Newell Brands (NWL) Competitors

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

Is AZEK or NWL 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
AZEK	9.85%	13.47%	8.29%
Newell Brands	-2.85%	9.76%	2.45%

Do analysts rate AZEK or NWL?

AZEK currently has a consensus target price of $53.53, indicating a potential upside of 10.67%. Newell Brands has a consensus target price of $8.92, indicating a potential upside of 80.50%. Given Newell Brands' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Newell Brands is more favorable than AZEK.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AZEK	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Newell Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more risk and volatility, AZEK or NWL?

AZEK has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newell Brands has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to AZEK or NWL?

In the previous week, AZEK had 1 more articles in the media than Newell Brands. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for AZEK and 17 mentions for Newell Brands. AZEK's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Newell Brands' score of 0.51 indicating that AZEK is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AZEK	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Newell Brands	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AZEK or NWL?

AZEK received 58 more outperform votes than Newell Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.92% of users gave AZEK an outperform vote while only 20.31% of users gave Newell Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AZEK	Outperform Votes 84 44.92%	Underperform Votes 103 55.08%
Newell Brands	Outperform Votes 26 20.31%	Underperform Votes 102 79.69%

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

97.4% of AZEK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Newell Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of AZEK shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Newell Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, AZEK or NWL?

AZEK has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
AZEK	$1.49B	4.68	$153.38M	$0.99	48.86
Newell Brands	$7.58B	0.27	-$216M	-$0.52	-9.50

Summary

AZEK beats Newell Brands on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.