Newell Brands (NWL) Competitors

Latham Group (NASDAQ:SWIM) and Newell Brands (NASDAQ:NWL) are both rubber and plastic products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer SWIM or NWL?

Latham Group currently has a consensus price target of $7.95, indicating a potential downside of 3.28%. Newell Brands has a consensus price target of $7.44, indicating a potential upside of 28.90%. Given Newell Brands' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Newell Brands is more favorable than Latham Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Latham Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Newell Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SWIM or NWL?

84.0% of Latham Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Newell Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.9% of Latham Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Newell Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SWIM or NWL?

Latham Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Newell Brands. Latham Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Newell Brands, 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
Latham Group	$508.52M	1.88	-$17.86M	-$0.12	-68.50
Newell Brands	$7.58B	0.32	-$216M	-$0.59	-9.78

Which has more risk and volatility, SWIM or NWL?

Latham Group has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newell Brands has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SWIM or NWL?

In the previous week, Newell Brands had 4 more articles in the media than Latham Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Newell Brands and 4 mentions for Latham Group. Newell Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Latham Group's score of 1.29 indicating that Newell Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Latham Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Newell Brands	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SWIM or NWL more profitable?

Latham Group has a net margin of -2.54% compared to Newell Brands' net margin of -3.29%. Newell Brands' return on equity of 8.48% beat Latham Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Latham Group	-2.54%	-3.35%	-1.61%
Newell Brands	-3.29%	8.48%	2.05%

Summary

Newell Brands beats Latham Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.