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Lifetime Brands (Lifetime Brands) Interest Coverage : 2.80 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Lifetime Brands Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Lifetime Brands's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $15.7 Mil. Lifetime Brands's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-5.6 Mil. Lifetime Brands's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.80. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lifetime Brands's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

LCUT' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.01   Med: 3.2   Max: 6.14
Current: 1.51


LCUT's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
90.19% of 316 companies
in the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances industry
Industry Median: 8.89 vs LCUT: 1.51

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Lifetime Brands Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lifetime Brands's Interest Coverage 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Lifetime Brands Interest Coverage Chart

Lifetime Brands Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.01 2.62 4.23 1.49 1.51

Lifetime Brands Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 2.77 - 0.80 2.59 2.80

Competitive Comparison of Lifetime Brands's Interest Coverage

For the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances subindustry, Lifetime Brands's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage 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's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances Industry

For the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Lifetime Brands's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lifetime Brands's Interest Coverage falls into.



Lifetime Brands Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Lifetime Brands's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Lifetime Brands's Interest Expense was $-21.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was $32.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $266.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*32.797/-21.728
=1.51

Lifetime Brands's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Lifetime Brands's Interest Expense was $-5.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was $15.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $266.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*15.739/-5.618
=2.80

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Lifetime Brands  (NAS:LCUT) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


Lifetime Brands Interest Coverage Related Terms

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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