Sealed Air (SEE) Competitors

Packaging Corporation of America (NYSE:PKG) and Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate PKG or SEE?

Packaging Corporation of America presently has a consensus target price of $211.80, indicating a potential upside of 4.83%. Sealed Air has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.85%. Given Sealed Air's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sealed Air is more favorable than Packaging Corporation of America.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Packaging Corporation of America	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Sealed Air	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the media refer more to PKG or SEE?

In the previous week, Packaging Corporation of America had 6 more articles in the media than Sealed Air. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Packaging Corporation of America and 11 mentions for Sealed Air. Packaging Corporation of America's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Sealed Air's score of -0.06 indicating that Packaging Corporation of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Packaging Corporation of America	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sealed Air	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is PKG or SEE a better dividend stock?

Packaging Corporation of America pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Sealed Air pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Packaging Corporation of America pays out 52.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sealed Air pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has more volatility and risk, PKG or SEE?

Packaging Corporation of America has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sealed Air has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PKG or SEE?

89.8% of Packaging Corporation of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Sealed Air shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Packaging Corporation of America shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Sealed Air shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PKG or SEE?

Packaging Corporation of America has higher revenue and earnings than Sealed Air. Sealed Air is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Packaging Corporation of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Packaging Corporation of America	$8.38B	2.17	$805.10M	$9.56	21.13
Sealed Air	$5.39B	0.89	$264.70M	$2.02	16.24

Is PKG or SEE more profitable?

Packaging Corporation of America has a net margin of 10.09% compared to Sealed Air's net margin of 5.55%. Sealed Air's return on equity of 65.49% beat Packaging Corporation of America's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Packaging Corporation of America	10.09%	20.08%	9.77%
Sealed Air	5.55%	65.49%	6.50%

Summary

Packaging Corporation of America beats Sealed Air on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.