Lifetime Brands, Inc. (LCUT) Key Metrics
LCUT valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $186.9M
- Enterprise value
- $453.4M
- P/E (TTM)
- 5.6 10-yr median 16.9
- Forward P/E
- 8.7
- PEG ratio
- 0.62
- Price / sales
- 0.3 10-yr median 0.3
- Price / book
- 0.9 10-yr median 0.7
- EV / EBITDA
- 5.8 10-yr median 10.8
- Dividend yield
- 2.09% $0.17 a year
- Beta
- 1.00
LCUT key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsLCUT valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
LCUT returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
LCUT per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
LCUT financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
LCUT efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
LCUT valuation history
LCUT returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
LCUT debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
LCUT cash returned to shareholders
LCUT price vs earnings per share
LCUT key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $85.7M | $127.0M | $142.2M | $163.6M | $351.9M | $317.1M | $143.1M | $195.1M | $246.8M | $258.2M |
| Enterprise value | $325.1M | $374.4M | $411.1M | $483.8M | $675.0M | $678.9M | $550.1M | $493.5M | $334.0M | $346.0M |
| P/E ratio | — | — | — | — | 16.9 | — | — | — | 114.6 | 16.4 |
| Price / sales | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Price / book | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Price / free cash flow | 26.3 | 7.8 | 2.7 | 7.7 | 10.7 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 17.3 | 23.1 | 9.8 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 11.3 | 6.8 | 2.5 | 6.7 | 9.5 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 10.2 | 14.5 | 8.7 |
| EV / sales | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| EV / EBITDA | 27.9 | 10.8 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 9.2 | 14.3 | 259.3 | 11.0 | 10.7 | 8.4 |
| EV / free cash flow | 99.9 | 22.9 | 7.7 | 22.7 | 20.5 | 15.9 | 26.6 | 43.8 | 31.2 | 13.1 |
| Earnings yield | −31.4% | −11.9% | −5.9% | −3.8% | 5.9% | −0.9% | −31.0% | −0.9% | 0.9% | 6.1% |
| Free cash flow yield | 3.8% | 12.9% | 37.7% | 13.0% | 9.4% | 13.5% | 14.5% | 5.8% | 4.3% | 10.2% |
| Dividend yield | 4.4% | 3.0% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2.5% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 0.9% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 4.9% | 3.9% | 4.4% | 6.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1.3% | 1.0% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $3.95 | $5.91 | $6.71 | $7.59 | $15.97 | $15.20 | $6.95 | $10.03 | $16.50 | $17.75 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $29.85 | $31.79 | $32.40 | $33.75 | $39.16 | $36.87 | $35.68 | $36.22 | $38.75 | $40.73 |
| Earnings per share | −$1.24 | −$0.71 | −$0.40 | −$0.29 | $0.94 | −$0.14 | −$2.16 | −$0.09 | $0.14 | $1.08 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $0.35 | $0.86 | $2.66 | $1.13 | $1.68 | $2.15 | $1.45 | $0.99 | $1.14 | $2.04 |
| Free cash flow per share | $0.15 | $0.76 | $2.53 | $0.99 | $1.50 | $2.05 | $1.01 | $0.58 | $0.72 | $1.81 |
| Cash per share | $0.20 | $0.14 | $0.76 | $1.09 | $1.27 | $1.72 | $0.55 | $0.39 | $0.51 | $0.54 |
| Book value per share | $9.32 | $10.70 | $10.89 | $11.14 | $11.60 | $11.03 | $11.47 | $14.37 | $14.06 | $13.59 |
| Tangible book value per share | $3.20 | $2.16 | $1.50 | $1.22 | $1.95 | −$0.67 | −$2.14 | −$3.05 | $8.14 | $7.46 |
| Dividends per share | $0.17 | $0.18 | $0.18 | $0.18 | $0.17 | $0.18 | $0.17 | $0.17 | $0.17 | $0.17 |
| Capex per share | $0.20 | $0.10 | $0.13 | $0.14 | $0.18 | $0.10 | $0.45 | $0.41 | $0.42 | $0.23 |
| Debt per share | $11.23 | $11.66 | $13.45 | $15.94 | $15.93 | $19.07 | $20.31 | $15.73 | $6.34 | $6.57 |
| Shares outstanding | 21.7M | 21.5M | 21.2M | 21.6M | 22.0M | 20.9M | 20.6M | 19.5M | 15.0M | 14.5M |
| Change in shares outstanding | +1.0% | +1.3% | −1.7% | −2.2% | +5.6% | +1.3% | +5.9% | +30.1% | +2.8% | +2.0% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | −12.5% | −6.6% | −3.6% | −2.5% | 8.6% | −1.3% | −17.2% | −0.7% | 1.1% | 7.9% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 4.1% | 4.4% | 4.8% | 3.4% | 4.8% | 2.0% | −3.0% | 2.1% | 2.6% | 6.4% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | −4.5% | −2.3% | −1.2% | −0.8% | 2.5% | −0.4% | −6.0% | −0.3% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
| Return on tangible assets | −6.1% | −3.4% | −1.8% | −1.2% | 3.4% | −0.5% | −9.1% | −0.5% | 0.7% | 5.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 0.5% | 2.4% | 7.8% | 2.9% | 3.8% | 5.6% | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 4.4% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | — | — | — | — | 1.78 | — | — | — | 7.90 | 1.89 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $243.6M | $250.4M | $285.1M | $343.7M | $351.1M | $397.8M | $418.4M | $306.0M | $94.8M | $95.7M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $4.3M | $2.9M | $16.2M | $23.6M | $28.0M | $36.0M | $11.4M | $7.6M | $7.6M | $7.9M |
| Net debt | $239.4M | $247.5M | $268.9M | $320.1M | $323.1M | $361.8M | $407.0M | $298.4M | $87.2M | $87.8M |
| Debt / equity | 1.20 | 1.09 | 1.23 | 1.43 | 1.37 | 1.73 | 1.77 | 1.09 | 0.45 | 0.48 |
| Debt / assets | 0.43 | 0.39 | 0.43 | 0.47 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.54 | 0.43 | 0.24 | 0.24 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 20.53 | 7.12 | 5.19 | 6.99 | 4.42 | 7.62 | 191.79 | 6.68 | 2.80 | 2.14 |
| Current ratio | 2.85 | 2.46 | 2.48 | 3.08 | 2.26 | 2.34 | 3.07 | 3.76 | 3.61 | 2.81 |
| Quick ratio | 1.37 | 1.13 | 1.24 | 1.37 | 1.00 | 1.21 | 1.45 | 1.71 | 1.76 | 1.33 |
| Interest coverage | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 1.4 | -1.1 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 5.6 |
| Working capital | $242.6M | $221.8M | $224.4M | $270.4M | $270.8M | $241.2M | $221.8M | $233.9M | $186.9M | $165.2M |
| Invested capital | $441.6M | $477.4M | $499.7M | $560.2M | $578.7M | $591.9M | $643.3M | $577.9M | $297.5M | $285.5M |
| Tangible asset value | $69.4M | $46.4M | $31.7M | $26.2M | $43.0M | −$13.9M | −$44.2M | −$59.4M | $121.8M | $108.5M |
| Net current asset value | $3.6M | −$30.8M | −$59.9M | −$85.5M | −$88.4M | −$156.1M | −$204.6M | −$110.3M | $67.2M | $54.3M |
| Graham number | — | — | — | — | $15.70 | — | — | — | $6.75 | $18.18 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$6.80 | −$8.51 | −$9.88 | −$11.37 | −$12.66 | −$14.97 | −$16.41 | −$12.32 | −$2.43 | −$3.31 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $3.8M | $3.8M | $3.7M | $3.8M | $3.8M | $3.7M | $3.6M | $3.3M | $2.5M | $2.4M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $416,000 | $1.1M | $2.5M | $6.3M | $0 | $0 | $399,000 | $561,000 | $644,000 | $86,000 |
| Dividend payout ratio | — | — | — | — | 18.5% | — | — | — | 114.9% | 15.3% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 129.0% | 29.9% | 11.7% | 47.5% | 11.6% | 8.5% | 19.2% | 34.0% | 29.2% | 9.5% |
| Capex / revenue | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.6% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 57.2% | 12.0% | 5.0% | 12.2% | 10.8% | 4.6% | 30.7% | 41.2% | 37.1% | 11.4% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.08 | 0.37 | 0.34 | 0.44 | 0.24 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| SG&A / revenue | 33.4% | 34.2% | 32.3% | 31.5% | 27.5% | 29.7% | 31.9% | 33.0% | 34.3% | 31.6% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 89.7 | 83.4 | 78.8 | 79.3 | 73.0 | 71.2 | 63.8 | 60.8 | 67.0 | 60.1 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 177.7 | 169.0 | 173.5 | 192.4 | 154.5 | 138.8 | 132.0 | 124.5 | 134.1 | 132.2 |
| Days payables outstanding | 49.9 | 49.4 | 41.9 | 49.8 | 48.5 | 39.0 | 29.6 | 25.9 | 27.6 | 27.7 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 217.5 | 203.0 | 210.4 | 221.9 | 179.0 | 171.1 | 166.2 | 159.4 | 173.4 | 164.6 |
| Receivables turnover | 4.07 | 4.38 | 4.63 | 4.60 | 5.00 | 5.12 | 5.72 | 6.00 | 5.45 | 6.07 |
| Payables turnover | 7.32 | 7.40 | 8.72 | 7.33 | 7.53 | 9.37 | 12.34 | 14.11 | 13.21 | 13.20 |
| Inventory turnover | 2.05 | 2.16 | 2.10 | 1.90 | 2.36 | 2.63 | 2.76 | 2.93 | 2.72 | 2.76 |
| Asset turnover | 1.07 | 1.05 | 0.99 | 0.94 | 1.05 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 1.27 | 1.45 | 1.48 |
| Average receivables | $159.3M | $156.0M | $148.2M | $158.1M | $172.6M | $150.1M | $128.5M | $117.4M | $106.3M | $97.6M |
| Average payables | $55.7M | $57.1M | $49.6M | $63.8M | $74.3M | $52.8M | $38.9M | $31.8M | $27.6M | $28.5M |
| Average inventory | $198.2M | $195.5M | $205.4M | $246.4M | $236.8M | $188.3M | $173.5M | $153.0M | $133.8M | $136.1M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 23.2% | 28.9% | 29.8% | 29.5% | 25.7% | 30.2% | 36.4% | 47.8% | 22.0% | 22.3% |
Computed from LCUT's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed March 12, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
LCUT valuation and financial ratios
Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 5.6 and the forward P/E is 8.7. Lifetime Brands earned a return on equity of −12.5% and a return on invested capital of 4.1% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $243.6 million of debt and $4.3 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $239.4 million. It returned $4.2 million to shareholders: $3.8 million in dividends and $0.4 million in share buybacks, 129% of free cash flow. The share count rose 49.2% from 14.5M to 21.7M over 9 years.
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LCUT key metrics FAQ
What is Lifetime Brands's P/E ratio?
Lifetime Brands's trailing P/E ratio is 5.6 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 8.7. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was —, compared with a 10-year median of 16.9.
What is Lifetime Brands's EV/EBITDA?
Lifetime Brands's enterprise value was 27.9 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $325.1 million, EBITDA $11.7 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 5.8.
What is Lifetime Brands's return on equity?
Lifetime Brands's return on equity (ROE) was −12.5% in fiscal 2025: net income of -$26.9 million on average shareholders' equity of $216.1 million.
What is Lifetime Brands's ROIC?
Lifetime Brands's return on invested capital was 4.1% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Lifetime Brands have?
Lifetime Brands had total debt of $243.6 million at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.20 and $239.4 million of net debt (20.53 times EBITDA).
What is Lifetime Brands's dividend yield?
Lifetime Brands's forward dividend yield is 2.09%. Lifetime Brands paid $3.8 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($0.17 per share), a payout ratio of —.
Does Lifetime Brands buy back its shares?
Yes. Lifetime Brands spent $0.4 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed +1.0% over the year, to 21.7M..
What is Lifetime Brands's free cash flow yield?
Lifetime Brands generated $3.3 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 3.8% on its market value at year-end ($85.7 million).
What is Lifetime Brands's current ratio?
Lifetime Brands's current ratio was 2.85 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 2.85 times current liabilities.