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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000814453-25-000047"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWL"
cik: "0000814453"
company_name: "NEWELL BRANDS INC."
filed_at: "2025-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T03:06:00.899226+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Newell Brands Q1: net sales -5.3%, core -2.1%; gross margin up; full-year guidance affirmed

## Summary
- Net sales $1.6B, down 5.3% YoY; core sales declined 2.1%.
- Reported diluted loss per share $0.09 vs $0.02 loss last year; normalized EPS loss $0.01.
- Gross margin expanded: reported 32.1% vs 30.5%; normalized 32.5% vs 31.0% (7th consecutive quarter improvement).
- Affirms full year guidance: net sales (4%)-(2%), normalized OP margin 9.0-9.5%, normalized EPS $0.70-$0.76 unchanged.
- Tariff sensitivity: 125% China tariff not in outlook; if persists could reduce normalized EPS by $0.10 after mitigation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000814453-25-000047
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWL
- cik: 0000814453
- company_name: NEWELL BRANDS INC.
- filed_at: 2025-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814453/000081445325000047/0000814453-25-000047-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814453/000081445325000047/nwl-20250430.htm

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