Newell Brands (NWL) 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 businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Does the media favor NWL or AZEK?

In the previous week, AZEK had 58 more articles in the media than Newell Brands. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for AZEK and 5 mentions for Newell Brands. Newell Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat AZEK's score of 0.51 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AZEK	19 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 analysts prefer NWL or AZEK?

Newell Brands presently has a consensus target price of $10.81, suggesting a potential upside of 69.10%. AZEK has a consensus target price of $54.32, suggesting a potential upside of 9.41%. Given Newell Brands' higher probable upside, equities 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)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
AZEK	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Which has more volatility & risk, NWL or AZEK?

Newell Brands has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AZEK has a beta of 1.95, suggesting that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of AZEK shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NWL or AZEK?

AZEK received 58 more outperform votes than Newell Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.11% of users gave AZEK an outperform vote while only 20.49% of users gave Newell Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Newell Brands	Outperform Votes 25 20.49%	Underperform Votes 97 79.51%
AZEK	Outperform Votes 83 45.11%	Underperform Votes 101 54.89%

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	$7.58B	0.35	-$216M	-$0.52	-12.29
AZEK	$1.49B	4.80	$153.38M	$0.99	50.15

Summary

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