NWL vs HELE vs PNR Stock Comparison

Newell Brands, Helen Of Troy and Pentair Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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NWL Newell Brands Inc.
$5.48 -1.3% 1M +70.2% 1Y
Market cap
$2.33B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$7.31B
Div. yield
5.11%
Home Appliances Consumer Discretionary
3 wins
HELE Helen Of Troy Ltd
$37.77 +49.2% 1M +86.7% 1Y
Market cap
$879.94M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.83B
Div. yield
–
Home Appliances Consumer Discretionary
1 win
PNR PENTAIR plc
$69.80 +31.8% 1M -35.3% 1Y
Market cap
$11.14B
P/E
18.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.97B
Div. yield
1.55%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Pentair leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Pentair 7, Newell Brands 3, Helen Of Troy 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNWLHELEPNRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.33B $879.94M $11.14B PNR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -7.2x -8.9x 18.2x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.6x 10.1x 15.2x NWL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.8% +0.3% -3.9% NWL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -4.4% -5.4% 15.4% PNR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 1.0% 1.6% 12.5% PNR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 11.9x 8.3x 1.6x PNR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 5.11% — 1.55% NWL
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +70.2% +86.7% -35.3% HELE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -25.7%/yr -30.7%/yr -1.2%/yr PNR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.5% 58.4% 37.1% PNR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 40/100 39/100 59/100 PNR

Percentile Scorecard

NWLHELEPNR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisNWLHELEPNR
Valuation 44 #24 of 42 71 #13 of 42 61 #80 of 204
Growth 30 #29 of 41 40 #25 of 41 30 #135 of 191
Profitability 29 #28 of 39 47 #21 of 39 80 #38 of 189
Financial Health 9 #40 of 44 23 #34 of 44 47 #118 of 221
Shareholder Returns 89 #4 of 27 15 #23 of 27 77 #37 of 159
Overall 40 39 59
  • NWL ranked among 44 companies in Household Durables
  • HELE ranked among 44 companies in Household Durables
  • PNR ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodNWLHELEPNRSPY
1 month -1.3%+49.2%+31.8% -5.9%
3 months -9.0%+31.1%-0.1% -4.6%
6 months +23.1%+46.3%-11.6% +0.2%
Year to date +47.3%+77.7%-33.0% +7.5%
1 year +70.2%+86.7%-35.3% +8.2%
3 years -22.2%-62.6%+14.4% +68.3%
3 years, per year -8.0%-28.0%+4.6% +19.0%
5 years -77.3%-84.0%-6.1% +56.5%
5 years, per year -25.7%-30.7%-1.2% +9.4%
10 years -88.5%-52.8%+27.6% +251.5%
10 years, per year -19.4%-7.2%+2.5% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureNWLHELEPNRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.5%58.4%37.1% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.3%48.1%40.7% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.240.980.89 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.291.49-0.95 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -88.1%-94.5%-53.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -13.8%0.0%-35.8% -5.9%
52-week high $6.36$37.77$108.69 $779.14
52-week low $3.11$13.88$52.11 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleNWLHELEPNR
P/E now vs peer median -7.2xmedian 16.0x -8.9xmedian 16.0x 18.2xmedian 23.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 0.7x 0.5xmedian 0.7x 2.8xmedian 1.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.9xmedian 10.7x 19.5xmedian 10.7x 14.0xmedian 13.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 44.0xmedian 12.4x 6.0xmedian 12.4x 17.2xmedian 21.9x
P/B now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 1.2x 1.0xmedian 1.2x 2.9xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median -0.42median 0.54 0.22median 0.54 2.37median 1.02

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsNWLHELEPNR
Revenue $7.31B $1.83B $3.97B
Gross profit $2.60B $864.98M $1.64B
Operating income $72.00M $23.94M $777.40M
Net income -$323.00M -$99.23M $612.20M
Free cash flow $53.00M $147.21M $646.60M
R&D – – $94.10M
EPS (diluted) $-0.75 $-4.11 $3.82
Cash & equivalents $249.00M $22.58M $74.00M
Total debt $4.84B $672.62M $1.48B
Shares (diluted) 430.20M 24.15M 160.30M
Enterprise value $1.47B $789.65M $10.81B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricNWLHELEPNR
P/E -7.2x -8.9x 18.2x
P/FCF 44.0x 6.0x 17.2x
P/Operating cash flow 9.2x 4.9x 15.4x
P/S 0.3x 0.5x 2.8x
P/B 1.0x 1.0x 2.9x
P/Tangible book 2.6x 1.8x 3.9x
EV/EBITDA 17.9x 19.5x 14.0x
EV/EBIT 96.2x 63.9x 16.1x
EV/Revenue 0.9x 0.8x 3.2x
EV/FCF 130.7x 10.4x 19.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.3x 8.5x 17.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.42 0.22 2.37

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNWLHELEPNR
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.8% 0.3% -3.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -4.3% -3.1% -1.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.3% 0.5% -1.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 3.7% -1.7% 3.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) -77.5% 103.7% -8.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 30.2% -52.1% 4.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -1,246% 84.9% -6.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.3% -39.6% 6.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -1,225% 85.7% -3.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.4% -39.5% 7.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 0.4% 97.1% -14.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -36.1% -25.9% 6.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 365.0% 192.7% -17.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -57.2% -25.7% 7.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNWLHELEPNR
Gross margin 35.6% 47.4% 41.2%
EBITDA margin 5.3% 4.3% 22.7%
Operating margin 1.0% 1.3% 19.6%
Pretax margin -4.3% -1.5% 17.5%
Net margin -4.4% -5.4% 15.4%
FCF margin 0.7% 8.1% 16.3%
Operating cash flow margin 3.5% 9.8% 18.3%
Return on equity -13.4% -11.7% 16.1%
Return on assets -2.9% -4.8% 9.2%
Return on invested capital 1.0% 1.6% 12.5%
Return on capital employed 0.9% 1.5% 13.5%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.9x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.8x -1.8x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 1.0% 1.0% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNWLHELEPNR
Debt / assets 44.3% 32.1% 22.3%
Debt / equity 2.0x 0.8x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 11.9x 8.3x 1.6x
Debt / FCF 91.3x 4.6x 2.3x
Liabilities / assets 78.4% 59.3% 42.1%
Equity / assets 21.6% 40.7% 57.9%
Interest coverage – 0.5x –
Current ratio 1.3x 1.7x 1.5x
Quick ratio 0.5x 0.7x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.0x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 0.52 1.83 4.10

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNWLHELEPNR
Dividend yield 5.1% – 1.5%
Net buyback yield – -0.1% 3.6%
Shareholder yield 5.1% -0.1% 5.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) -39.3% – 28.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) 239.6% – 26.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) 6.7% – 6.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -20.2% – 6.2%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusNWLHELEPNR
Forward P/E 7.6xFY2026 10.1xFY2026 15.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.72FY2026 $3.74FY2026 $4.60FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +26.3%FY2026 +5.4%FY2026 -6.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -4.2% +13.9% +18.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.89BFY2026 $1.76BFY2026 $3.94BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -4.3%FY2026 -1.8%FY2026 -5.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +15.0% -2.6% +16.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNWLHELEPNR
Held by institutions 100.0% 96.3% 95.0%
Institutions holding 421 200 721
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.2% +5.7% -0.1%
Institutions buying 234 122 353
Institutions selling 124 46 257
Buyers to sellers 1.89 2.65 1.37

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

NWLHELEPNR
NWL 1.00 0.37 0.29
HELE 0.37 1.00 0.27
PNR 0.29 0.27 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NWL, HELE and PNR?

Pentair (PNR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Newell Brands (NWL) $2.33B, Helen Of Troy (HELE) $879.94M, Pentair (PNR) $11.14B.

Which company is growing faster?

Newell Brands (NWL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Newell Brands (NWL) +0.8%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) +0.3%, Pentair (PNR) -3.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Pentair (PNR) has the highest net margin (Newell Brands (NWL) -4.4%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) -5.4%, Pentair (PNR) 15.4%). On return on invested capital, Pentair (PNR) leads (Newell Brands (NWL) 1.0%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) 1.6%, Pentair (PNR) 12.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Helen Of Troy (HELE) returned the most: Newell Brands (NWL) +70.2%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) +86.7%, Pentair (PNR) -35.3%. Over five years, Pentair (PNR) compounded fastest (Newell Brands (NWL) -25.7%/yr, Helen Of Troy (HELE) -30.7%/yr, Pentair (PNR) -1.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Newell Brands (NWL) has the highest dividend yield: Newell Brands (NWL) 5.11%, Pentair (PNR) 1.55%. Helen Of Troy (HELE) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Pentair (PNR) has been the steadiest (Newell Brands (NWL) 54.5%, Helen Of Troy (HELE) 58.4%, Pentair (PNR) 37.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NWL, HELE and PNR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Pentair (PNR) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.