Lifetime Brands, Inc.
LCUT Consumer Cyclical Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances
Lifetime Brands, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $647.9 million, down 5.13% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 7.36%, EPS grew 148.6%, free cash flow grew 33.6% and total debt fell 13.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years.
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Lifetime Brands, Inc. (LCUT) Altman Z-score
Lifetime Brands, Inc.'s Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 1.57, in the distress zone (below 1.81).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1.57 | (0.18) |
| FY2024 | 1.75 | 0.00 |
| FY2023 | 1.76 | (0.01) |
| FY2022 | 1.76 | (0.26) |
| FY2021 | 2.02 | 0.28 |
| FY2020 | 1.74 | 0.37 |
| FY2019 | 1.37 | (0.49) |
| FY2018 | 1.86 | (1.23) |
| FY2017 | 3.09 | (0.07) |
| FY2016 | 3.16 | 0.31 |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.42 | — | 0.51 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | (0.11) | — | −0.15 | |
| EBIT / total assets | (0.02) | — | −0.05 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 0.23 | — | 0.14 | |
| Sales / total assets | 1.13 | — | 1.13 | |
| Altman Z-score | Distress zone | 1.57 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Safe zone | 2.88 | ||
Z and Z″ put Lifetime Brands, Inc. in different zones: distress zone by Z, safe zone by Z″.
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| FLXS Flexsteel Industries, Inc. compare | 5.9× |
| HOFT Hooker Furnishings Corp. compare | 3.6× |
| KEQU Kewaunee Scientific Corporation compare | 3.4× |
| VIRC Virco Manufacturing Corporation compare | 2.6× |
| BSET Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated compare | 2.4× |
| LOVE The Lovesac Company compare | 2.0× |
| LCUT Lifetime Brands, Inc. | 1.6× |
| COOK Traeger, Inc. compare | −0.9× |
| ATER Aterian, Inc. compare | −33.6× |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets