SWIM vs. NWL, KRT, LWLG, DSWL, NEWH, YHGJ, NCL, FORD, AZEK, and TTAM
Should you be buying Latham Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Latham Group include Newell Brands (NWL), Karat Packaging (KRT), Lightwave Logic (LWLG), Deswell Industries (DSWL), NewHydrogen (NEWH), Yunhong Green CTI (YHGJ), Northann (NCL), Forward Industries (FORD), AZEK (AZEK), and Titan America (TTAM).
Latham Group vs. Its Competitors
Newell Brands (NASDAQ:NWL) and Latham Group (NASDAQ:SWIM) are both rubber and plastic products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.
Latham Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
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.
92.5% of Newell Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of Latham Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Newell Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Latham Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Newell Brands has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Latham Group has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Newell Brands had 12 more articles in the media than Latham Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Newell Brands and 8 mentions for Latham Group. Latham Group's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Newell Brands' score of 0.12 indicating that Latham Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Newell Brands presently has a consensus target price of $7.44, indicating a potential upside of 53.83%. Latham Group has a consensus target price of $7.56, indicating a potential upside of 2.79%. Given Newell Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Newell Brands is more favorable than Latham Group.
Summary
Newell Brands beats Latham Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SWIM) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
