Latham Group (SWIM) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SWIM or NWL?

Latham Group received 10 more outperform votes than Newell Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 39.80% of users gave Latham Group an outperform vote while only 21.48% of users gave Newell Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Latham Group	Outperform Votes 39 39.80%	Underperform Votes 59 60.20%
Newell Brands	Outperform Votes 29 21.48%	Underperform Votes 106 78.52%

Is SWIM or NWL more profitable?

Latham Group has a net margin of 2.23% compared to Newell Brands' net margin of -2.85%. Newell Brands' return on equity of 9.76% beat Latham Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Latham Group	2.23%	2.83%	1.37%
Newell Brands	-2.85%	9.76%	2.45%

Do analysts prefer SWIM or NWL?

Latham Group currently has a consensus target price of $7.56, suggesting a potential upside of 27.02%. Newell Brands has a consensus target price of $7.42, suggesting a potential upside of 34.00%. Given Newell Brands' higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Newell Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media refer more to SWIM or NWL?

In the previous week, Newell Brands had 8 more articles in the media than Latham Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Newell Brands and 4 mentions for Latham Group. Newell Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Latham Group's score of 0.47 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Newell Brands	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SWIM or NWL?

83.9% of Latham Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Newell Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Latham Group 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, SWIM or NWL?

Latham Group has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newell Brands has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & 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	$509.31M	1.36	-$2.39M	-$0.14	-42.51
Newell Brands	$7.50B	0.31	-$216M	-$0.59	-9.38

Summary

Latham Group beats Newell Brands on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.