William Blair Has Negative Outlook of Sealed Air Q2 Earnings

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE - Free Report) - Equities researchers at William Blair lowered their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for Sealed Air in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, June 18th. William Blair analyst R. Sparenblek now forecasts that the industrial products company will earn $0.71 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.73. The consensus estimate for Sealed Air's current full-year earnings is $3.05 per share.

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, topping the consensus estimate 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 business's quarterly revenue was down 4.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.78 earnings per share.

SEE has been the topic of several other reports. Raymond James Financial lowered their price target on Sealed Air from $42.00 to $36.00 and set a "strong-buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Mizuho lowered their price target on Sealed Air from $39.00 to $32.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report 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. 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. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of Sealed Air from $42.00 to $43.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $38.00.

Sealed Air Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:SEE traded down $0.10 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $30.36. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,252,003 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,534,348. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.03, a PEG ratio of 2.76 and a beta of 1.37. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $30.21 and its 200 day simple moving average is $31.71. Sealed Air has a fifty-two week low of $22.78 and a fifty-two week high of $38.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.26, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a current ratio of 1.26.

Institutional Trading of Sealed Air

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Arizona State Retirement System increased its holdings in shares of Sealed Air by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 42,277 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $1,430,000 after buying an additional 348 shares in the last quarter. Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Sealed Air by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC now owns 43,450 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $1,470,000 after buying an additional 350 shares in the last quarter. Metis Global Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of Sealed Air by 4.3% during the fourth quarter. Metis Global Partners LLC now owns 9,039 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $306,000 after buying an additional 375 shares in the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp increased its holdings in shares of Sealed Air by 3.3% in the fourth quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 11,794 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $399,000 after purchasing an additional 377 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina increased its stake in shares of Sealed Air by 0.6% in the 4th quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 63,960 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $2,164,000 after buying an additional 400 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.40% of the company's stock.

Sealed Air Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 13th will be issued a dividend of $0.20 per share. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 13th. Sealed Air's payout ratio 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.