Kewaunee Scientific Corporation (KEQU) vs Lifetime Brands, Inc. (LCUT)

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation and Lifetime Brands, Inc. are both Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances companies. Lifetime Brands, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $212.4M against $99.3M — 2.1× the size. Lifetime Brands, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 6.5× against 11.9×. Kewaunee Scientific Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.33% against −1.48%. Lifetime Brands, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.81% vs 2.97%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.73% vs 8.40%). Across the 21 metrics below, Lifetime Brands, Inc. leads on 11 and Kewaunee Scientific Corporation on 10.

Valuation

Metric KEQU LCUT Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
P/E 11.90 6.46 14.03
P/S 0.35 0.31 0.52
P/B 1.27 0.95 1.06
Price to free cash flow 9.01 9.86 9.86
EV/EBITDA 6.06 4.35 7.67
EV/Sales 0.48 0.53 0.67
Earnings yield 8.41% 15.49% 3.50%
Free cash flow yield 11.10% 10.14% 7.55%

Profitability

Metric KEQU LCUT Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Gross margin 28.55% 43.36% 37.53%
Operating margin 5.43% 8.48% 2.03%
Net margin 2.97% 4.81% 1.65%
Free cash flow margin 3.92% 3.16% 3.92%
Return on equity 11.27% 15.77% 5.51%
Return on assets 4.46% 5.44% 1.69%
Return on invested capital 8.40% 9.73% 3.55%

Growth

Metric KEQU LCUT Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.33% (1.48%) 1.14%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (15.93%) (74.65%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 13.84% (3.37%) 0.64%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KEQU LCUT Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Debt to equity 0.58 0.68 0.17
Current ratio 2.20 2.11 1.97
Net debt to EBITDA 1.49 3.74 0.06

Dividend

Metric KEQU LCUT Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Dividend yield — 1.98% 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.43 0.09

Size

Metric KEQU LCUT Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Market cap 99.25m 212.42m 212.02m

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