Lifetime Brands, Inc. LCUT

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
46/100
Developing

About Lifetime Brands, Inc.

Lifetime Brands, Inc. designs, sources, and sells branded kitchenware, tableware, and other products for use in the home in the United States and internationally. The company offers kitchenware products, including kitchen tools and gadgets, cutlery, kitchen scales, thermometers, cutting boards, shears, cookware, pantryware, spice racks, and bakeware; and tableware products comprising dinnerware, stemware, flatware, and giftware. It also provides home … Full LCUT analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.87), suggesting sticky customer base.
  • Strong Liquidity Buffer Liquidity position is strong (score 0.87), providing operational cushion.

Key risks

  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.29), raising refinancing risk.
  • Inconsistent Cash Generation Cash generation is inconsistent (score 0.40), indicating operational challenges.

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Pricing Power

Developing
43

Where LCUT ranks in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances

Lifetime Brands, Inc. ranks #17 of 34 scored companies in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances by moat score — the top 50%. The widest moat in the group is SharkNinja, Inc. (SN) at 81/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near LCUT in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances
# Company Moat score Rating
13 Viomi Technology Co., Ltd VIOT 58/100 Moderate
14 Whirlpool Corporation WHR 50/100 Moderate
15 Crown Crafts, Inc. CRWS 50/100 Moderate
16 Bassett Furniture Industries, I BSET 48/100 Developing
17 Lifetime Brands, Inc. LCUT 46/100 Developing
18 Virco Manufacturing Corporation VIRC 46/100 Developing
19 The Lovesac Company LOVE 45/100 Developing
20 Hooker Furnishings Corporation HOFT 38/100 Developing
21 FGI Industries Ltd. FGI 35/100 Developing

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How LCUT scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 43 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 40 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 59 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 37 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 49 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 51 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding LCUT's moat

What is Lifetime Brands, Inc.'s moat score?

Lifetime Brands, Inc. (LCUT) scores 46 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #17 of 34 scored companies in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances, the top 50%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 33 companies in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (59/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (37/100).

How does Lifetime Brands, Inc. compare with other Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances companies?

Lifetime Brands, Inc. ranks #17 of 34 scored companies in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances by moat score. The widest moat in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances is SharkNinja, Inc. (SN) at 81/100. The companies ranked closest are Bassett Furniture Industries, I (BSET) at 48 just above it and Virco Manufacturing Corporation (VIRC) at 46 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 33 companies in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Lifetime Brands, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Lifetime Brands, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and LCUT scores: Pricing Power (43), Cost Advantage (40), Customer Stickiness (59), Capital Efficiency (37), Resilience (49), Scale & Market Position (51). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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