Bemis Company Profile (NYSE:BMS)

About Bemis

Bemis Company, Inc. is a manufacturer of packaging products. The Company operates through two business segments: U.S. Packaging and Global Packaging. The U.S. Packaging segment represents food, consumer and industrial products packaging-related manufacturing operations in the United States. The U.S. Packaging segment manufactures multilayer polymer, blown and cast film structures to produce packaging sold for food and personal care product applications, as well as non-food applications. The Global Packaging segment is engaged in packaging-related manufacturing operations outside the United States, as well as global medical device and pharmaceutical packaging manufacturing operations. The Global Packaging segment manufactures multilayer polymer, blown and cast film structures to produce packaging sold for a range of food, medical, pharmaceutical, personal care, electronics and industrial applications. The Company offers its products primarily to customers in the food industry.

Industry, Sector and Symbol:

Sector: Industrial Products
Industry: Packaging & Containers
Sub-Industry: Paper Packaging
Exchange: NYSE
Symbol: BMS
CUSIP: 08143710

Key Metrics:

Previous Close: $50.94
50 Day Moving Average: $51.36
200 Day Moving Average: $51.13
52-Week Range: $39.48 - $54.19
Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.62
Foreward P/E Ratio: 16.71
P/E Growth: 2.32
Market Cap: $4.79B
Outstanding Shares: 94,710,000
Beta: 0.66

Profitability:

Net Margins: 5.67%
Return on Equity: 19.75%
Return on Assets: 6.89%

Debt:

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.18%
Current Ratio: 2.07%
Quick Ratio: 1.14%

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Consensus Ratings for Bemis (NYSE:BMS) (?)

Ratings Breakdown:	1 Sell Rating, 11 Hold Ratings, 1 Buy Rating
Consensus Rating:	Hold (Score: 2.00)
Consensus Price Target:	$49.00 (3.20% downside)

Analysts' Ratings History for Bemis (NYSE:BMS)

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Date	Firm	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/2/2016	BMO Capital Markets	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform	$52.00
8/1/2016	Jefferies Group	Lower Price Target	Hold	$48.00 -> $47.00
7/28/2016	FIX	Initiated Coverage	Reduce	$30.00 -> $28.00
7/19/2016	Citigroup Inc.	Boost Price Target	Hold -> Neutral	$52.00 -> $55.00
7/12/2016	SunTrust Banks Inc.	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$60.00
6/2/2016	Goldman Sachs Group Inc.	Reiterated Rating	Hold
5/18/2016	Deutsche Bank AG	Reiterated Rating	Hold
5/2/2016	Barclays PLC	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$47.00 -> $50.00
5/2/2016	Vertical Group	Upgrade	Sell -> Hold
4/29/2016	Vertical Research	Upgrade	Sell -> Hold
3/10/2016	Robert W. Baird	Reiterated Rating	Hold
2/19/2016	Royal Bank Of Canada	Initiated Coverage	Sector Perform	$51.00
11/10/2015	Macquarie	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$45.00
9/14/2015	Credit Suisse Group AG	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$49.00 -> $48.00
4/10/2015	Bank of America Corp.	Upgrade	Neutral -> Buy	$49.00 -> $50.00
10/3/2014	ING Group	Upgrade	Underperform -> Neutral	$40.00

(Data available from 9/30/2014 forward)

Earnings History for Bemis (NYSE:BMS)

Date	Quarter	Consensus Estimate	Actual EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Release Link	Conference Call
10/27/2016
7/28/2016	Q216	$0.67	$0.67	$1.03 billion	$1.02 billion	View	Listen
4/28/2016	Q116	$0.62	$0.60	$1.01 billion	$967.90 million	View	Listen
1/28/2016	Q415	$0.59	$0.60	$979.43 million	$982.70 million	View	Listen
10/22/2015	Q315	$0.66	$0.67	$1.04 billion	$1.02 billion	View	Listen
7/23/2015	Q215	$0.68	$0.67	$1.05 billion	$1.03 billion	View	Listen
4/23/2015	Q115	$0.58	$0.61	$1.04 billion	$1.04 billion	View	Listen
1/29/2015	Q414	$0.56	$0.57	$1.05 million	$1.05 billion	View	Listen
10/23/2014	Q314	$0.67	$0.61	$1.23 billion	$1.10 billion	View	Listen
7/24/2014	Q214	$0.64	$0.65	$1.29 billion	$1.24 billion	View	Listen
4/24/2014	Q114	$0.57	$0.58	$1.27 billion	$1.24 billion	View	Listen
1/30/2014	Q413	$0.54	$0.54	$1.22 billion	$1.22 billion	View	Listen
10/24/2013	Q313	$0.61	$0.60	$1.28 billion	$1.26 billion	View	Listen
7/25/2013	Q2 2013	$0.59	$0.61	$1.32 billion	$1.30 billion	View	Listen
4/25/2013	Q1 2013	$0.54	$0.53	$1.30 billion	$1.26 billion	View	Listen
1/31/2013	Q4 2012	$0.50	$0.52	$1.23 billion	$1.20 billion	View	Listen
10/25/2012		$0.54	$0.60			View	N/A
7/26/2012		$0.52	$0.54			View	N/A
4/26/2012		$0.47	$0.49			View	N/A
1/25/2012		$0.39	$0.45			View	N/A
10/26/2011		$0.58	$0.56			View	N/A
7/27/2011		$0.50	$0.51			View	N/A
4/28/2011		$0.53	$0.48			View	N/A
2/1/2011		$0.51	$0.49			View	N/A

(Data available from 1/1/2011 forward)

Earnings Estimates for Bemis (NYSE:BMS)

Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $2.72 EPS
Next Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $3.03 EPS

Quarter	Number of Estimates	Low Estimate	High Estimate	Average Estimate
Q1 2016	4	$0.61	$0.64	$0.62
Q2 2016	3	$0.64	$0.71	$0.68
Q3 2016	3	$0.75	$0.76	$0.76
Q4 2016	3	$0.69	$0.72	$0.71
Q1 2017	1	$0.73	$0.73	$0.73
Q2 2017	1	$0.78	$0.78	$0.78
Q3 2017	1	$0.83	$0.83	$0.83
Q4 2017	1	$0.80	$0.80	$0.80

(Data provided by Zacks Investment Research)

Current Dividend Information for Bemis (NYSE:BMS)

Annual Dividend:	$1.16
Dividend Yield:	2.29%
Dividend Growth:	3.80% (3 Year Average)
Payout Ratio:	49.57% (Based on Trailing 12 Months of Earnings) 42.65% (Based on Current Year Consensus EPS Estimate) 38.28% (Based on Next Year Consensus EPS Estimate)
Track Record:	32 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth

Dividend History for Bemis (NYSE:BMS)

Announced	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/4/2016	quarterly	$0.29	2.29%	8/15/2016	8/17/2016	9/1/2016
5/5/2016	quarterly	$0.29	2.35%	5/13/2016	5/17/2016	6/1/2016
2/4/2016	quarterly	$0.29	2.41%	2/12/2016	2/17/2016	3/1/2016
11/5/2015	quarterly	$0.28	2.44%	11/16/2015	11/18/2015	12/1/2015
8/6/2015	quarterly	$0.28	2.49%	8/17/2015	8/19/2015	9/1/2015
5/7/2015	quarterly	$0.28	2.44%	5/15/2015	5/19/2015	6/1/2015
2/5/2015	quarterly	$0.28	2.42%	2/13/2015	2/18/2015	3/2/2015
11/6/2014	quarterly	$0.27	2.75%	11/13/2014	11/17/2014	12/1/2014
8/7/2014	quarterly	$0.27	2.71%	8/15/2014	8/19/2014	9/2/2014
5/1/2014	quarterly	$0.27	2.69%	5/15/2014	5/19/2014	6/2/2014
2/6/2014	quarterly	$0.27	2.81%	2/13/2014	2/18/2014	3/3/2014
11/7/2013	quarterly	$0.26	2.66%	11/15/2013	11/19/2013	12/2/2013
8/1/2013	quarterly	$0.26	2.46%	8/16/2013	8/20/2013	9/3/2013
5/2/2013	quarterly	$0.26	2.64%	5/17/2013	5/21/2013	6/3/2013
2/7/2013	quarterly	$0.26	2.84%	2/14/2013	2/19/2013	3/1/2013

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Insider Trading History for Bemis (NYSE:BMS)

Insider Ownership Percentage: 1.10%
Institutional Ownership Percentage: 75.75%

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction
6/11/2015	James W Ransom	VP	Sell	10,000	$45.97	$459,700.00
3/12/2015	Henry J Theisen	Chairman	Sell	12,000	$47.07	$564,840.00
2/19/2015	Arun Nayar	Director	Buy	6,325	$47.40	$299,805.00
2/5/2015	Sheri H Edison	General Counsel	Sell	1,073	$46.62	$50,023.26
11/17/2014	Edward N Perry	Director	Sell	1,780	$38.69	$68,868.20
9/9/2014	Ronald J Floto	Director	Buy	2,000	$39.85	$79,700.00
10/31/2013	William J Bolton	Director	Sell	8,941	$40.01	$357,729.41
7/30/2013	William J Bolton	Director	Sell	5,000	$41.16	$205,800.00
2/25/2013	William J Bolton	Director	Sell	13,000	$37.08	$482,040.00

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Latest Headlines for Bemis (NYSE:BMS)

Date	Headline
	Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) Is Expected To Post EPS Of $0.82 - RealistInvestor.com (NYSE:BMS) www.realistinvestor.com - September 29 at 3:25 PM
	Shares Slipping Lower Over the Past Month: Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) - Post News (NYSE:BMS) www.kentuckypostnews.com - September 29 at 8:35 AM
	Latest Analyst Ratings For Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) - The De Soto Edge (NYSE:BMS) desotoedge.com - September 29 at 8:35 AM
	ETF’s with exposure to Bemis Co., Inc. : September 26, 2016 (NYSE:BMS) www.capitalcube.com - September 26 at 4:06 PM
	Stock Update on Earnings & Estimates for Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) - Frisco Fastball (NYSE:BMS) friscofastball.com - September 25 at 3:38 PM
	Citigroup Inc. Lowers Bemis Company Price Target to $42.00 (BMS) - Petro Global News 24 (NYSE:BMS) petroglobalnews24.com - September 23 at 8:59 AM
	Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) Upcoming Earnings: What matter for investors? - The Voice Registrar (NYSE:BMS) voiceregistrar.com - September 21 at 3:20 PM
	How Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) trades after earning ... - The Independent Republic (NYSE:BMS) theindependentrepublic.com - September 21 at 8:26 AM
	BEMIS CO INC Files SEC form 8-K, Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligatio (NYSE:BMS) biz.yahoo.com - September 15 at 8:51 PM
	Research Analysts Set Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS)’s Price Target At $53 (NYSE:BMS) www.realistinvestor.com - September 14 at 5:35 AM
	Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) Assigned Rating Of 2.5 - Investor Newswire (NYSE:BMS) www.investornewswire.com - September 13 at 5:30 PM
	Research Analysts Set Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS)'s Price Target At $53 - RealistInvestor.com (NYSE:BMS) www.realistinvestor.com - September 13 at 8:45 AM
	Study Finds 90% of UK Consumers Are Open to Cooking Meat Products in Packaging (NYSE:BMS) au.finance.yahoo.com - September 13 at 8:45 AM
	CG Stocks in Hub= Bemis Company, Inc. (BMS), J M Smucker Co (NYSE:SJM) - share market updates (press release) (NYSE:BMS) sharemarketupdates.com - September 12 at 8:38 AM
	Bemis Prices Senior Notes, Gets Baa2 Rating from Moody's (NYSE:BMS) finance.yahoo.com - September 12 at 8:38 AM
	Institutional Investors Have Decreased Positions in Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) - Post News (NYSE:BMS) www.kentuckypostnews.com - September 9 at 8:44 AM
	Bemis Announces Senior Notes Offering - Business Wire (press release) (NYSE:BMS) www.businesswire.com - September 9 at 8:44 AM
	Bemis Announces Senior Notes Offering (NYSE:BMS) www.publicnow.com - September 9 at 8:44 AM
	3:13 am Bemis prices offering of $300 million of 3.10% senior notes due 2026 (NYSE:BMS) finance.yahoo.com - September 9 at 8:44 AM
	Bemis Company, Inc. -- Moody's rates Bemis' new unsecured notes, existing ratings unchanged (NYSE:BMS) www.moodys.com - September 8 at 3:48 PM
	Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) Upcoming Earnings: What matter ... - The Voice Registrar (NYSE:BMS) voiceregistrar.com - September 6 at 3:37 PM
	Bemis Larger Than S&P 500 Component Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:BMS) www.marketnewsvideo.com - September 1 at 12:21 PM
	ETF’s with exposure to Bemis Co., Inc. : August 23, 2016 (NYSE:BMS) www.capitalcube.com - August 23 at 3:56 PM
	Bemis Co., Inc. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bullish Manner : BMS-US : August 22, 2016 (NYSE:BMS) www.capitalcube.com - August 22 at 8:41 AM
	Bemis Company, Inc. (BMS) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for August ... - Nasdaq (NYSE:BMS) www.nasdaq.com - August 12 at 3:22 PM
	2 Stocks Analyst-Opinion Need Close Attention Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS), LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE:LHO) - The Voice Registrar (NYSE:BMS) voiceregistrar.com - August 12 at 12:31 PM
	ETF’s with exposure to Bemis Co., Inc. : August 11, 2016 (NYSE:BMS) www.capitalcube.com - August 11 at 3:57 PM
	Bemis Co., Inc. :BMS-US: Earnings Analysis: Q2, 2016 By the Numbers : August 10, 2016 (NYSE:BMS) www.capitalcube.com - August 10 at 3:20 PM
	Analysts Trends to Watch: Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS ... - Street Updates (NYSE:BMS) www.streetupdates.com - August 9 at 12:48 PM
	Bemis Company (BMS) Shares are Down -0.25% - Trade Calls (NYSE:BMS) www.tradecalls.org - August 8 at 3:55 PM
	Bemis Declares Dividend of $0.29 Per Share (NYSE:BMS) marketrealist.com - August 8 at 3:55 PM
	BEMIS CO INC Financials (NYSE:BMS) finance.yahoo.com - August 4 at 4:00 PM
	Could Bemis' Best Dividend Growth Years Be Behind It? (NYSE:BMS) seekingalpha.com - August 4 at 12:29 PM
	Bemis Company Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend (NYSE:BMS) www.publicnow.com - August 4 at 12:29 PM
	A Look at Bemis Company’s Performance in 2Q16 (NYSE:BMS) marketrealist.com - August 2 at 8:48 AM
	A report released earlier today by Jefferies & Co about (NYSE:BMS) Bemis Company Inc. lowers the target price to $47 (NYSE:BMS) breakingfinancenews.com - August 2 at 8:48 AM
	AptarGroup’s Top and Bottom Lines Rose in 2Q16 (NYSE:BMS) marketrealist.com - August 1 at 3:57 PM
	Bemis : tops 2Q profit forecasts (NYSE:BMS) www.4-traders.com - July 29 at 3:54 PM
	BEMIS CO INC Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report (NYSE:BMS) biz.yahoo.com - July 29 at 9:41 AM
	Edited Transcript of BMS earnings conference call or presentation 28-Jul-16 4:00pm GMT (NYSE:BMS) finance.yahoo.com - July 29 at 9:29 AM
	Bemis Co., Inc. (BMS) CEO William Austen on Q2 2016 Results - Earnings Call Transcript - Seeking Alpha (NYSE:BMS) seekingalpha.com - July 29 at 7:15 AM
	EARNINGS SUMMARY: Details of Bemis Co Inc. Q2 Earnings Report (NYSE:BMS) www.rttnews.com - July 28 at 4:57 PM
	Bemis To Close Four Facilities In Latin America By Middle Of 2017 (NYSE:BMS) www.nasdaq.com - July 28 at 4:57 PM
	Bemis Company Inc Earnings Call scheduled for 12:00 pm ET today (NYSE:BMS) biz.yahoo.com - July 28 at 12:00 PM
	BEMIS CO INC Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits (NYSE:BMS) biz.yahoo.com - July 28 at 8:31 AM
	Q2 2016 Bemis Company Inc Earnings Release - Before Market Open (NYSE:BMS) biz.yahoo.com - July 28 at 7:07 AM
	Bemis tops 2Q profit forecasts (NYSE:BMS) sg.finance.yahoo.com - July 28 at 6:25 AM
	Citigroup Maintains Bemis Company to Neutral with Price Target $55.00 - Trade Calls (NYSE:BMS) www.tradecalls.org - July 26 at 3:45 PM
	Which way Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) earnings may go - The Voice Registrar (NYSE:BMS) voiceregistrar.com - July 26 at 3:45 PM
	BEMIS CO INC Files SEC form 8-K, Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Financial Statements and Exhibits (NYSE:BMS) biz.yahoo.com - July 26 at 11:44 AM