AZEK (AZEK) Competitors

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

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%

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

Do analysts rate NWL or AZEK?

Newell Brands currently has a consensus price target of $7.42, indicating a potential upside of 30.58%. AZEK has a consensus price target of $53.93, indicating a potential downside of 0.58%. Given Newell Brands' higher possible upside, 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)	10 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.41

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NWL or AZEK?

AZEK received 56 more outperform votes than Newell Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.50% of users gave AZEK an outperform vote while only 21.48% of users gave Newell Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Newell Brands	Outperform Votes 29 21.48%	Underperform Votes 106 78.52%
AZEK	Outperform Votes 85 44.50%	Underperform Votes 106 55.50%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$7.50B	0.32	-$216M	-$0.59	-9.63
AZEK	$1.52B	5.13	$153.38M	$1.02	53.19

Does the media refer more to NWL or AZEK?

In the previous week, AZEK had 6 more articles in the media than Newell Brands. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for AZEK and 2 mentions for Newell Brands. Newell Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat AZEK's score of 0.70 indicating that Newell Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Newell Brands	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
AZEK	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, NWL or AZEK?

Newell Brands has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AZEK has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AZEK beats Newell Brands on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.