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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000874396-26-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LCUT"
cik: "0000874396"
company_name: "LIFETIME BRANDS, INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T22:21:21.209612+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lifetime Brands Q1 beats consensus; provides FY 2026 adj. EPS guidance $0.73-0.80

## Summary
- Consolidated net sales $143.5M, up 2.4% YoY; gross margin expanded to 37.7% from 36.1%.
- Net loss $(4.8)M ($(0.22)/diluted share); adjusted net income $0.8M ($0.04/diluted share) vs adjusted net loss YoY.
- Home Solutions segment grew nearly 23% YoY; Dolly Parton brand continued strong trajectory.
- Adjusted EBITDA for trailing twelve months ended March 31, 2026 was $52.7M.
- Full-year 2026 guidance: net sales $650-700M, adjusted diluted EPS $0.73-$0.80, adjusted EBITDA $53.5-$56M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000874396-26-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LCUT
- cik: 0000874396
- company_name: LIFETIME BRANDS, INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874396/000087439626000018/0000874396-26-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874396/000087439626000018/lcut-20260507.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 06318e42aea10bb6b4fdcd2a873b7ab8360de715
  claim: LIFETIME BRANDS, INC reported the quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: revenue $143.5 million, net income $(4.8) million, or $(0.22) per diluted share. Guidance reaffirmed.
  evidence_excerpt: playbook and the momentum to deliver on our commitments to shareholders.” First Quarter Financial Results: Consolidated net sales for the three months ended March 31, 2026 were $143.5 million, representing an increase of $3.4 million, or 2.4%, as compared to net sales of $140.1 million for the corresponding period in 2025. In constant currency, a non-GAAP financial
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874396/000087439626000018/0000874396-26-000018-index.htm

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