This merger is just starting to pay off

NEWELL BRANDS INC. $52 (New York symbol NWL; Aggressive Growth and Income Portfolios, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 482.2 million; Market cap: $25.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.1; Dividend yield: 1.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.newellbrands. com) makes a variety of household goods such as pens, hand tools,… Read More

NEWELL BRANDS INC. $48

NEWELL BRANDS INC. $48 (www.newellbrands.com) is up 8% since the merger of Newell Rubbermaid and Jarden Corp. on April 15, 2016. Newell shareholders now own 55% of the combined firm, which makes a wide variety of household goods such as pens, hand tools, coffee makers… Read More

NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC. $38

NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC. $38 (New York symbol NWL; Aggressive Growth and Income Portfolios, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 267.1 million; Market cap: $10.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.7; Dividend yield: 2.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.newellrubbermaid.com) makes plastic storage bins, tools, pens and many other household goods. Its… Read More

High U.S. dollar hurts two picks

These two former Stocks of the Year continue to lead their markets. But each has moved down lately, mainly because the high U.S. dollar is hurting the contribution of their overseas businesses.

However, their underlying sales remain strong, and both are doing a good job… Read More