FY2025 EPS Forecast for Sealed Air Decreased by Analyst

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE - Free Report) - Research analysts at William Blair lowered their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Sealed Air in a report released on Wednesday, June 18th. William Blair analyst R. Sparenblek now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $3.18 for the year, down from their prior forecast of $3.20. The consensus estimate for Sealed Air's current full-year earnings is $3.05 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Sealed Air's FY2026 earnings at $3.21 EPS.

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 6th. The industrial products company reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.67 by $0.14. The firm had revenue of $1.27 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.27 billion. Sealed Air had a net margin of 5.55% and a return on equity of 65.49%. The company's revenue was down 4.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.78 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently weighed in on SEE. Mizuho decreased their price target on shares of Sealed Air from $39.00 to $32.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 15th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Sealed Air from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, June 6th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $36.00 price target on shares of Sealed Air in a research note on Tuesday, March 4th. UBS Group upgraded shares of Sealed Air from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $38.00 target price for the company in a research note on Monday, April 7th. Finally, Truist Financial reduced their target price on shares of Sealed Air from $44.00 to $33.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $38.00.

Sealed Air Stock Performance

NYSE:SEE traded up $0.47 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $30.78. 1,242,374 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,533,179. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.24, a P/E/G ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 1.37. The company has a 50-day moving average of $30.29 and a 200 day moving average of $31.63. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.26. Sealed Air has a 1-year low of $22.78 and a 1-year high of $38.85.

Institutional Trading of Sealed Air

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in SEE. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Sealed Air by 17.7% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,330,381 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $620,117,000 after purchasing an additional 2,754,395 shares during the period. Alberta Investment Management Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Sealed Air in the first quarter valued at about $46,127,000. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Sealed Air by 69.2% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,788,839 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $128,176,000 after purchasing an additional 1,549,184 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Sealed Air in the fourth quarter valued at about $50,562,000. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Sealed Air by 9.6% in the fourth quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 12,316,192 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $416,657,000 after purchasing an additional 1,081,848 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.40% of the company's stock.

Sealed Air Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 27th. Investors of record on Friday, June 13th will be paid a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 13th. Sealed Air's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 39.60%.

Sealed Air Company Profile

Sealed Air Corporation provides packaging solutions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. It operates through two segments, Food and Protective. The Food segment offers integrated packaging materials and automation equipment solutions to provide food safety, shelf life extension, reduce food waste, automate processes, and optimize total cost for food processors in the fresh red meat, smoked and processed meats, poultry, seafood, plant-based, fluids and liquids and cheese markets under the CRYOVAC, CRYOVAC Grip & Tear, CRYOVAC Darfresh, LIQUIBOX, Simple Steps, and Optidure brands.