Newell Brands Inc.

NWL Consumer Defensive Household & Personal Products

Newell Brands Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $7.2 billion, down 4.99% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+3.71%
EPS
−480.0%
Free cash flow
−20.6%
Total debt
+1.34%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

5.49 0.37 −6.31%
Market cap
$2.3B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
9.4×
Dividend yield
5.10%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
0.40
Beneish M
−2.61
Dividend safety
8/100

Newell Brands Inc. (NWL) Return on equity

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Newell Brands Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −12.8%, down 1.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−11.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −71.4% (fiscal 2018) to 21.5% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is below the Household & Personal Products industry median of 4.67% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.42%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 −11.1% (3.72)
FY2024 −7.37% 4.33
FY2023 −11.7% (16.83)
FY2022 5.13% (10.31)
FY2021 15.4% 32.66
FY2020 −17.2% (19.31)
FY2019 2.09% 73.53
FY2018 −71.4% (92.94)
FY2017 21.5% 13.51
FY2016 7.99% (11.03)

Against its own ten years

Low −71.4% High 21.5%
Ten-year median 2.09%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
CLX The Clorox Company compare 522.8%
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 15.4%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 7.33%
ODD ODDITY Tech Ltd. compare 5.10%
SPB Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. compare 4.24%
EPC Edgewell Personal Care Company compare −6.16%
HELE Helen of Troy Limited compare −11.2%
NWL Newell Brands Inc. −12.8%
COTY Coty compare −16.2%
Household & Personal Products industry median 4.67%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.42%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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