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Lifetime Brands (Lifetime Brands) Altman Z-Score

: 1.85 (As of Today)
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The Altman Z-Score is a model designed to predict the likelihood of a company going bankrupt within the next two years. Created by American finance professor Edward Altman in 1968, the model is specifically designed for publicly traded manufacturing companies with assets greater than $1 million.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.85 is in the grey area. This implies that the company is under some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.8, the company may face bankruptcy risk.

Lifetime Brands has a Altman Z-Score of 1.85, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Lifetime Brands is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may face bankrupcy risk.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Altman Z-Score <= 1.8, it is in Distress Zones.
When Altman Z-Score >= 3, it is in Safe Zones.
When Altman Z-Score is between 1.8 and 3, it is in Grey Zones.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lifetime Brands's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

LCUT' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.38   Med: 1.96   Max: 3.18
Current: 1.85

During the past 13 years, Lifetime Brands's highest Altman Z-Score was 3.18. The lowest was 1.38. And the median was 1.96.


Lifetime Brands Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lifetime Brands's Altman Z-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Lifetime Brands Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.38 1.75 2.04 1.78 1.77

Lifetime Brands Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Altman Z-Score Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.78 1.66 1.68 1.68 1.77

Competitive Comparison

For the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances subindustry, Lifetime Brands's Altman Z-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Altman Z-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Lifetime Brands Altman Z-Score Distribution

For the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Lifetime Brands's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lifetime Brands's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Lifetime Brands Altman Z-Score Calculation

Altman Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

Lifetime Brands's Altman Z-Score for today is calculated with this formula:

Z=1.2*X1+1.4*X2+3.3*X3+0.6*X4+1.0*X5
=1.2*0.3363+1.4*-0.0203+3.3*0.0483+0.6*0.4744+1.0*1.0293
=1.85

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency. GuruFocus does not calculate Altman Z-Score when X4 or X5 value is 0.

Trailing Twelve Months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023:
Total Assets was $667.1 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $376.4 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $152.0 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-13.6 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 8.998 + 8.268 + 0.585 + -7.376 = $10.5 Mil.
Interest Expense was -5.618 + -5.246 + -5.528 + -5.336 = $-21.7 Mil.
Revenue was 203.143 + 191.669 + 146.436 + 145.435 = $686.7 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $207.0 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $436.3 Mil.

* Note that for stock reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data.

X1=Working Capital/Total Assets
=(Total Current Assets - Total Current Liabilities)/Total Assets
=(376.355 - 151.968)/667.142
=0.3363

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-13.568/667.142
=-0.0203

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(10.475 - -21.728)/667.142
=0.0483

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=206.962/436.263
=0.4744

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=686.683/667.142
=1.0293

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Distress Zones - 1.81 < Grey Zones < 2.99 - Safe Zones

Lifetime Brands has a Altman Z-Score of 1.85 indicating it is in Grey Zones.

Study by Altman found that companies that are in Distress Zone have more than 80% of chances of bankruptcy in two years.


Lifetime Brands  (NAS:LCUT) Altman Z-Score Explanation

X1: The Working Capital/Total Assets (WC/TA) ratio is a measure of the net liquid assets of the firm relative to the total capitalization. Working capital is defined as the difference between current assets and current liabilities. Ordinarily, a firm experiencing consistent operating losses will have shrinking current assets in relation to total assets. Altman found this one proved to be the most valuable liquidity ratio comparing with the current ratio and the quick ratio. This is however the least significant of the five factors.

X2: Retained Earnings/Total Assets: the RE/TA ratio measures the leverage of a firm. Retained earnings is the account which reports the total amount of reinvested earnings and/or losses of a firm over its entire life. Those firms with high RE, relative to TA, have financed their assets through retention of profits and have not utilized as much debt.

X3, Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets (EBIT/TA): This ratio is a measure of the true productivity of the firm's assets, independent of any tax or leverage factors. Since a firm's ultimate existence is based on the earning power of its assets, this ratio appears to be particularly appropriate for studies dealing with corporate failure. This ratio continually outperforms other profitability measures, including cash flow.

X4, Market Value of Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities (MVE/TL): The measure shows how much the firm's assets can decline in value (measured by market value of equity plus debt) before the liabilities exceed the assets and the firm becomes insolvent.

X5, Revenue/Total Assets (S/TA): The capital-turnover ratio is a standard financial ratio illustrating the sales generating ability of the firm's assets.

Read more about Altman Z-Score and the original research.


Be Aware

Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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Lifetime Brands (Lifetime Brands) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1000 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, NY, USA, 11530
Lifetime Brands Inc is a U.S. based company that designs, sources, and sells branded kitchenware, tableware, and other products used in the home and markets its products under brands such as Farberware, KitchenAid, Cuisine de France, and others. The company markets and sells its products principally on a wholesale basis to retailers. It also markets and sells a limited selection of its products directly to consumers through its Pfaltzgraff, Mikasa, Fred, and Friends, Built NY, and Lifetime Sterling. Its products include kitchen tools, gadgets, cutlery, dinnerware, and glassware. The segments of the company are the U.S. and International. It derives a majority of the revenue from the U.S. segment which includes the domestic operations of the company's business.
Executives
Robert Bruce Kay director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 1000 STEWART AVENUE, GARDEN CITY NY 11530
Daniel Siegel officer: Executive Vice-President C/O LIFETIME BRANDS, INC., 1000 STEWART AVENUE, GARDEN CITY NY 11530
Craig Phillips director, officer: Executive Vice President LIFETIME BRANDS INC., 1000 STEWART AVENUE, GARDEN CITY NY 11530
Laurence Winoker officer: SVP Finance/CFO/Treasurer
Veronique Gabai-pinsky director C-O VERA WANG GROUP, 15 EAST 26TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10010
Rachael Jarosh director 1000 STEWART AVENUE, GARDEN CITY NY 11530
Michael J Jeary director 8 BELKNAP LANE, RUMSON NJ 07760
Dennis E Reaves director C/O LIFETIME BRANDS, INC., 1000 STEWART AVENUE, GARDEN CITY NY 11530
Bruce G Pollack director 30 ROCKEFEELER PLAZA, SUITE 5050, NEW YORK NY 10020
Michael J Regan director 14 BRENNER PLACE, DEMAREST NJ 07627
Michael Schnabel director 1000 STEWART AVENUE, GARDEN CITY NY 11530
Centre Partners V, L.p. 10 percent owner 825 THIRD AVENUE, 40TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Centre Capital Investors V Lp 10 percent owner 825 THIRD AVENUE, 40TH FLOOR, New York NY 10022
Ronald Shittan director C/O LIFETIME BRANDS, INC., 1000 STEWART AVENUE, GARDEN CITY NY 11530
William U Westerfield director C/O LIFETIME BRANDS, INC., 1000 STEWART AVENUE, GARDEN CITY NY 11530