ALH vs AME vs LCUT Stock Comparison

Alliance Laundry Holdings, Ametek and Lifetime Brands Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AME Ametek Inc/
$223.04 -12.1% 1M +12.6% 1Y
Market cap
$52.36B
P/E
32.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.19B
Div. yield
0.01%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
5 wins
LCUT Lifetime Brands, Inc
$7.76 -15.3% 1M +151.9% 1Y
Market cap
$167.40M
P/E
5.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$666.83M
Div. yield
–
Home Appliances Consumer Discretionary
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Lifetime Brands leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Lifetime Brands 6, Ametek 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionALHAMELCUTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.53B $52.36B $167.40M AME
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 25.3x 32.1x 5.8x LCUT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 17.5x 26.9x 4.0x LCUT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.9% +14.3% +1.2% AME
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 10.1% 19.9% 4.3% AME
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 13.4% 11.1% 13.5% LCUT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.9x 2.3x 1.1x LCUT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -15.4% +12.6% +151.9% LCUT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +9.6%/yr -16.6%/yr AME
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 35.8% 24.5% 81.7% AME
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 47/100 58/100 70/100 LCUT

Percentile Scorecard

ALHAMELCUT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisALHAMELCUT
Valuation 60 #83 of 204 18 #167 of 204 100 #1 of 42
Growth 78 #43 of 191 70 #58 of 191 88 #6 of 41
Profitability 76 #46 of 189 90 #19 of 189 82 #8 of 39
Financial Health 14 #190 of 221 43 #126 of 221 51 #22 of 44
Shareholder Returns 6 #150 of 159 67 #54 of 159 31 #19 of 27
Overall 47 58 70
  • ALH ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • AME ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • LCUT ranked among 44 companies in Household Durables

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodALHAMELCUTSPY
1 month +4.9%-12.1%-15.3% -5.9%
3 months -17.8%-11.3%-10.8% -4.6%
6 months -10.0%-5.0%+7.9% +0.2%
Year to date +11.2%+8.6%+96.5% +7.5%
1 year -15.4%+12.6%+151.9% +8.2%
3 years —+55.5%+37.3% +68.3%
3 years, per year —+15.9%+11.2% +19.0%
5 years —+58.3%-59.5% +56.5%
5 years, per year —+9.6%-16.6% +9.4%
10 years —+402.5%-44.6% +251.5%
10 years, per year —+17.5%-5.7% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureALHAMELCUTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 35.8%24.5%81.7% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.0%26.2%75.9% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.191.051.11 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.430.511.86 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -29.2%-27.3%-84.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -19.2%-13.7%-21.6% -5.9%
52-week high $28.00$258.54$9.90 $779.14
52-week low $19.06$189.90$3.02 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleALHAMELCUT
P/E now vs peer median 25.1xmedian 23.4x 31.3xmedian 23.4x 6.0xmedian 16.0x
P/S now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 1.7x 6.2xmedian 1.7x 0.3xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.2xmedian 13.4x 22.3xmedian 13.4x 3.6xmedian 10.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 17.5xmedian 21.9x 26.5xmedian 21.9x 3.5xmedian 12.4x
P/B now vs peer median 8.9xmedian 2.1x 4.4xmedian 2.1x 0.8xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.02 3.58median 1.02 0.08median 0.54

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsALHAMELCUT
Revenue $1.78B $8.19B $666.83M
Gross profit $669.98M $2.98B $291.12M
Operating income $338.49M $2.13B $49.35M
Net income $179.08M $1.63B $28.79M
Free cash flow $256.18M $1.93B $50.73M
EPS (diluted) $0.88 $7.09 $1.29
Cash & equivalents $159.47M $666.15M $5.93M
Total debt $1.44B $6.67B $89.86M
Shares (diluted) 203.55M 230.04M 22.25M
Enterprise value $3.98B $50.26B $137.89M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricALHAMELCUT
P/E 25.1x 31.3x 6.0x
P/FCF 17.5x 26.5x 3.5x
P/Operating cash flow 14.6x 24.6x 2.9x
P/S 2.5x 6.2x 0.3x
P/B 8.9x 4.4x 0.8x
P/Tangible book -19.8x 9.9x 0.8x
EV/EBITDA 13.2x 22.3x 3.6x
EV/EBIT 17.1x 26.8x 5.3x
EV/Revenue 3.3x 7.0x 0.4x
EV/FCF 22.5x 29.6x 5.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.8x 27.5x 4.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 3.58 0.08

Growth

14 metrics
MetricALHAMELCUT
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.9% 14.3% 1.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 8.1% -1.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.5% 15.1% 19.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 8.6% 4.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 10.0% 13.9% 454.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 8.7% 19.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 126.7% 11.1% 179.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 8.5% 78.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 94.7% 11.8% 177.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 8.8% 76.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 17.7% 150.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 9.6% -0.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 17.6% 149.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 10.2% -4.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricALHAMELCUT
Gross margin 37.7% 36.4% 43.7%
EBITDA margin 24.6% 31.3% 11.0%
Operating margin 19.1% 26.0% 7.4%
Pretax margin 13.2% 24.2% 4.7%
Net margin 10.1% 19.9% 4.3%
FCF margin 14.4% 23.6% 7.6%
Operating cash flow margin 17.3% 25.4% 9.1%
Return on equity 38.4% 14.2% 13.4%
Return on assets 6.1% 8.4% 4.6%
Return on invested capital 13.4% 11.1% 13.5%
Return on capital employed 14.1% 12.7% 10.6%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.4x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x 1.3x 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue 1.2% 0.6% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricALHAMELCUT
Debt / assets 48.8% 29.8% 14.3%
Debt / equity 2.9x 0.6x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.9x 2.3x 1.1x
Debt / FCF 5.6x 3.5x 1.8x
Liabilities / assets 82.9% 47.8% 66.1%
Equity / assets 17.1% 52.2% 33.9%
Interest coverage 3.3x 18.8x –
Current ratio 1.4x 1.4x 2.4x
Quick ratio 0.8x 0.8x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.3x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 2.15 4.44 1.89

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricALHAMELCUT
Dividend yield – 0.6% 2.1%
Net buyback yield -11.2% 0.5% –
Shareholder yield -11.2% 1.1% 2.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 18.7% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 15.8% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 9.1% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 10.9% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusALHAMELCUT
Forward P/E 17.5xFY2026 26.9xFY2026 4.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.29FY2026 $8.30FY2026 $1.96FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +26.5%FY2026 +11.7%FY2026 +142.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +23.3% +8.7% -46.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.70BFY2026 $8.01BFY2026 $703.72MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.6%FY2026 +8.3%FY2026 +8.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +20.5% +18.6% +4.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersALHAMELCUT
Held by institutions 100.0% 89.6% 43.3%
Institutions holding 168 1,198 88
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.5% +2.3% +9.6%
Institutions buying 98 615 65
Institutions selling 46 399 15
Buyers to sellers 2.13 1.54 4.33

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ALHAMELCUT
ALH 1.00 0.46 0.02
AME 0.46 1.00 0.00
LCUT 0.02 0.00 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ALH, AME and LCUT?

Ametek (AME) is the largest by market capitalisation: Alliance Laundry Holdings (ALH) $4.53B, Ametek (AME) $52.36B, Lifetime Brands (LCUT) $167.40M.

Which stock is cheaper, ALH, AME and LCUT?

Lifetime Brands (LCUT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Alliance Laundry Holdings (ALH) 25.3x, Ametek (AME) 32.1x, Lifetime Brands (LCUT) 5.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Lifetime Brands (LCUT) is cheapest (Alliance Laundry Holdings (ALH) 17.5x, Ametek (AME) 26.9x, Lifetime Brands (LCUT) 4.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ametek (AME) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Alliance Laundry Holdings (ALH) +9.9%, Ametek (AME) +14.3%, Lifetime Brands (LCUT) +1.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ametek (AME) has the highest net margin (Alliance Laundry Holdings (ALH) 10.1%, Ametek (AME) 19.9%, Lifetime Brands (LCUT) 4.3%). On return on invested capital, Lifetime Brands (LCUT) leads (Alliance Laundry Holdings (ALH) 13.4%, Ametek (AME) 11.1%, Lifetime Brands (LCUT) 13.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lifetime Brands (LCUT) returned the most: Alliance Laundry Holdings (ALH) -15.4%, Ametek (AME) +12.6%, Lifetime Brands (LCUT) +151.9%. Over five years, Ametek (AME) compounded fastest (Ametek (AME) +9.6%/yr, Lifetime Brands (LCUT) -16.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Alliance Laundry Holdings (ALH) 0.00%, Ametek (AME) 0.01%, Lifetime Brands (LCUT) 0.00%. Alliance Laundry Holdings (ALH) and Lifetime Brands (LCUT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ametek (AME) has been the steadiest (Alliance Laundry Holdings (ALH) 35.8%, Ametek (AME) 24.5%, Lifetime Brands (LCUT) 81.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ALH, AME and LCUT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lifetime Brands (LCUT) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.