Pactiv Evergreen (PTVE) Competitors

Pactiv Evergreen (NASDAQ:PTVE) and Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Does the media favor PTVE or SEE?

In the previous week, Sealed Air had 5 more articles in the media than Pactiv Evergreen. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Sealed Air and 1 mentions for Pactiv Evergreen. Sealed Air's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Pactiv Evergreen's score of 0.83 indicating that Sealed Air is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pactiv Evergreen	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sealed Air	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, PTVE or SEE?

Pactiv Evergreen has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sealed Air has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PTVE or SEE a better dividend stock?

Pactiv Evergreen pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Sealed Air pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Pactiv Evergreen pays out -87.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sealed Air pays out 32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Pactiv Evergreen is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is PTVE or SEE more profitable?

Sealed Air has a net margin of 6.61% compared to Pactiv Evergreen's net margin of -1.50%. Sealed Air's return on equity of 94.93% beat Pactiv Evergreen's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pactiv Evergreen	-1.50%	13.79%	2.82%
Sealed Air	6.61%	94.93%	6.38%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PTVE or SEE?

Sealed Air received 441 more outperform votes than Pactiv Evergreen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.37% of users gave Sealed Air an outperform vote while only 40.58% of users gave Pactiv Evergreen an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pactiv Evergreen	Outperform Votes 28 40.58%	Underperform Votes 41 59.42%
Sealed Air	Outperform Votes 469 55.37%	Underperform Votes 378 44.63%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PTVE or SEE?

Sealed Air has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pactiv Evergreen. Pactiv Evergreen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sealed Air, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pactiv Evergreen	$5.51B	0.38	-$223M	-$0.46	-25.39
Sealed Air	$5.49B	1.03	$341.60M	$2.49	15.53

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PTVE or SEE?

22.2% of Pactiv Evergreen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Sealed Air shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Pactiv Evergreen shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Sealed Air shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer PTVE or SEE?

Pactiv Evergreen presently has a consensus target price of $16.71, indicating a potential upside of 43.10%. Sealed Air has a consensus target price of $44.90, indicating a potential upside of 16.08%. Given Pactiv Evergreen's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Pactiv Evergreen is more favorable than Sealed Air.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pactiv Evergreen	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Sealed Air	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

Summary

Sealed Air beats Pactiv Evergreen on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.