---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-020880"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LCUT"
cik: "0000874396"
company_name: "LIFETIME BRANDS, INC"
filed_at: "2022-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T04:41:59.268767+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lifetime Brands Q2 net sales down 19% to $151.3M; posts net loss of $3.5M; guidance cut

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $151.3M, down 18.9% YoY; gross margin improved to 36.5% from 35.4%.
- Loss from operations of $(0.5)M vs income $11.0M; net loss $(3.5)M ($0.16/sh) vs net income $5.8M ($0.26/sh).
- Adjusted net loss $(2.9)M ($0.14/sh) vs adjusted net income $6.1M ($0.28/sh) in prior year.
- FY2022 guidance cut: net sales $800-850M, Adjusted EBITDA $73-79M, adjusted EPS $1.00-1.19.
- Declared regular quarterly dividend (amount and record date not disclosed in release).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-020880
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LCUT
- cik: 0000874396
- company_name: LIFETIME BRANDS, INC
- filed_at: 2022-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/874396/000162828022020880/0001628280-22-020880-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874396/000162828022020880/lcut-20220804.htm

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