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 $194.5M against $96.8M — 2.0× the size. Lifetime Brands, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 5.8× against 11.7×. 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 11.69 5.83 14.79
P/S 0.35 0.28 0.57
P/B 1.25 0.86 1.13
Price to free cash flow 8.85 8.92 10.36
EV/EBITDA 5.99 4.10 7.41
EV/Sales 0.47 0.50 0.73
Earnings yield 8.55% 17.14% 3.78%
Free cash flow yield 11.30% 11.22% 7.60%

Profitability

Metric KEQU LCUT Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Gross margin 28.55% 43.36% 37.63%
Operating margin 5.43% 8.48% 2.89%
Net margin 2.97% 4.81% 2.29%
Free cash flow margin 3.92% 3.16% 3.54%
Return on equity 11.27% 15.77% 7.66%
Return on assets 4.46% 5.44% 2.30%
Return on invested capital 8.40% 9.73% 3.88%

Growth

Metric KEQU LCUT Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.33% (1.48%) 0.20%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (15.93%) (74.65%) (6.04%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 13.84% (3.37%) 0.50%
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 0.15
Current ratio 2.20 2.11 2.00
Net debt to EBITDA 1.49 3.74 0.21

Dividend

Metric KEQU LCUT Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Dividend yield — 2.01% 2.82%
Payout ratio — 0.12 0.51

Size

Metric KEQU LCUT Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Market cap 96.82m 194.49m 218.78m

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