---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-21-021621"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LCUT"
cik: "0000874396"
company_name: "LIFETIME BRANDS, INC"
filed_at: "2021-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T13:32:20.196064+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lifetime Brands Q3 net sales flat at $224.8M; gross margin up; raises FY2021 adj. EBITDA guidance to $88-92M

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $224.8M (flat YoY); gross margin 37.0% vs 35.1% YoY.
- Q3 GAAP net income $12.6M ($0.57 diluted EPS); adjusted net income $13.4M ($0.61).
- Nine-month net sales up 16.8% to $607.1M; net income $21.4M vs ($18.2M) loss YoY.
- TTM adjusted EBITDA $96.7M, up 25.1% vs $77.3M for FY2020.
- Raised FY2021 guidance: net sales $870-890M, adj. EBITDA $88-92M, adj. EPS $1.42-1.54.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-21-021621
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LCUT
- cik: 0000874396
- company_name: LIFETIME BRANDS, INC
- filed_at: 2021-11-04T23:59:59+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/874396/000162828021021621/0001628280-21-021621-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874396/000162828021021621/lcut-20211104.htm

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