Sealed Air (SEE) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SEE or AMCR?

Amcor has higher revenue and earnings than Sealed Air. Sealed Air is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amcor, 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
Sealed Air	$5.39B	0.82	$264.70M	$1.98	15.09
Amcor	$13.64B	0.93	$730M	$0.56	15.65

Which has more risk & volatility, SEE or AMCR?

Sealed Air has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amcor has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SEE or AMCR?

Sealed Air currently has a consensus price target of $38.80, suggesting a potential upside of 29.85%. Amcor has a consensus price target of $11.58, suggesting a potential upside of 32.15%. Given Amcor's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amcor is more favorable than Sealed Air.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sealed Air	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Amcor	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SEE or AMCR?

94.4% of Sealed Air shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.1% of Amcor shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Sealed Air shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Amcor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SEE or AMCR more profitable?

Amcor has a net margin of 5.99% compared to Sealed Air's net margin of 5.46%. Sealed Air's return on equity of 60.61% beat Amcor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sealed Air	5.46%	60.61%	6.66%
Amcor	5.99%	26.49%	6.11%

Does the media refer more to SEE or AMCR?

In the previous week, Amcor had 18 more articles in the media than Sealed Air. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Amcor and 13 mentions for Sealed Air. Sealed Air's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Amcor's score of 0.73 indicating that Sealed Air is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sealed Air	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Amcor	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SEE or AMCR a better dividend stock?

Sealed Air pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Amcor pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Sealed Air pays out 40.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amcor pays out 91.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Amcor has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Amcor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Amcor beats Sealed Air on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.