Consumer Defensive
Newell Brands Inc.(NWL)
Live Price
Offline$4.92
-1.01% today
1Y Change
+0.00%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
- Market Cap
- $1.93B
- Revenue Growth
- -5.0%
- EPS Growth
- -30.8%
- Dividend Yield
- 6.2%
Coverage: 249 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Newell Brands Inc. (NWL) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $1.93B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $4.92 and up 0.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -5.0%, EPS growth of -30.8%, a dividend yield of 6.2%. What stands out right now is revenue -5.0%, EPS -30.8%, free cash flow -92.8% with operating margin 6.4% and ROIC 5.0%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 6.2%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines NWL price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-5.0% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+6.4% vs +6.6% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 29, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -5.0% and EPS is at -30.8%, with operating margin around 6.4%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 6.2%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +4.0% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 29, 2026 | โ | +3.6% | +17.3% | -9.4% |
2026 Feb 6, 2026 | +0.0% | -1.9% | +1.5% | -7.8% |
2025 Oct 31, 2025 | -5.6% | -5.0% | -6.8% | +12.1% |
Benchmark Edge
NWL vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Relative to SPY
NWL Max Drawdown
-51.33%
Trailing 1Y
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for NWL and SPY.
Company Overview
Newell Brands Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
Newell Brands Inc. designs, manufactures, sources, and distributes consumer and commercial products worldwide. It operates in five segments: Commercial Solutions, Home Appliances, Home Solutions, Learning and Development, and Outdoor and Recreation. The Commercial Solutions segment provides commercial cleaning and maintenance solutions; closet and garage organization products; hygiene systems and material handling solutions; and home and security, and smoke and carbon monoxide alarms products under the BRK, First Alert, Mapa, Quickie, Rubbermaid, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, and Spontex brands. The Home Appliances segment offers kitchen appliances under the Crock-Pot, Mr. Coffee, Oster, and Sunbeam brands. The Home Solutions segment provides food and home storage; fresh preserving; vacuum sealing; and gourmet cookware, bakeware, cutlery, and home fragrance products under the Ball, Calphalon, Chesapeake Bay Candle, FoodSaver, Rubbermaid, Sistema, WoodWick, and Yankee Candle brands. The Learning and Development segment offers writing instruments, including markers and highlighters, pens, and pencils; art products; activity-based adhesive and cutting products; labeling solutions; and baby gear and infant care products under the Aprica, Baby Jogger, Graco, NUK, Tigex, Dymo, Elmer's, EXPO, Graco, Mr. Sketch, NUK, Paper Mate, Parker, Prismacolor, Sharpie, Waterman, and X-Acto brands. The Outdoor and Recreation segment provides outdoor and outdoor-related products under the Campingaz, Coleman, Contigo, ExOfficio, and Marmot brands. It serves warehouse clubs, department and drug/grocery stores, mass merchants, home centers, office superstores and supply stores, contract stationers, and distributors, e-commerce, sporting goods, specialty, and travel retailers. The company was formerly known as Newell Rubbermaid Inc. and changed its name to Newell Brands Inc. in April 2016. Newell Brands Inc. was founded in 1903 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Leadership
- Christopher H. Peterson
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 23.7k
- Street Address
- 6655 Peachtree Dunwoody Road
- Mailing
- Atlanta, GA, 30328
- Region
- Atlanta, GA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 770 418 7000
- Last Updated
- May 3, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- 26.2
- Price/Sales
- 0.3
- Price/Book
- 0.8
Growth
- Revenue
- -5.0%
- EPS
- -30.8%
- Free Cash Flow
- -92.8%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 34.0%
- Operating Margin
- 6.4%
- Net Margin
- -3.9%
- ROE
- -11.1%
- ROIC
- 5.0%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 2.31
- Current Ratio
- 1.04
Earnings Reports
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Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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