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Are Investors Undervaluing Lifetime Brands (LCUT) Right Now?

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Here at Zacks, we focus on our proven ranking system, which places an emphasis on earnings estimates and estimate revisions, to find winning stocks. But we also understand that investors develop their own strategies, so we are constantly looking at the latest trends in value, growth, and momentum to find strong companies for our readers.

Of these, value investing is easily one of the most popular ways to find great stocks in any market environment. Value investors rely on traditional forms of analysis on key valuation metrics to find stocks that they believe are undervalued, leaving room for profits.

On top of the Zacks Rank, investors can also look at our innovative Style Scores system to find stocks with specific traits. For example, value investors will want to focus on the "Value" category. Stocks with high Zacks Ranks and "A" grades for Value will be some of the highest-quality value stocks on the market today.

One company to watch right now is Lifetime Brands (LCUT - Free Report) . LCUT is currently sporting a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), as well as an A grade for Value. The stock holds a P/E ratio of 12.21, while its industry has an average P/E of 15.39. Over the past 52 weeks, LCUT's Forward P/E has been as high as 16.61 and as low as 4.25, with a median of 7.87.

Investors will also notice that LCUT has a PEG ratio of 0.87. This figure is similar to the commonly-used P/E ratio, with the PEG ratio also factoring in a company's expected earnings growth rate. LCUT's industry has an average PEG of 1.34 right now. Within the past year, LCUT's PEG has been as high as 1.19 and as low as 0.30, with a median of 0.56.

Value investors will likely look at more than just these metrics, but the above data helps show that Lifetime Brands is likely undervalued currently. And when considering the strength of its earnings outlook, LCUT sticks out as one of the market's strongest value stocks.

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