043000 0.609929
2020-01-30 0.043000 0.664606
2019-10-31 0.043000 0.538173
2019-07-31 0.043000 0.486976
2019-04-30 0.043000 0.454545
2019-01-31 0.043000 0.441932
2018-10-31 0.043000 0.415459
2018-07-31 0.043000 0.353909
2018-04-30 0.043000 0.361345
2018-01-31 0.043000 0.246418
2017-10-31 0.043000 0.230563
2017-07-28 0.043000 0.223377
2017-04-27 0.043000 0.213400
2017-01-30 0.043000 0.285714
2016-10-28 0.043000 0.304965
2016-07-28 0.043000 0.303458
2016-04-28 0.043000 0.251168
2016-01-28 0.043000 0.367521
2015-10-28 0.043000 0.277598
2015-07-29 0.038000 0.260989
2015-04-29 0.038000 0.246593
2015-01-28 0.037000 0.242782
2014-10-29 0.038000 0.227001
2014-07-30 0.038000 0.223267
2014-04-29 0.038000 0.196891
2014-01-29 0.038000 0.244373
2013-10-30 0.031000 0.198083
2013-07-30 0.031000 0.207358
2013-04-29 0.031000 0.227606
2013-01-30 0.025000 0.235405
2012-10-31 0.025000 0.225225
2012-07-30 0.025000 0.193349
2012-04-27 0.025000 0.210261
2012-02-08 0.025000 0.199362
2011-11-16 0.025000 0.214408
2011-07-29 0.025000 0.227273
2011-04-28 0.025000 0.156838
2008-11-12 0.063000 1.458333
2008-07-30 0.063000 0.714286
2008-04-30 0.063000 0.739437
2008-02-06 0.063000 0.606352
2007-10-31 0.063000 0.392768
2007-08-01 0.063000 0.315158
2007-05-02 0.063000 0.286885
2007-02-12 0.063000 0.323077
2006-11-01 0.063000 0.317380
2006-08-02 0.063000 0.315000
2006-05-03 0.063000 0.210000
2006-02-17 0.063000 0.275591
2005-11-02 0.063000 0.251096
2005-08-03 0.063000 0.282511
2005-05-04 0.063000 0.362694
2005-02-02 0.063000 0.395977
2004-11-04 0.063000 0.492572
2004-08-11 0.063000 0.401786
2004-04-30 0.063000 0.336898
2004-02-04 0.063000 0.425676
2003-11-18 0.063000 0.486486
2003-08-04 0.063000 0.763636
2003-05-01 0.063000 0.940299
2003-02-04 0.063000 1.228070
2002-11-12 0.063000 1.272727
2002-08-01 0.063000 0.934718
2002-05-21 0.063000 1.001590
2002-02-04 0.063000 1.016129
2001-11-02 0.063000 1.143376
2001-08-01 0.063000 0.976744
2001-05-02 0.063000 0.995261
2001-02-02 0.063000 0.840000
2000-11-02 0.063000 0.819512
2000-08-21 0.063000 0.942056
2000-05-17 0.063000 0.730435
2000-02-02 0.063000 0.998020
1999-11-03 0.063000 1.095652
1999-08-06 0.063000 0.663158
1999-05-04 0.062000 0.635897
1999-02-03 0.062000 0.604878
1998-11-03 0.062000 0.576744
1998-08-07 0.062000 0.590476
1998-05-01 0.062000 0.516667
1993-01-25 1.060606 11.023622
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.17
dividendYield 1.91
exDividendDate 2026-05-01
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.17
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.018763795
lastDividendValue 0.043
lastDividendDate 2026-05-01
dividendDate 2026-05-15

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 1.1950617
Address1 1,000 Stewart Avenue
All Time High 30.1
All Time Low 0.97
Ask 11.26
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 8
Average Daily Volume10 Day 189,190
Average Daily Volume3 Month 176,887
Average Volume 176,887
Average Volume10Days 189,190
Beta 0.98
Bid 6.56
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 7
Book Value 8.641
City Garden City
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 4
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 8.89
Current Ratio 2.929
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,780,012,800
Day High 9.2
Day Low 8.64
Debt To Equity 111.904
Display Name Lifetime Brands
Dividend Date 1,778,803,200
Dividend Rate 0.17
Dividend Yield 1.91
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,166,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,166,000
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,157,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,786,019,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,786,019,400
Ebitda 35,677,000
Ebitda Margins 0.054770004
Enterprise To Ebitda 11.501
Enterprise To Revenue 0.63
Enterprise Value 410,323,008
Eps Current Year 0.69333
Eps Forward 0.82667
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -1.27
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,777,593,600
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 516 555 0101
Fifty Day Average 7.6236
Fifty Day Average Change 1.2664003
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.16611579
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 119.506165
Fifty Two Week High 9.8
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.90999985
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.09285712
Fifty Two Week Low 2.9
Fifty Two Week Low Change 5.9900002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 2.0655172
Fifty Two Week Range 2.9 - 9.8
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 676,128,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.59
Float Shares 11,294,488
Forward Eps 0.82667
Forward P E 10.753989
Free Cashflow 17,341,124
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 1,080
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,780,531,200
Gross Margins 0.37495
Gross Profits 244,227,008
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.17015
Held Percent Institutions 0.68234
Implied Shares Outstanding 22,855,008
Industry Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances
Industry Disp Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances
Industry Key furnishings-fixtures-appliances
Ir Website http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=74141&p=irol-IRHome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,777,593,600
Last Dividend Value 0.043
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 855,792,000
Last Split Factor 11:10
Long Business Summary Lifetime Brands, Inc. designs, sources, and sells branded kitchenware, tableware, and other home solution products for use in the home, and market in the United States and internationally. The company offers kitchenware products, including kitchen tools, cutlery, kitchen scales, thermometers, cutting boards, shears, cookware, pantryware, spice racks, and bakeware; and tableware products comprising dinnerware, stemware, flatware, and giftware. It also provides home solutions, such as thermal beverageware, bath scales, weather and outdoor household, food storage, neoprene travel, and home décor products. It owns or licenses various brands, including the Built, Chef'n, Chicago Metallic, Copco, Dolly Parton, Elements, Farberware, Fitz & Floyd, Fred & Friends, Hoffritz, International Silver, Kamenstein, KitchenAid, Kizmos, Melannco, Mikasa, Mikasa Hospitality, Misto, Pfaltzgraff, PlanetBox, Rabbit, Sabatier, S'well, Taylor, Towle, Wallace, Wilton Armetale, and Year & Day. It serves mass market merchants, specialty stores, department stores, warehouse clubs, grocery stores, off-price retailers, food service distributors, food and beverage outlets, and e-commerce. The company sells its products directly, as well as through its retail websites. Lifetime Brands, Inc. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Garden City, New York.
Long Name Lifetime Brands, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 203,181,024
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_315654
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common -27,508,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 207,066,372
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 8.96
Operating Cashflow 24,656,000
Operating Margins -0.04488
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 0.425
Peg Ratio 0.95
Phone 516 683 6000
Post Market Change 0.10999966
Post Market Change Percent 1.2373414
Post Market Price 9.0
Post Market Time 1,781,306,936
Previous Close 9.06
Price Eps Current Year 12.822178
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.0288162
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.31193542
Profit Margins -0.04223
Quick Ratio 1.159
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.17
Regular Market Change Percent -1.87638
Regular Market Day High 9.2
Regular Market Day Low 8.64
Regular Market Day Range 8.64 - 9.2
Regular Market Open 8.96
Regular Market Previous Close 9.06
Regular Market Price 8.89
Regular Market Time 1,781,294,401
Regular Market Volume 107,853
Return On Assets 0.015859999
Return On Equity -0.13001001
Revenue Growth 0.024
Revenue Per Share 29.933
Sand P52 Week Change 0.23177934
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 22,855,008
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0155
Shares Short 355,333
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,777,507,200
Shares Short Prior Month 152,921
Short Name Lifetime Brands, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0274
Short Ratio 2.24
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol LCUT
Target High Price 11.0
Target Low Price 6.0
Target Mean Price 8.33333
Target Median Price 8.0
Total Cash 13,864,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.607
Total Debt 221,006,000
Total Revenue 651,356,032
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.17
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.018763795
Trailing Eps -1.27
Trailing Peg Ratio 0.9517
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 4.74255
Two Hundred Day Average Change 4.1474504
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.8745191
Type Disp Equity
Volume 107,853
Website https://www.lifetimebrands.com
Zip 11,530