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NWL vs. FORD, SWIM, LWLG, KRT, DSWL, NEWH, YHGJ, NCL, RH, and TBBB

Should you be buying Newell Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Newell Brands include Forward Industries (FORD), Latham Group (SWIM), Lightwave Logic (LWLG), Karat Packaging (KRT), Deswell Industries (DSWL), NewHydrogen (NEWH), Yunhong Green CTI (YHGJ), Northann (NCL), RH (RH), and BBB Foods (TBBB).

Newell Brands vs. Its Competitors

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

Newell Brands has a consensus target price of $7.38, indicating a potential upside of 52.06%. Given Newell Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Newell Brands is more favorable than Forward Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Forward Industries
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Newell Brands
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Newell Brands has a net margin of -3.29% compared to Forward Industries' net margin of -14.52%. Newell Brands' return on equity of 8.48% beat Forward Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Forward Industries-14.52% -1,522.78% -44.33%
Newell Brands -3.29%8.48%2.05%

92.5% of Newell Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Forward Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Newell Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Forward Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Newell Brands.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Forward Industries$30.19M61.29-$1.95MN/AN/A
Newell Brands$7.58B0.27-$216M-$0.59-8.22

In the previous week, Forward Industries had 5 more articles in the media than Newell Brands. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Forward Industries and 2 mentions for Newell Brands. Forward Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Newell Brands' score of 0.43 indicating that Forward Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Forward Industries
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Newell Brands
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Forward Industries has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newell Brands has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Newell Brands beats Forward Industries on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NWL vs. The Competition

MetricNewell BrandsCONS PD IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.03B$33.18B$16.12B$10.54B
Dividend Yield5.83%2.74%3.24%4.78%
P/E Ratio-8.2236.8717.6727.10
Price / Sales0.272.0047.45131.13
Price / Cash2.0815.5814.5362.13
Price / Book0.738.077.226.58
Net Income-$216M$1.23B$678.09M$276.75M
7 Day Performance0.21%0.39%1.88%0.92%
1 Month Performance-15.51%-6.72%-0.05%4.21%
1 Year Performance-36.85%14.57%-0.64%37.89%

Newell Brands Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NWL
Newell Brands
4.537 of 5 stars
$4.85
+1.0%
$7.38
+52.1%
-37.9%$2.03B$7.58B-8.2223,700
FORD
Forward Industries
0.392 of 5 stars
$24.58
+20.5%
N/A+611.2%$2.09B$30.19M0.00100Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SWIM
Latham Group
1.1476 of 5 stars
$7.25
+0.3%
$7.95
+9.7%
+4.5%$844.92M$508.52M-60.411,817
LWLG
Lightwave Logic
0.4124 of 5 stars
$5.44
+4.8%
N/A+55.1%$704.15M$94.36K-30.2220Gap Down
KRT
Karat Packaging
3.7934 of 5 stars
$23.89
+3.8%
$32.67
+36.7%
-8.6%$479.95M$422.63M15.03680Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
DSWL
Deswell Industries
2.3862 of 5 stars
$3.69
-3.4%
N/A+31.6%$58.82M$67.61M0.00990News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
NEWH
NewHydrogen
N/A$0.03
-20.6%
N/A+482.2%$19.73MN/A0.002Gap Up
YHGJ
Yunhong Green CTI
0.9401 of 5 stars
$6.12
-34.3%
N/A-32.6%$16.98M$18.96M-12.2470News Coverage
Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
NCL
Northann
1.3346 of 5 stars
$0.77
-5.8%
N/A-52.6%$9.21M$12.01M-3.8673Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
RH
RH
4.8581 of 5 stars
$181.49
+4.7%
$259.29
+42.9%
-49.9%$3.40B$3.34B33.806,340Trending News
TBBB
BBB Foods
1.7861 of 5 stars
$25.39
+2.7%
$33.75
+33.0%
-19.3%$2.90B$67.08B-317.3125,300

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This page (NASDAQ:NWL) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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