FY2025 EPS Estimate for Sealed Air Increased by Analyst

Key Points

• William Blair has raised its FY2025 earnings per share forecast for Sealed Air to $3.20, reflecting increased confidence in the company’s performance.
• Citigroup and Mizuho both lifted their price targets for Sealed Air from $33.00 and $34.00 to $37.00, indicating a bullish outlook on the stock.
• Sealed Air recently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20, representing an annualized dividend of $0.80 and a dividend yield of 2.7%.

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE - Free Report) - Investment analysts at William Blair raised their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Sealed Air in a report issued on Wednesday, August 6th. William Blair analyst R. Sparenblek now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $3.20 for the year, up from their previous estimate of $3.18. 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 Q4 2025 earnings at $0.60 EPS.

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 5th. The industrial products company reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.17. Sealed Air had a return on equity of 60.61% and a net margin of 5.46%. The business had revenue of $1.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.32 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.83 EPS. The business's revenue was down .7% on a year-over-year basis.

Several other equities research analysts have also issued reports on SEE. Wall Street Zen raised Sealed Air from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Saturday. Citigroup raised their target price on Sealed Air from $33.00 to $37.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, July 11th. Truist Financial raised their target price on Sealed Air from $33.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, July 11th. Mizuho raised their target price on Sealed Air from $34.00 to $37.00 and gave the company an "outperformer" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 15th. Finally, Raymond James Financial reaffirmed a "strong-buy" rating on shares of Sealed Air in a research report on Tuesday, July 15th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $38.27.

Sealed Air Stock Down 0.8%

NYSE:SEE traded down $0.24 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $29.30. 1,100,773 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,285,142. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.18. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $31.20 and its 200-day simple moving average is $30.82. Sealed Air has a one year low of $22.78 and a one year high of $38.85. The company has a market cap of $4.31 billion, a PE ratio of 14.80, a PEG ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 1.33.

Sealed Air Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 12th will be paid a $0.20 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 12th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.7%. Sealed Air's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 40.40%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in Sealed Air by 1.9% in the 1st quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 12,545,129 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $362,555,000 after purchasing an additional 228,937 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in Sealed Air by 2.5% in the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,884,200 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $112,253,000 after purchasing an additional 95,361 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in Sealed Air by 42.1% in the 1st quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,864,927 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $82,796,000 after purchasing an additional 849,485 shares during the period. Swedbank AB boosted its stake in Sealed Air by 9.8% in the 2nd quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 2,552,629 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $79,208,000 after purchasing an additional 226,933 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Sealed Air by 0.5% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,453,216 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $76,137,000 after purchasing an additional 12,909 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 94.40% of the company's stock.

About Sealed Air

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.