---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-21-015680"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LCUT"
cik: "0000874396"
company_name: "LIFETIME BRANDS, INC"
filed_at: "2021-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T22:09:39.191258+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lifetime Brands Q2 net sales up 24.3% to $186.6M; raises full-year guidance

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $186.6M (+24.3% YoY); gross margin 35.4% vs 36.1%.
- Net income $5.8M ($0.26 diluted) vs net loss of $4.0M ($0.19 loss) in Q2 2020.
- Adjusted net income $6.1M ($0.28 diluted) vs adjusted net loss of $3.1M.
- FY2021 guidance raised: sales $870-$890M, adj. EBITDA $84-$88M, EPS $1.28-$1.40.
- Regular quarterly dividend declared (amount unchanged; not specified in release).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-21-015680
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LCUT
- cik: 0000874396
- company_name: LIFETIME BRANDS, INC
- filed_at: 2021-08-05T23:59:59+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/874396/000162828021015680/0001628280-21-015680-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874396/000162828021015680/lcut-20210805.htm

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