Latham Group (SWIM) Competitors

Latham Group (NASDAQ:SWIM) and Newell Brands (NASDAQ:NWL) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SWIM or NWL?

83.9% of Latham Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Newell Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Latham Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Newell Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SWIM or NWL?

Latham Group received 14 more outperform votes than Newell Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 40.21% of users gave Latham Group an outperform vote while only 20.49% of users gave Newell Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Latham Group	Outperform Votes 39 40.21%	Underperform Votes 58 59.79%
Newell Brands	Outperform Votes 25 20.49%	Underperform Votes 97 79.51%

Does the media prefer SWIM or NWL?

In the previous week, Newell Brands had 4 more articles in the media than Latham Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Newell Brands and 4 mentions for Latham Group. Newell Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Latham Group's score of 0.69 indicating that Newell Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Latham Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Newell Brands	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend SWIM or NWL?

Latham Group presently has a consensus price target of $7.66, suggesting a potential upside of 11.18%. Newell Brands has a consensus price target of $10.81, suggesting a potential upside of 64.22%. Given Newell Brands' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Newell Brands is more favorable than Latham Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Latham Group	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Newell Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is SWIM or NWL more profitable?

Latham Group has a net margin of 2.23% compared to Newell Brands' net margin of -2.85%. Newell Brands' return on equity of 9.76% beat Latham Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Latham Group	2.23%	2.83%	1.37%
Newell Brands	-2.85%	9.76%	2.45%

Which has better earnings and valuation, SWIM or NWL?

Latham Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Newell Brands. Latham Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Newell Brands, 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
Latham Group	$508.52M	1.57	-$2.39M	-$0.16	-43.06
Newell Brands	$7.58B	0.36	-$216M	-$0.52	-12.65

Which has more risk and volatility, SWIM or NWL?

Latham Group has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newell Brands has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Latham Group beats Newell Brands on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.