Newell Brands (NWL) Competitors

Newell Brands (NASDAQ:NWL) and AZEK (NYSE:AZEK) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer NWL or AZEK?

Newell Brands currently has a consensus target price of $7.64, indicating a potential upside of 47.75%. AZEK has a consensus target price of $53.53, indicating a potential upside of 7.50%. Given Newell Brands' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Newell Brands is more favorable than AZEK.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Newell Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
AZEK	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Does the media favor NWL or AZEK?

In the previous week, AZEK had 1 more articles in the media than Newell Brands. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for AZEK and 20 mentions for Newell Brands. AZEK's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Newell Brands' score of 0.20 indicating that AZEK is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Newell Brands	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
AZEK	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NWL or AZEK?

92.5% of Newell Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of AZEK shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Newell Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of AZEK shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NWL or AZEK?

AZEK received 56 more outperform votes than Newell Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.92% of users gave AZEK an outperform vote while only 21.05% of users gave Newell Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Newell Brands	Outperform Votes 28 21.05%	Underperform Votes 105 78.95%
AZEK	Outperform Votes 84 44.92%	Underperform Votes 103 55.08%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, NWL or AZEK?

AZEK has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Newell Brands. Newell Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AZEK, 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
Newell Brands	$7.58B	0.28	-$216M	-$0.52	-9.94
AZEK	$1.49B	4.81	$153.38M	$0.99	50.30

Which has more risk and volatility, NWL or AZEK?

Newell Brands has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AZEK has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NWL or AZEK more profitable?

AZEK has a net margin of 9.85% compared to Newell Brands' net margin of -2.85%. AZEK's return on equity of 13.47% beat Newell Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Newell Brands	-2.85%	9.76%	2.45%
AZEK	9.85%	13.47%	8.29%

Summary

AZEK beats Newell Brands on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.