Newell Rubbermaid
New York symbol NWL, makes a wide variety of household products, such as plastic storage bins, tools and pens.
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These are companies that have strong positions in healthy industries. They also have strong management that will make the right moves to remain competitive in a changing marketplace.
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Newell Rubbermaid dropped over 20%, from $18 to $14, in early June 2011, after it warned that slowing demand for its household goods, particularly in the U.S., are hurting its sales growth. We see this is a temporary setback, as Newell has a number of advantages that will help it rebound and thrive. For one, it has huge potential to …read more »
NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC. $17 (www.newellrubbermaid.com) continues to close plants and get out of less profitable businesses. The company uses resins from oil to make most of storage bins, tools and household products, so these moves are helping it offset rising raw-material costs. In the first quarter of 2011, Newell’s earnings per share rose 20.0%, to $0.30 from $0.25 a year …read more »
NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC. $20 (New York symbol NWL; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 290.3 million; Market cap: $5.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.0; Dividend yield: 1.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.newellrubbermaid.com) makes plastic storage bins, tools, window blinds, pens and a number of other household items. Its top brands include Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Paper Mate, Parker, Graco, Waterman and Levolor.
The …read more »
These consumer-product makers continue to face strong competition from cheaper generic brands. However, all three are doing a good job of cutting costs and expanding internationally. Even so, only two are buys right now.
PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. $64 (New York symbol PG; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 2.8 billion; Market cap: $179.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.3; Dividend …read more »
Newell Rubbermaid took its present form in 1999, when Newell Companies bought Rubbermaid Inc. That doubled the size of the old Newell, which felt it needed to get bigger to improve its negotiating position with big retailers like Wal-Mart. Even now, Wal-Mart still accounts for 12% of the company’s sales.
The combined company went on to buy several other businesses over …read more »
NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC. $16 (New York symbol NWL; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 277.7 million; Market cap: $4.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; WSSF Rating: Average) makes plastic storage bins, tools, window blinds, pens and a number of other household items. Its top brands include Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Paper Mate, Waterman and Levolor.
In response to falling sales, Newell is closing …read more »
NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC. $9.21 (New York symbol NWL; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 277.2 million; Market cap: $2.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.3; WSSF Rating: Average) makes a wide variety of household products, such as plastic storage bins, tools and pens. International markets account for 30% of its revenue.
The company’s total term debt was $2.9 billion as …read more »
Newell and Tupperware have fallen sharply in the past few months on fears that weaker consumer confidence will hurt their sales and earnings. However, they own some of the world’s best-known brands, and this is helping them expand overseas. They both use oil to make their products, so they also stand to gain from falling oil prices. This should let …read more »
AT&T INC. $28 (New York symbol T) earned $0.55 a share in the third quarter of 2008, up 10.0% from $0.50 a year earlier. Most of that gain was due to strong demand for Apple’s iPhone and high-speed Internet services. If you exclude costs related to acquisitions and other unusual items, earnings per share fell 5.6% to $0.67 from $0.71. …read more »
