Newell Brands (NWL) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer AZEK or NWL?

In the previous week, AZEK and AZEK both had 6 articles in the media. AZEK's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Newell Brands' score of 0.80 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

Is AZEK or NWL more profitable?

AZEK has a net margin of 8.57% compared to AZEK's net margin of -3.70%. AZEK's return on equity of 11.21% beat Newell Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AZEK	8.57%	9.61%	5.79%
Newell Brands	-3.70%	11.21%	2.84%

Do analysts recommend AZEK or NWL?

AZEK currently has a consensus target price of $44.83, indicating a potential downside of 4.16%. Newell Brands has a consensus target price of $8.70, indicating a potential upside of 12.90%. Given AZEK's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76
Newell Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10

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

97.4% of AZEK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Newell Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of AZEK 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, AZEK or NWL?

AZEK has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newell Brands has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger 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	$1.37B	5.04	$67.96M	$0.79	59.22
Newell Brands	$8.13B	0.39	-$388M	-$0.72	-10.71

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AZEK or NWL?

AZEK received 45 more outperform votes than Newell Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.15% of users gave AZEK an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave Newell Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AZEK	Outperform Votes 63 43.15%	Underperform Votes 83 56.85%
Newell Brands	Outperform Votes 18 18.18%	Underperform Votes 81 81.82%

Summary

AZEK beats Newell Brands on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.