Newell Brands (NWL) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate AZEK or NWL?

AZEK presently has a consensus target price of $54.85, suggesting a potential upside of 18.81%. Newell Brands has a consensus target price of $10.81, suggesting a potential upside of 58.91%. 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
AZEK	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
Newell Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has preferable valuation and 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	4.46	$153.38M	$0.99	46.63
Newell Brands	$7.58B	0.37	-$216M	-$0.52	-13.08

Which has more volatility & risk, AZEK or NWL?

AZEK has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newell Brands has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AZEK or NWL?

AZEK received 58 more outperform votes than Newell Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.16% of users gave AZEK an outperform vote while only 20.49% of users gave Newell Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AZEK	Outperform Votes 83 47.16%	Underperform Votes 93 52.84%
Newell Brands	Outperform Votes 25 20.49%	Underperform Votes 97 79.51%

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

97.4% of AZEK shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Newell Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of AZEK shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Does the media prefer AZEK or NWL?

In the previous week, AZEK and AZEK both had 7 articles in the media. AZEK's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Newell Brands' score of 0.72 indicating that AZEK is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AZEK	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Newell Brands	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

AZEK beats Newell Brands on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.