Sealed Air (SEE) Competitors

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

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 2.2%. Amcor pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Sealed Air pays out 40.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amcor pays out 141.7% 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, 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	1.00	$264.70M	$1.98	18.50
Amcor	$15.01B	0.79	$511M	$0.36	22.68

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Amcor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend SEE or AMCR?

Sealed Air currently has a consensus price target of $39.09, indicating a potential upside of 6.73%. Amcor has a consensus price target of $11.21, indicating a potential upside of 37.35%. Given Amcor's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
Amcor	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69

Which has more volatility and risk, SEE or AMCR?

Sealed Air has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amcor has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SEE or AMCR?

In the previous week, Amcor had 2 more articles in the media than Sealed Air. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Amcor and 9 mentions for Sealed Air. Amcor's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Sealed Air's score of 0.57 indicating that Amcor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sealed Air	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Amcor	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SEE or AMCR more profitable?

Sealed Air has a net margin of 5.46% compared to Amcor's net margin of 3.40%. 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	3.40%	19.43%	5.15%

Summary

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