Sealed Air (SEE) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend PKG or SEE?

Packaging Co. of America presently has a consensus price target of $226.60, indicating a potential upside of 17.72%. Sealed Air has a consensus price target of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.77%. Given Sealed Air's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sealed Air is more favorable than Packaging Co. of America.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Packaging Co. of America	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Sealed Air	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PKG or SEE?

Packaging Co. of America has higher revenue and earnings than Sealed Air. Sealed Air is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Packaging Co. 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 Co. of America	$8.54B	2.03	$805.10M	$9.56	20.13
Sealed Air	$5.34B	0.89	$341.60M	$2.02	15.97

Which has more volatility and risk, PKG or SEE?

Packaging Co. of America has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sealed Air has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PKG or SEE a better dividend stock?

Packaging Co. of America pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Sealed Air pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Packaging Co. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PKG or SEE?

Packaging Co. of America received 48 more outperform votes than Sealed Air when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.32% of users gave Packaging Co. of America an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Sealed Air an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Packaging Co. of America	Outperform Votes 538 59.32%	Underperform Votes 369 40.68%
Sealed Air	Outperform Votes 490 55.56%	Underperform Votes 392 44.44%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PKG or SEE?

89.8% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Sealed Air shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Sealed Air shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is PKG or SEE more profitable?

Packaging Co. of America has a net margin of 9.60% compared to Sealed Air's net margin of 7.34%. Sealed Air's return on equity of 74.21% beat Packaging Co. of America's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Packaging Co. of America	9.60%	19.67%	9.19%
Sealed Air	7.34%	74.21%	6.58%

Does the media refer more to PKG or SEE?

In the previous week, Packaging Co. of America had 10 more articles in the media than Sealed Air. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Packaging Co. of America and 14 mentions for Sealed Air. Packaging Co. of America's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Sealed Air's score of 1.08 indicating that Packaging Co. of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Packaging Co. of America	22 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sealed Air	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Packaging Co. of America beats Sealed Air on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.