Lifetime Brands, Inc
LCUT Nasdaq Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware Financials FY2016βFY2025
What Lifetime Brands, Inc does
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- Legal name
- LIFETIME BRANDS, INC
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Mar 12, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0000874396-26-000008
0000874396
Revenue and margins
Lifetime Brands, Inc had $648M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 5.1% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $3.3M in fiscal 2025, 0.5% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Lifetime Brands, Inc returned $3.8M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 116% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 1.0%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Lifetime Brands, Inc can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $28.0M | $23.6M | $16.2M | $2.9M | $4.3M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $248M | $0.0M | $150M | $143M | $135M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.0x | β0.5x | 2.6x | 2.8x | 10.5x |
| Debt / equity | 1.0x | 0.0x | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.7x |
| Interest coverage | 3.3x | 1.4x | 1.5x | 1.2x | β0.5x |
| Current ratio | 2.3x | 3.1x | 2.5x | 2.5x | 2.8x |
| Quick ratio | 1.0x | 1.4x | 1.2x | 1.1x | 1.4x |
| Total assets | $829M | $726M | $667M | $634M | $573M |
| Total liabilities | $573M | $486M | $436M | $404M | $370M |
| Shareholders' equity | $256M | $240M | $231M | $230M | $202M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $220M | β$23.6M | $134M | $140M | $131M |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 5 / 8 | 3 / 8 | 3 / 9 | 4 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | β3.5% | β3.7% | β3.8% | β10.0% | β6.1% | β2.0% | β3.9% | β9.3% | β5.2% | β5.7% |
| Altman Z'' | 4.69 | 4.95 | 3.28 | 2.18 | 2.59 | 3.09 | 3.19 | 3.02 | 3.01 | 2.88 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $593M | $579M | $705M | $735M | $769M | $863M | $728M | $687M | $683M | $648M |
| Gross profit | $217M | $215M | $256M | $255M | $274M | $303M | $260M | $255M | $261M | $241M |
| Operating income | $27.1M | $15.2M | $18.6M | β$23.4M | $25.0M | $50.8M | $24.3M | $31.9M | $27.1M | β$9.4M |
| Interest expense | $4.8M | $4.3M | $18.0M | $20.8M | $17.3M | $15.5M | $17.2M | $21.7M | $22.2M | $20.0M |
| Pretax income | $22.0M | $10.8M | $0.5M | β$43.8M | $5.5M | $36.4M | $9.0M | $10.5M | β$9.7M | β$30.2M |
| Income tax | $7.0M | $9.0M | $2.9M | $1.1M | $9.9M | $16.5M | $5.7M | $6.2M | $3.3M | β$3.3M |
| Net income | $15.7M | $2.2M | β$1.7M | β$44.4M | β$3.0M | $20.8M | β$6.2M | β$8.4M | β$15.2M | β$26.9M |
| Diluted EPS | $1.08 | $0.14 | β$0.09 | β$2.16 | β$0.14 | $0.94 | β$0.29 | β$0.40 | β$0.71 | β$1.24 |
| Diluted shares | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $29.7M | $17.0M | $19.2M | $29.9M | $44.8M | $37.0M | $24.3M | $56.4M | $18.6M | $7.6M |
| Capital expenditure | $3.4M | $6.3M | $7.9M | $9.2M | $2.1M | $4.0M | $3.0M | $2.8M | $2.2M | $4.4M |
| Free cash flow | $26.4M | $10.7M | $11.3M | $20.7M | $42.7M | $33.0M | $21.3M | $53.6M | $16.3M | $3.3M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $14.1M | $14.2M | $23.3M | $25.1M | $24.7M | $22.5M | $19.5M | $19.6M | $22.3M | $21.8M |
| Stock-based compensation | $2.9M | $3.4M | $4.1M | $5.0M | $6.0M | $5.2M | $3.8M | $3.7M | $3.9M | $3.3M |
| Acquisitions | $21.7M | $0.0M | $217M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.2M | β | β | β | β |
| Share buybacks | β | β | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $6.3M | $2.5M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Dividends paid | $2.4M | $2.5M | $3.3M | $3.6M | $3.7M | $3.8M | $3.8M | $3.7M | $3.8M | $3.8M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $2.4M | $2.5M | $3.3M | $3.6M | $3.7M | $3.8M | $10.1M | $6.3M | $3.8M | $3.8M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $7.9M | $7.6M | $7.6M | $11.4M | $36.0M | $28.0M | $23.6M | $16.2M | $2.9M | $4.3M |
| Total debt | β | β | $273M | $270M | β | $248M | $0.0M | $150M | $143M | $135M |
| Current assets | $256M | $258M | $319M | $329M | $421M | $485M | $400M | $376M | $374M | $374M |
| Current liabilities | $91.3M | $71.5M | $84.9M | $107M | $180M | $214M | $130M | $152M | $152M | $131M |
| Inventory | $135M | $132M | $174M | $173M | $203M | $271M | $222M | $189M | $202M | $194M |
| Property and equipment, net | $21.1M | $23.1M | $25.8M | $28.2M | $23.1M | $20.7M | $18.0M | $17.0M | $15.0M | $15.4M |
| Goodwill | $14.2M | $15.8M | $91.7M | $49.4M | $30.3M | $30.3M | $33.2M | $33.2M | $33.2M | $0.0M |
| Intangible assets | $75.0M | $72.7M | $247M | $231M | $214M | $182M | $181M | $166M | $150M | $133M |
| Total assets | $400M | $402M | $709M | $770M | $807M | $829M | $726M | $667M | $634M | $573M |
| Total liabilities | $202M | $191M | $429M | $534M | $577M | $573M | $486M | $436M | $404M | $370M |
| Preferred stock | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $198M | $210M | $279M | $236M | $230M | $256M | $240M | $231M | $230M | $202M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 36.6% | 37.1% | 36.3% | 34.7% | 35.6% | 35.2% | 35.8% | 37.1% | 38.2% | 37.1% |
| Operating margin | 4.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | β3.2% | 3.2% | 5.9% | 3.3% | 4.7% | 4.0% | β1.5% |
| EBITDA margin | 7.0% | 5.1% | 5.9% | 0.2% | 6.5% | 8.5% | 6.0% | 7.5% | 7.2% | 1.9% |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 0.4% | β0.2% | β6.0% | β0.4% | 2.4% | β0.8% | β1.2% | β2.2% | β4.2% |
| FCF margin | 4.4% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 2.8% | 5.6% | 3.8% | 2.9% | 7.8% | 2.4% | 0.5% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | β | β | 2.2% | β3.7% | β | 7.0% | 7.3% | 5.7% | 5.8% | β2.2% |
| Return on capital employed | 8.8% | 4.6% | 3.0% | β3.5% | 4.0% | 8.3% | 4.1% | 6.2% | 5.6% | β2.1% |
| Return on equity | 8.0% | 1.1% | β0.7% | β17.2% | β1.3% | 8.6% | β2.5% | β3.6% | β6.6% | β12.5% |
| Return on assets | 3.9% | 0.5% | β0.3% | β6.0% | β0.4% | 2.5% | β0.8% | β1.2% | β2.3% | β4.5% |
| Return on tangible equity | 14.5% | 1.8% | β | β | β | 48.4% | β23.5% | β26.5% | β32.7% | β38.8% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | β2.2% | 21.6% | 4.3% | 4.7% | 12.2% | β15.7% | β5.6% | β0.5% | β5.1% |
| Net income growth | β | β86.3% | β179.9% | β | β | β | β129.6% | β | β | β |
| EPS growth | β | β87.0% | β164.3% | β | β | β | β130.9% | β | β | β |
| FCF growth | β | β59.4% | 5.4% | 83.7% | 106.4% | β22.8% | β35.3% | 151.3% | β69.5% | β80.1% |
| Share count change | β | 2.8% | 30.1% | 5.9% | 1.3% | 5.6% | β2.2% | β1.7% | 1.3% | 1.0% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | β | β | 6.3x | 150.5x | β | 3.0x | β0.5x | 2.6x | 2.8x | 10.5x |
| Debt / equity | β | β | 1.0x | 1.1x | β | 1.0x | 0.0x | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.7x |
| Interest coverage | 5.6x | 3.5x | 1.0x | β1.1x | 1.4x | 3.3x | 1.4x | 1.5x | 1.2x | β0.5x |
| Current ratio | 2.8x | 3.6x | 3.8x | 3.1x | 2.3x | 2.3x | 3.1x | 2.5x | 2.5x | 2.8x |
| Quick ratio | 1.3x | 1.8x | 1.7x | 1.5x | 1.2x | 1.0x | 1.4x | 1.2x | 1.1x | 1.4x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 0.6% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.7% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Payouts / FCF | 9.2% | 23.1% | 29.0% | 17.2% | 8.5% | 11.6% | 47.5% | 11.7% | 23.3% | 116.3% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 4.7 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
| Accruals ratio | β3.5% | β3.7% | β3.8% | β10.0% | β6.1% | β2.0% | β3.9% | β9.3% | β5.2% | β5.7% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000874396). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.