Newell Brands (NASDAQ:NWL – Get Free Report) and Boyd Group Services (OTCMKTS:BYDGF – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
92.5% of Newell Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Boyd Group Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Newell Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dividends
Newell Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Boyd Group Services pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Newell Brands pays out -41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boyd Group Services pays out 118.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Newell Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Newell Brands | $7.20 billion | 0.34 | -$285.00 million | ($0.67) | -8.69 |
| Boyd Group Services | $3.07 billion | 1.11 | $24.54 million | $0.37 | 427.62 |
Boyd Group Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Newell Brands. Newell Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boyd Group Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Newell Brands and Boyd Group Services, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Newell Brands | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2.10 |
| Boyd Group Services | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
Newell Brands presently has a consensus target price of $4.94, indicating a potential downside of 15.04%. Given Newell Brands’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Newell Brands is more favorable than Boyd Group Services.
Profitability
This table compares Newell Brands and Boyd Group Services’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Newell Brands | -3.91% | 8.89% | 2.03% |
| Boyd Group Services | 0.27% | 2.70% | 0.91% |
Volatility & Risk
Newell Brands has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boyd Group Services has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Newell Brands beats Boyd Group Services on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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. Coffee, Oster, and Sunbeam brands; small appliances under the Breville brand name in Europe; food and home storage products under the FoodSaver, Rubbermaid, Ball, and Sistema brands; fresh preserving products; vacuum sealing products; and gourmet cookware, bakeware, and cutlery under the Calphalon brand; and home fragrance products under the WoodWick and Yankee Candle brands. The Learning and Development segment offers writing instruments, including markers and highlighters, pens, and pencils; art products; activity-based products; labeling solutions; and baby gear and infant care products under the Dymo, Elmer's, EXPO, Graco, NUK, Paper Mate, Parker, and Sharpie brands. The Outdoor and Recreation segment provides outdoor and outdoor-related products, inlcuding technical apparel and on-the-go beverageware under the Campingaz, Coleman, Contigo, and Marmot brands. It serves warehouse clubs, department and drug/grocery stores, mass merchants, home centers, commercial products distributors, specialty retailers, office superstores and supply stores, contract stationers, e-commerce retailers, and sporting goods, as well as direct to consumers online, select contract customers, and other professional customers. Newell Brands Inc. was founded in 1903 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
About Boyd Group Services
Boyd Group Services Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates non-franchised collision repair centers in North America. The company operates its locations under the Boyd Autobody & Glass and Assured Automotive names in Canada; and Gerber Collision & Glass name in the United States. It also operates as a retail auto glass operator under the Gerber Collision & Glass, Glass America, Auto Glass Service, Auto Glass Authority, and Autoglassonly.com names in the United States. In addition, the company operates a third-party administrator, Gerber National Claims Services that offers glass, emergency roadside, and first notice of loss services. It serves insurance companies and individual vehicle owners. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada.
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