AZEK (AZEK) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend AZEK or NWL?

AZEK presently has a consensus price target of $53.40, indicating a potential upside of 14.44%. Newell Brands has a consensus price target of $9.81, indicating a potential upside of 107.31%. Given Newell Brands' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Newell Brands is more favorable than AZEK.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AZEK	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Newell Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more volatility and risk, AZEK or NWL?

AZEK has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newell Brands has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AZEK or NWL?

AZEK has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
AZEK	$1.49B	4.51	$153.38M	$0.99	47.14
Newell Brands	$7.58B	0.26	-$216M	-$0.52	-9.10

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AZEK or NWL?

AZEK received 59 more outperform votes than Newell Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.16% of users gave AZEK an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave Newell Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AZEK	Outperform Votes 84 45.16%	Underperform Votes 102 54.84%
Newell Brands	Outperform Votes 25 20.00%	Underperform Votes 100 80.00%

Is AZEK or NWL more profitable?

AZEK has a net margin of 9.85% compared to Newell Brands' net margin of -2.85%. AZEK's return on equity of 13.47% beat Newell Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AZEK	9.85%	13.47%	8.29%
Newell Brands	-2.85%	9.76%	2.45%

Does the media refer more to AZEK or NWL?

In the previous week, AZEK had 5 more articles in the media than Newell Brands. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for AZEK and 23 mentions for Newell Brands. Newell Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat AZEK's score of 0.55 indicating that Newell Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AZEK	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Newell Brands	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

97.4% of AZEK shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Newell Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of AZEK shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Newell Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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