AZEK (AZEK) Competitors

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

Is NWL or AZEK more profitable?

AZEK has a net margin of 11.35% compared to Newell Brands' net margin of -3.22%. AZEK's return on equity of 13.38% beat Newell Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Newell Brands	-3.22%	10.22%	2.58%
AZEK	11.35%	13.38%	8.00%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NWL or AZEK?

AZEK received 52 more outperform votes than Newell Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.44% of users gave AZEK an outperform vote while only 18.02% of users gave Newell Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Newell Brands	Outperform Votes 20 18.02%	Underperform Votes 91 81.98%
AZEK	Outperform Votes 72 44.44%	Underperform Votes 90 55.56%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of AZEK shares are owned by company 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 volatility & risk, NWL or AZEK?

Newell Brands has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AZEK has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor NWL or AZEK?

In the previous week, Newell Brands had 4 more articles in the media than AZEK. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Newell Brands and 8 mentions for AZEK. Newell Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat AZEK's score of 0.51 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AZEK	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer NWL or AZEK?

Newell Brands currently has a consensus target price of $8.90, suggesting a potential upside of 1.14%. AZEK has a consensus target price of $48.12, suggesting a potential upside of 5.36%. Given AZEK's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
AZEK	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	$8.13B	0.45	-$388M	-$0.60	-14.67
AZEK	$1.37B	4.82	$62.36M	$1.13	40.42

Summary

AZEK beats Newell Brands on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.