NWL vs. SMPL, SAM, BRFS, IPAR, WDFC, JJSF, NTCOY, NOMD, OLLI, and FIZZ
Should you be buying Newell Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Newell Brands include Simply Good Foods (SMPL), Boston Beer (SAM), BRF (BRFS), Inter Parfums (IPAR), WD-40 (WDFC), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), Natura &Co (NTCOY), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), and National Beverage (FIZZ). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Simply Good Foods (NASDAQ:SMPL) and Newell Brands (NASDAQ:NWL) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.
Simply Good Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Newell Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Simply Good Foods pays out 25.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Newell Brands pays out -38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Newell Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Simply Good Foods has a net margin of 11.12% compared to Simply Good Foods' net margin of -3.70%. Simply Good Foods' return on equity of 11.21% beat Newell Brands' return on equity.
88.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Newell Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Simply Good Foods 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Simply Good Foods received 284 more outperform votes than Newell Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.02% of users gave Simply Good Foods an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave Newell Brands an outperform vote.
Simply Good Foods presently has a consensus price target of $40.29, indicating a potential upside of 7.34%. Newell Brands has a consensus price target of $8.70, indicating a potential upside of 7.33%. Given Newell Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Simply Good Foods is more favorable than Newell Brands.
Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newell Brands has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Simply Good Foods has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Newell Brands. Newell Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simply Good Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Newell Brands had 7 more articles in the media than Simply Good Foods. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Newell Brands and 5 mentions for Simply Good Foods. Newell Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Simply Good Foods' score of 0.83 indicating that Simply Good Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Simply Good Foods beats Newell Brands on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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