Lifetime Brands, Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Lifetime Brands, Inc had return on equity of -12.5%, an operating margin of -1.5%, debt equal to 66.7% of equity and a current ratio of 2.85. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 37.9% | 38.2% | 36.5% | 36.3% | 37.2% | 36.3% | 36.5% | 36.6% | 37.1% | 36.3% | 34.7% | 35.6% | 35.2% | 35.8% | 37.1% | 38.2% | 37.1% | 43.4% |
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 6.7% | 5.5% | 5.6% | 5.6% | 3.6% | 4.1% | 4.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | −3.2% | 3.2% | 5.9% | 3.3% | 4.7% | 4.0% | −1.5% | 8.5% |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 4.6% | 3.2% | 4.3% | 1.8% | 0.3% | 2.1% | 2.7% | 0.4% | −0.2% | −6.0% | −0.4% | 2.4% | −0.8% | −1.2% | −2.2% | −4.2% | 4.8% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 14.9% | 6.1% | 1.6% | 3.6% | 6.3% | −0.3% | 7.0% | 4.4% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 2.8% | 5.6% | 3.8% | 2.9% | 7.8% | 2.4% | 0.5% | 3.1% |
| Return on equity | 2.6% | 17.5% | 10.3% | 13.2% | 5.3% | 0.8% | 6.3% | 7.9% | 1.1% | −0.7% | −17.2% | −1.3% | 8.6% | −2.5% | −3.6% | −6.6% | −12.5% | 15.2% |
| Return on assets | — | 7.3% | 4.7% | 6.3% | 2.7% | 0.4% | 3.0% | 3.9% | 0.5% | −0.3% | −6.0% | −0.4% | 2.5% | −0.8% | −1.2% | −2.3% | −4.5% | 5.3% |
| Asset turnover | — | 1.60 | 1.49 | 1.46 | 1.47 | 1.55 | 1.43 | 1.48 | 1.45 | 1.27 | 0.99 | 0.98 | 1.05 | 0.94 | 0.99 | 1.05 | 1.07 | 1.11 |
| Current ratio | — | 3.01 | 2.84 | 3.18 | 3.09 | 3.08 | 2.66 | 2.81 | 3.61 | 3.76 | 3.07 | 2.34 | 2.26 | 3.08 | 2.48 | 2.46 | 2.85 | 2.11 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 21.7% | 39.4% | 35.4% | 27.2% | 49.2% | 33.0% | 43.7% | 45.1% | 97.7% | 114.3% | 11.9% | 96.9% | 4.3% | 65.0% | 62.0% | 66.7% | 17.4% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 1.2x | 3.2x | 3.2x | 4.6x | 5.8x | 3.3x | 4.2x | 5.6x | 3.5x | 1.0x | n/m | 1.4x | 3.3x | 1.4x | 1.5x | 1.2x | n/m | 3.0x |
| Effective tax rate | 77.6% | 23.4% | 36.4% | 25.9% | 39.5% | 42.0% | 36.2% | 32.0% | 83.8% | — | — | — | 45.5% | 63.4% | 59.4% | — | — | 16.0% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 23.0% | 21.4% | 21.1% | 21.4% | 22.7% | 22.8% | 23.0% | 22.0% | 24.3% | 23.1% | 22.0% | 20.3% | 18.1% | 21.2% | 22.2% | 23.4% | 22.0% | 22.7% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | >999% | 134.4% | 51.4% | 84.7% | 343.9% | −102.5% | 336.7% | 167.7% | 496.5% | — | — | — | 158.7% | — | — | — | — | 65.3% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | 6.5% | 6.0% | 16.3% | 131.5% | 17.5% | 15.3% | 114.9% | — | — | — | 18.5% | — | — | — | — | 12.1% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | 12.6% | 7.0% | 14.9% | — | 5.2% | 9.5% | 23.1% | 29.0% | 17.2% | 8.5% | 11.6% | 47.5% | 11.7% | 23.3% | 116.3% | 18.5% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 36.7% | 37.7% | 36.1% | 38.6% | 35.1% | 38.6% | 37.7% | 65.9% |
| Operating margin | 4.7% | 7.2% | 0.8% | −28.2% | 3.9% | 9.8% | −1.6% | 22.3% |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 4.1% | −3.0% | −30.1% | −0.7% | 8.9% | −3.3% | 13.9% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −12.6% | 9.1% | 10.8% | 6.2% | −13.2% | 1.3% | 20.8% | 7.7% |
| Current ratio | 2.36 | 2.46 | 2.74 | 2.65 | 2.71 | 2.85 | 2.93 | 2.11 |
| Debt to equity | 3.1% | 64.1% | 2.2% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 69.2% | 2.6% | 0.0% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 21.1% | 20.1% | 22.5% | 28.4% | 20.6% | 18.6% | 25.6% | 27.9% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $372m of assets due within a year against $177m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
- More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $56m against $19m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Lifetime Brands's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 20 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 17.2% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 13 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 36.7%, moving by 2.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 3.8%; its worst year was -4.0%.
- Cash conversion 11 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 3.2% of revenue.
- Discipline 16 / 20
The diluted share count rose 2.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.6% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (59 before it).
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