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

5.46 0.03 −0.55%
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 invested capital

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Newell Brands Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.65%, up 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (0.36%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −40.1% (fiscal 2018) to 8.15% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 0.57% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 0.36% (0.23)
FY2024 0.59% 1.28
FY2023 −0.69% (2.96)
FY2022 2.27% (5.09)
FY2021 7.36% 11.97
FY2020 −4.61% (1.70)
FY2019 −2.91% 37.19
FY2018 −40.1% (41.92)
FY2017 1.82% 1.00
FY2016 0.82% (7.33)

Against its own ten years

Low −40.1% High 8.15%
Ten-year median 0.59%
Current reading's percentile 45

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
CLX The Clorox Company compare 16.7%
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 16.6%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 6.44%
SPB Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. compare 3.28%
HELE Helen of Troy Limited compare 1.00%
NWL Newell Brands Inc. 0.65%
EPC Edgewell Personal Care Company compare 0.48%
ODD ODDITY Tech Ltd. compare −0.82%
COTY Coty compare −1.03%
Household & Personal Products industry median 0.57%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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