Sealed Air (SEE) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SEE or GPK?

Graphic Packaging received 26 more outperform votes than Sealed Air when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.86% of users gave Graphic Packaging an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Sealed Air an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sealed Air	Outperform Votes 490 55.56%	Underperform Votes 392 44.44%
Graphic Packaging	Outperform Votes 516 63.86%	Underperform Votes 292 36.14%

Is SEE or GPK more profitable?

Graphic Packaging has a net margin of 7.47% compared to Sealed Air's net margin of 7.34%. Sealed Air's return on equity of 74.21% beat Graphic Packaging's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sealed Air	7.34%	74.21%	6.58%
Graphic Packaging	7.47%	25.96%	6.81%

Which has better earnings and valuation, SEE or GPK?

Graphic Packaging has higher revenue and earnings than Sealed Air. Graphic Packaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sealed Air, 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	0.75	$341.60M	$1.81	15.12
Graphic Packaging	$8.81B	0.73	$658M	$2.16	9.90

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

94.4% of Sealed Air shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Graphic Packaging shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Sealed Air shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Graphic Packaging shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer SEE or GPK?

Sealed Air presently has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.87%. Graphic Packaging has a consensus target price of $30.89, suggesting a potential upside of 44.49%. Given Graphic Packaging's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Graphic Packaging is more favorable than Sealed Air.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sealed Air	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Graphic Packaging	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Does the media refer more to SEE or GPK?

In the previous week, Graphic Packaging had 19 more articles in the media than Sealed Air. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Graphic Packaging and 7 mentions for Sealed Air. Sealed Air's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Graphic Packaging's score of 0.72 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Graphic Packaging	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, SEE or GPK?

Sealed Air has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graphic Packaging has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SEE or GPK a better dividend stock?

Sealed Air pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Graphic Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Sealed Air pays out 44.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graphic Packaging pays out 20.4% 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.

Summary

Graphic Packaging beats Sealed Air on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.