Newell Brands (NWL) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NWL or AZEK?

92.5% of Newell Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of AZEK shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Newell Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of AZEK shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NWL or AZEK?

AZEK received 45 more outperform votes than Newell Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.15% of users gave AZEK an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave Newell Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Newell Brands	Outperform Votes 18 18.18%	Underperform Votes 81 81.82%
AZEK	Outperform Votes 63 43.15%	Underperform Votes 83 56.85%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	$8.13B	0.39	-$388M	-$0.72	-10.67
AZEK	$1.37B	5.07	$67.96M	$0.79	59.51

Which has more volatility and risk, NWL or AZEK?

Newell Brands has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AZEK has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NWL or AZEK more profitable?

AZEK has a net margin of 8.57% compared to Newell Brands' net margin of -3.70%. Newell Brands' return on equity of 11.21% beat AZEK's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Newell Brands	-3.70%	11.21%	2.84%
AZEK	8.57%	9.61%	5.79%

Does the media prefer NWL or AZEK?

In the previous week, Newell Brands had 1 more articles in the media than AZEK. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Newell Brands and 5 mentions for AZEK. AZEK's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Newell Brands' score of 0.83 indicating that AZEK is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Newell Brands	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AZEK	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate NWL or AZEK?

Newell Brands presently has a consensus target price of $8.70, suggesting a potential upside of 12.46%. AZEK has a consensus target price of $44.83, suggesting a potential downside of 7.56%. Given Newell Brands' higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10
AZEK	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76

Summary

AZEK beats Newell Brands on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.