SWIM vs. NWL, KRT, LWLG, DSWL, NEWH, YHGJ, FORD, NCL, AZEK, and AGX
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), Forward Industries (FORD), Northann (NCL), AZEK (AZEK), and Argan (AGX).
Latham Group vs. Its Competitors
Latham Group (NASDAQ:SWIM) and Newell Brands (NASDAQ:NWL) are both rubber and plastic products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
84.0% of Latham Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Newell Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Latham Group currently has a consensus price target of $7.56, suggesting a potential upside of 10.85%. Newell Brands has a consensus price target of $7.64, suggesting a potential upside of 30.36%. Given Newell Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Newell Brands is more favorable than Latham Group.
Latham Group has a net margin of -3.13% compared to Newell Brands' net margin of -3.26%. Newell Brands' return on equity of 9.95% beat Latham Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Newell Brands had 6 more articles in the media than Latham Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Newell Brands and 1 mentions for Latham Group. Newell Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Latham Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Newell Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Latham Group has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newell Brands has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Newell Brands beats Latham Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SWIM) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
