Newell Brands (NASDAQ:NWL) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Newell Brands (NASDAQ:NWL) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Friday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.700-0.760 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.750. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.3 billion-$7.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.6 billion. Newell Brands also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to -0.090–0.060 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have weighed in on NWL. Truist Financial raised Newell Brands from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $10.00 to $17.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Barclays boosted their target price on shares of Newell Brands from $10.00 to $11.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, January 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Newell Brands from $9.00 to $10.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on Newell Brands from $9.00 to $11.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, UBS Group lifted their target price on Newell Brands from $9.50 to $10.50 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Newell Brands has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $10.70.

Newell Brands Price Performance

NASDAQ:NWL opened at $7.13 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.50, a current ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.43. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $10.15 and its 200 day moving average price is $8.68. Newell Brands has a 52-week low of $5.39 and a 52-week high of $11.78. The firm has a market cap of $2.97 billion, a P/E ratio of -11.88, a PEG ratio of 1.09 and a beta of 0.89.

Newell Brands (NASDAQ:NWL) last released its earnings results on Friday, February 7th. The company reported $0.16 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.14 by $0.02. Newell Brands had a negative net margin of 3.22% and a positive return on equity of 10.22%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.22 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Newell Brands will post 0.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Newell Brands Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 13th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 29th were given a dividend of $0.07 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 29th. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.93%. Newell Brands’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -46.67%.

Insider Transactions at Newell Brands

In other news, insider Tracy L. Platt sold 23,343 shares of Newell Brands stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.31, for a total value of $240,666.33. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 0.58% of the company’s stock.

About Newell Brands

Newell Brands Inc engages in the design, manufacture, sourcing, and distribution of consumer and commercial products worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Home and Commercial Solutions, Learning and Development, and Outdoor and Recreation. The Commercial Solutions segment provides commercial cleaning and maintenance solution products under the Rubbermaid, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Mapa, and Spontex brands; closet and garage organization products; hygiene systems and material handling solutions; household products, such as kitchen appliances under the Crockpot, Mr.