# Newell Brands Inc. (NWL) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Consumer Defensive / Household Products. Price $6.11, market value $2.6 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): n/a** (negative earnings). Newell Brands Inc. reported negative earnings over the last twelve months, so the P/E is not meaningful; use price-to-sales, EV/EBITDA and free-cash-flow yield instead.
- **Price / sales: 0.4×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.4×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 1.1×**. The shares trade at 1.1× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **EV / EBITDA: 14.8×**. Enterprise value is 14.8× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 4.5%** (5-yr avg 4.6%). Free cash flow equals 4.5% of the market value, in line with its five-year average of 4.6%.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 35.5%**. Newell Brands Inc. keeps 35.5% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells.
- **Operating margin: 2.3%**. 2.3% of revenue is left after running the business, which leaves little cushion in a downturn.
- **Net margin: -4.0%**. The company reported a net loss over the last twelve months.
- **Return on equity: -11.9%**. Return on equity is negative because earnings are negative.
- **Return on invested capital: 1.9%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 1.9%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: -2.1%**. Each dollar of assets produces -2.1% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -5.0%** (3-yr -8.7%/yr, 5-yr -5.2%/yr). Revenue fell 5.0% over the last year, against -5.2% a year compounded over five years: growth is accelerating.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -30.8%**. Earnings per share fell 30.8%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 1.95**. Debt is 1.95 times equity, a leveraged balance sheet that needs steady cash flow to service.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 9.4×**. It would take 9.4 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, above the 3× level most lenders treat as comfortable.
- **Altman Z-score: 1.18**. A Z-score of 1.18 is in the distress zone, a signal to examine the balance sheet closely.
- **Piotroski F-score: 3/9**. 3 of 9 checks pass: weak or deteriorating financials.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 4.58%** ($0.28 per share, trailing). Newell Brands Inc. yields 4.58%, an income-level yield.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 1**. 1 straight year of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): -21.2%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has not grown over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 2.3%** (YTD 70.1%, 3-mo 64.2%). The shares are up 2.3% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -14.3%** (99.0% above the low). Trading 14% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 55**. An RSI of 55 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 1.25** (volatility 59%). Beta of 1.25 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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