secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LIFETIME BRANDS, INC (LCUT)
CIK:        0000874396
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-22-020880
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874396/000162828022020880/0001628280-22-020880-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874396/000162828022020880/lcut-20220804.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-020880

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