Newell Brands (NASDAQ:NWL) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Newell Brands (NASDAQ:NWL) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Friday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of -0.090–0.060 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.020. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.5 billion-$1.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.6 billion. Newell Brands also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 0.700-0.760 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

Newell Brands Stock Performance

Shares of NWL opened at $7.13 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $10.15 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $8.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a current ratio of 0.99. Newell Brands has a twelve month low of $5.39 and a twelve month 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 announced its earnings results on Friday, February 7th. The company reported $0.16 earnings per share 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 last year, the firm posted $0.22 earnings per share. On average, analysts forecast that Newell Brands will post 0.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Newell Brands Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Newell Brands

In other Newell Brands news, insider Tracy L. Platt sold 23,343 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.31, for a total transaction of $240,666.33. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.58% of the company’s stock.

Newell Brands Company Profile

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.