William Blair Has Negative Outlook of Sealed Air Q3 Earnings

Key Points

• William Blair has revised down its Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Sealed Air to $0.58 per share from a previous forecast of $0.72.
• Sealed Air reported a quarterly earnings per share of $0.89 for the latest quarter, exceeding analysts' expectations of $0.72.
• The company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share, which will be paid on September 26th, yielding 2.7% annually.

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE - Free Report) - William Blair decreased their Q3 2025 earnings 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 earn $0.58 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.72. 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 $3.15 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently weighed in on SEE. Mizuho increased their price target on shares of Sealed Air from $34.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock an "outperformer" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 15th. Truist Financial raised their target price on shares of Sealed Air from $33.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, July 11th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on shares of Sealed Air from $39.00 to $43.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, July 18th. Citigroup raised their target price on shares of Sealed Air from $33.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, July 11th. Finally, Raymond James Financial restated a "strong-buy" rating on shares of Sealed Air in a research note on Tuesday, July 15th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Sealed Air has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $38.27.

Sealed Air Stock Performance

NYSE:SEE traded down $0.58 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $28.74. 500,013 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,568,839. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.54, a P/E/G ratio of 2.30 and a beta of 1.33. The company has a 50-day moving average of $31.20 and a 200 day moving average of $30.79. The company has a quick ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.18. Sealed Air has a 1-year low of $22.78 and a 1-year high of $38.85.

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

Sealed Air Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 12th. Sealed Air's payout ratio is currently 40.40%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Sealed Air

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp purchased a new position in shares of Sealed Air in the second quarter valued at $25,000. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL purchased a new position in shares of Sealed Air in the first quarter valued at $26,000. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of Sealed Air in the fourth quarter valued at $27,000. North Capital Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Sealed Air in the first quarter valued at $30,000. Finally, Parkside Financial Bank & Trust raised its holdings in Sealed Air by 334.4% in the second quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 960 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 739 shares in the last quarter. 94.40% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.