Lifetime Brands vs Simpson Manufacturing
LCUT and SSD side by side, both in cutlery, handtools, and general hardware. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How LCUT and SSD compare
Simpson Manufacturing is the larger company, worth 46 times as much as Lifetime Brands ($8.1B against $177M).
On earnings, Lifetime Brands is cheaper: it trades at 6.0× trailing earnings, against 21.5× for Simpson Manufacturing.
Simpson Manufacturing grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.4% versus 1.2% for Lifetime Brands).
Simpson Manufacturing keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 15.6% compared with 4.3% at Lifetime Brands.
Both pay dividends: Lifetime Brands yields 2.2% and Simpson Manufacturing 0.59%.
Lifetime Brands scores higher on the StockData Score (18 against 16 for Simpson Manufacturing), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | LCUT | SSD |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $177M | $8.1B |
| Share price | $7.72 | $198.77 |
| Change, 1 year | 140% | 18.3% |
| Change, 5 years | −57.7% | 66.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.98 | 1.01 |
| Employees | 1,080 | 3,337 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 18 (better) | 16 |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 6.0× (better) | 21.5× |
| P/S | 0.3× (better) | 3.3× |
| P/B | 0.8× (better) | 3.8× |
| EV/EBITDA | 2.4× (better) | 12.7× |
| P/FCF | 3.5× (better) | 16.4× |
| PEG | – | 10.63 |
| FCF yield | 28.6% (better) | 6.1% |
| Fair value | $22.28 | $172.62 |
| Margin of safety | 65.4% (better) | −15.1% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 1.2% | 5.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −3.4% | 13.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 10.5% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 12.5% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 14.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 43.7% | 45.7% (better) |
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 20.5% (better) |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 15.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 7.6% | 20.3% (better) |
| Return on equity | 14.5% | 18.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 23.4% (better) | 22.0% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.01 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.08 | −0.79 |
| Interest coverage | 2.9× | – |
| Current ratio | 2.45 | 3.37 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.89 | 7.62 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.2% (better) | 0.59% |
| Payout ratio | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 12 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 0.00% | 4.6% (better) |
| Buyback yield | – | 2.4% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.2% | 3.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 43.4% | 100% |
| Held by insiders | 47.8% | 0.41% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$355K (better) | −$1.2M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 14.2% | 3.9% |
Go deeper
- LCUT stock overview
- LCUT income statement
- LCUT valuation and score
- SSD stock overview
- SSD income statement
- SSD valuation and score
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