AZEK (AZEK) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NWL or AZEK?

AZEK received 58 more outperform votes than Newell Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.82% of users gave AZEK an outperform vote while only 20.18% of users gave Newell Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Newell Brands	Outperform Votes 23 20.18%	Underperform Votes 91 79.82%
AZEK	Outperform Votes 81 46.82%	Underperform Votes 92 53.18%

Is NWL or AZEK more profitable?

AZEK has a net margin of 10.68% compared to Newell Brands' net margin of -3.22%. AZEK's return on equity of 12.68% beat Newell Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Newell Brands	-3.22%	10.22%	2.58%
AZEK	10.68%	12.68%	7.66%

Do analysts prefer NWL or AZEK?

Newell Brands currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.76%. AZEK has a consensus target price of $52.67, suggesting a potential downside of 0.14%. Given AZEK's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AZEK is more favorable than Newell Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Newell Brands	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18
AZEK	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media refer more to NWL or AZEK?

In the previous week, AZEK had 22 more articles in the media than Newell Brands. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for AZEK and 5 mentions for Newell Brands. Newell Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat AZEK's score of 0.66 indicating that Newell Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Newell Brands	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AZEK	11 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

92.5% of Newell Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of AZEK shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Newell Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of AZEK shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NWL or AZEK?

AZEK has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Newell Brands	$7.71B	0.57	-$388M	-$0.60	-17.50
AZEK	$1.44B	5.23	$153.38M	$1.04	50.71

Which has more risk & volatility, NWL or AZEK?

Newell Brands has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AZEK has a beta of 1.92, meaning that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AZEK beats Newell Brands on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.