# Newell Brands Inc. (NWL)

- Sector: Consumer Staples · Industry: Household and Personal Products
- SEC CIK: 0000814453 ([filings on EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000814453))
- Full page: https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/nwl
- Data as of: price 2026-09-28; newest filing used 2026-07-31; latest fiscal period ended 2026-06-30

## Grade

**C-** on the growth-and-cash rubric, 3 of 5 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Revenue growing overall | failed | $7.2B | $8.5B |
| Revenue growing recently | passed | $7.2B | $7.2B |
| Free cash flow positive | passed | $118M |  |
| Free cash flow growing overall | failed | $118M | $141M |
| Free cash flow growing recently | passed | $118M | $17M |

Business quality (the + / − mark): 0 of 6 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | failed | -3.0% |  |
| Healthy profit margin | failed | -3.0% |  |
| Strong operating margin | failed | 2.3% |  |
| Good return on equity | failed | -9.2% |  |
| Debt under control | failed | 2.18 |  |
| Turns sales into cash | failed | 1.6% |  |

How the grade works: the letter counts failed checks (none → A, one → B, two → C, three → D, four or more → F). It is built from SEC filings only — the share price never enters it — and describes the business, not whether the stock is worth buying.

## Key figures

In US dollars, as filed.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Revenue, trailing twelve months | $7.2B |
| Net income, trailing twelve months | -$221M |
| Free cash flow, trailing twelve months | $118M |
| Net margin | -3.1% |
| Operating margin | 2.3% |
| Return on equity | -9.2% |
| Debt to equity | 2.18 |
| Diluted EPS, trailing twelve months | -$0.53 |
| Share price | $5.43 |
| Market value | $2.3B |
| Price / sales | 0.3x |

## More on this company

- [Overview](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/nwl)
- [Financial statements](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/nwl/financials)
- [Competitors](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/nwl/peers)
- [Earnings](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/nwl/earnings)

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