Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products
Newell Brands Inc. NWL
$5.48 +1.48% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $2.29B
Strong trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Oct 30, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 13.3× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Operating margin widened to 8.1% from 1.1% a year earlier.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 82 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 23%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 7%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 26%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 49%
- Gross marginTop 49%
- Operating marginTop 43%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 41%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 4%
- Interest coverBottom 26%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 18%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 44%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 30%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 43%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 25%
- 6-month returnTop 5%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 32%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 42%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 18%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 40%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 40%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 16%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 22%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 8%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 4%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -4.1% | -2.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 34.2% | 35.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 1.1% | 8.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -1.4% | 1.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.0% | -4.1% | ↑ | Bottom 23% |
| Gross margin | 35.5% | 34.2% | ↑ | Top 49% |
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 1.1% | ↑ | Top 43% |
| Net margin | -3.0% | -3.3% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.6% | -1.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.7% | — | Top 49% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -8.7% | — | Bottom 7% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -3.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 13.34×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 5.49%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.52%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.97%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +37.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -4.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $6.54
- Target vs current price
- +19.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 26
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 42%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | +112.2% | +8.9% | +17.1% | +14.4% | — |
| May 1, 2026 | +44.4% | +11.5% | +9.1% | -16.7% | +28.9% |
| Feb 6, 2026 | +0.0% | +2.4% | -0.4% | -6.2% | +2.0% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | -5.6% | -28.0% | -34.1% | -22.7% | -8.7% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | +0.0% | -15.2% | -12.1% | +5.5% | -11.2% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +85.7% | -7.5% | -3.5% | +2.7% | +21.3% |
| Feb 7, 2025 | +14.3% | -26.4% | -27.7% | -30.3% | -47.4% |
| Oct 25, 2024 | +0.0% | +21.6% | +22.6% | +24.5% | +45.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | $0.42 | $0.20 | +112.2% | $1.99B |
| May 1, 2026 | -$0.05 | -$0.09 | +44.4% | $1.55B |
| Feb 6, 2026 | $0.18 | $0.18 | +0.0% | $1.90B |
| Oct 31, 2025 | $0.17 | $0.18 | -5.6% | $1.81B |
| Aug 1, 2025 | $0.24 | $0.24 | +0.0% | $1.94B |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -$0.01 | -$0.07 | +85.7% | $1.57B |
| Feb 7, 2025 | $0.16 | $0.14 | +14.3% | $1.95B |
| Oct 25, 2024 | $0.16 | $0.16 | +0.0% | $1.95B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 7.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 19.1× | — | — | Bottom 30% |
| EV / Sales | 1.05× | — | — | Top 43% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.14% | — | — | Bottom 44% |
| Earnings yield | -9.65% | — | — | Bottom 18% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 11.7× – 31.9× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 82
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -5.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +17.0%
- RSI (14)
- 44.7
- Relative volume
- 0.79×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 53.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 56th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.54
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.36
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -13.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -73.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2021 | Nov 6, 2025 | -89.4% | 1125 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 8, 2021 | Feb 26, 2021 | -12.8% | 13 days | 20 days (Mar 26, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.29B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.53
- Revenue (TTM)
- $7.25B
- Dividend yield
- 5.11%
- 52-week range
- $3.07 – $7.13
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $10.59B | $9.46B | $8.13B | $7.58B | $7.20B |
| Gross profit | $3.36B | $2.83B | $2.44B | $2.55B | $2.43B |
| Operating income | $1.01B | $312.0M | -$85.0M | $67.0M | $447.0M |
| Net income | $622.0M | $197.0M | -$388.0M | -$216.0M | -$285.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.45 | $0.47 | -$0.94 | -$0.52 | -$0.68 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.95B | $1.95B | $1.57B | $1.94B | $1.81B | $1.90B | $1.55B | $1.99B |
| Net income | -$198.0M | -$54.0M | -$37.0M | $46.0M | $21.0M | -$315.0M | -$33.0M | $106.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.48 | -$0.13 | -$0.09 | $0.11 | $0.05 | -$0.75 | -$0.08 | $0.25 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $884.0M | -$272.0M | $930.0M | $496.0M | $264.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$289.0M | -$312.0M | -$284.0M | -$259.0M | -$247.0M |
| Free cash flow | $595.0M | -$584.0M | $646.0M | $237.0M | $17.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$394.0M | -$385.0M | -$184.0M | -$118.0M | -$120.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$17.0M | -$325.0M | $0 | $1.24B | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $233.0M
- Total assets
- $11.06B
- Total liabilities
- $8.61B
- Total debt
- $5.54B
- Net debt
- $5.31B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.45B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | $0.07 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| May 29, 2026 | $0.07 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $0.07 | Mar 13, 2026 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | $0.07 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $0.07 | Sep 15, 2025 |
| May 30, 2025 | $0.07 | Jun 13, 2025 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | $0.07 | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | $0.07 | Dec 13, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 40,510,110
- Days to cover
- 5.59
- Change vs previous report
- -11.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Sep 2, 1994
- 2-for-1
- Dec 4, 1989
- 2-for-1
- Aug 30, 1988
- 2-for-1
- Mar 21, 1983
- 2-for-1