Karat Packaging (KRT) Competitors

Karat Packaging (NASDAQ:KRT) and Newell Brands (NASDAQ:NWL) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is KRT or NWL a better dividend stock?

Karat Packaging pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Newell Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Karat Packaging pays out 120.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Newell Brands pays out -47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Karat Packaging has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Karat Packaging is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media refer more to KRT or NWL?

In the previous week, Karat Packaging had 9 more articles in the media than Newell Brands. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Karat Packaging and 3 mentions for Newell Brands. Newell Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Karat Packaging's score of 0.34 indicating that Newell Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Karat Packaging	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Newell Brands	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, KRT or NWL?

Karat Packaging has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newell Brands has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in KRT or NWL?

25.2% of Karat Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Newell Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.2% of Karat Packaging shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Newell Brands shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer KRT or NWL?

Karat Packaging presently has a consensus price target of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.05%. Newell Brands has a consensus price target of $7.42, indicating a potential upside of 35.84%. Given Newell Brands' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Newell Brands is more favorable than Karat Packaging.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Karat Packaging	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Newell Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has higher earnings & valuation, KRT or NWL?

Karat Packaging has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Newell Brands. Newell Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Karat Packaging, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Karat Packaging	$430.64M	1.25	$32.47M	$1.50	17.86
Newell Brands	$7.50B	0.30	-$216M	-$0.59	-9.25

Is KRT or NWL more profitable?

Karat Packaging has a net margin of 6.78% compared to Newell Brands' net margin of -2.85%. Karat Packaging's return on equity of 19.84% beat Newell Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Karat Packaging	6.78%	19.84%	11.01%
Newell Brands	-2.85%	9.76%	2.45%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KRT or NWL?

Newell Brands received 7 more outperform votes than Karat Packaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.11% of users gave Karat Packaging an outperform vote while only 21.48% of users gave Newell Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Karat Packaging	Outperform Votes 22 61.11%	Underperform Votes 14 38.89%
Newell Brands	Outperform Votes 29 21.48%	Underperform Votes 106 78.52%

Summary

Karat Packaging beats Newell Brands on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.