Latham Group (SWIM) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, SWIM or NWL?

Latham Group has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newell Brands has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SWIM or NWL?

In the previous week, Newell Brands had 6 more articles in the media than Latham Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Newell Brands and 1 mentions for Latham Group. Newell Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Latham Group's score of 0.00 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SWIM or NWL?

Latham Group has higher revenue and earnings than Newell Brands. Newell Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Latham Group, 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	$566.49M	1.30	-$2.39M	$0.09	70.67
Newell Brands	$7.58M	373.37	-$216M	-$0.52	-13.08

Do analysts recommend SWIM or NWL?

Latham Group presently has a consensus target price of $6.65, suggesting a potential upside of 4.56%. Newell Brands has a consensus target price of $10.81, suggesting a potential upside of 58.91%. Given Newell Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Newell Brands is more favorable than Latham Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Latham Group	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
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%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SWIM or NWL?

Latham Group received 14 more outperform votes than Newell Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 40.63% 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 40.63%	Underperform Votes 57 59.38%
Newell Brands	Outperform Votes 25 20.49%	Underperform Votes 97 79.51%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SWIM or NWL?

84.0% 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Newell Brands shares are held by 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.

Summary

Latham Group and Newell Brands tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.