Q1 EPS Estimates for Lifetime Brands Lowered by Sidoti Csr

Lifetime Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ:LCUT) – Stock analysts at Sidoti Csr decreased their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Lifetime Brands in a note issued to investors on Monday, November 11th. Sidoti Csr analyst A. Lebiedzinski now expects that the company will earn ($0.12) per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of ($0.10). The consensus estimate for Lifetime Brands’ current full-year earnings is $0.55 per share. Sidoti Csr also issued estimates for Lifetime Brands’ Q2 2025 earnings at ($0.05) EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.54 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $0.77 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also commented on the company. DA Davidson increased their price objective on Lifetime Brands from $13.50 to $14.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 12th. Canaccord Genuity Group decreased their price objective on Lifetime Brands from $10.00 to $9.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 18th. Finally, StockNews.com raised Lifetime Brands from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, November 9th.

Lifetime Brands Stock Down 3.2 %

Lifetime Brands stock opened at $5.69 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a current ratio of 2.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $126.09 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.76 and a beta of 1.26. Lifetime Brands has a fifty-two week low of $5.25 and a fifty-two week high of $11.68. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $6.25 and its two-hundred day moving average is $7.91.

Lifetime Brands (NASDAQ:LCUT) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, November 7th. The company reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.38 by ($0.17). The firm had revenue of $183.84 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $193.90 million. Lifetime Brands had a negative net margin of 3.19% and a positive return on equity of 3.13%. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.36 EPS.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Lifetime Brands

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in LCUT. Mackenzie Financial Corp acquired a new position in shares of Lifetime Brands in the 2nd quarter valued at about $87,000. Rhumbline Advisers lifted its stake in shares of Lifetime Brands by 579.0% in the 2nd quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 13,173 shares of the company’s stock valued at $113,000 after purchasing an additional 11,233 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its stake in shares of Lifetime Brands by 657.8% in the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 18,096 shares of the company’s stock valued at $118,000 after purchasing an additional 15,708 shares in the last quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC lifted its stake in shares of Lifetime Brands by 28.5% in the 2nd quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 20,621 shares of the company’s stock valued at $177,000 after purchasing an additional 4,575 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Heron Bay Capital Management lifted its stake in shares of Lifetime Brands by 81.1% in the 1st quarter. Heron Bay Capital Management now owns 18,690 shares of the company’s stock valued at $196,000 after purchasing an additional 8,369 shares in the last quarter. 40.62% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Lifetime Brands Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Investors of record on Friday, January 31st will be given a dividend of $0.043 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 31st. This represents a $0.17 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.02%. Lifetime Brands’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -17.17%.

Lifetime Brands Company Profile

Lifetime Brands, Inc designs, sources, and sells branded kitchenware, tableware, and other products for use in the home in the worldwide. The company provides kitchenware products, including kitchen tools and gadgets, cutlery, kitchen scales, thermometers, cutting boards, shears, cookware, pantryware, spice racks, and bakeware; and tableware products comprising dinnerware, stemware, flatware, and giftware.