Latham Group (SWIM) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, NWL or SWIM?

Latham Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Newell Brands	$7.58B	0.26	-$216M	-$0.52	-9.10
Latham Group	$508.52M	1.11	-$2.39M	-$0.16	-30.38

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NWL or SWIM?

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 20.00% of users gave Newell Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Newell Brands	Outperform Votes 25 20.00%	Underperform Votes 100 80.00%
Latham Group	Outperform Votes 39 40.21%	Underperform Votes 58 59.79%

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

92.5% of Newell Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of Latham Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Newell Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Latham Group 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, NWL or SWIM?

Newell Brands has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Latham Group has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NWL or SWIM 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
Newell Brands	-2.85%	9.76%	2.45%
Latham Group	2.23%	2.83%	1.37%

Do analysts recommend NWL or SWIM?

Newell Brands currently has a consensus price target of $9.81, indicating a potential upside of 107.31%. Latham Group has a consensus price target of $7.66, indicating a potential upside of 57.61%. Given Newell Brands' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Newell Brands is more favorable than Latham Group.

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

Does the media favor NWL or SWIM?

In the previous week, Newell Brands had 21 more articles in the media than Latham Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Newell Brands and 2 mentions for Latham Group. Latham Group's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Newell Brands' score of 0.49 indicating that Latham Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Newell Brands	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Latham Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Latham Group beats Newell Brands on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.