Sealed Air (SEE) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, SEE or PKG?

Sealed Air has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Packaging Co. of America has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SEE or PKG?

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
Sealed Air	$5.34B	0.89	$341.60M	$2.02	15.94
Packaging Co. of America	$8.54B	2.04	$805.10M	$9.56	20.22

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SEE or PKG?

Packaging Co. of America received 47 more outperform votes than Sealed Air when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.25% of users gave Packaging Co. of America an outperform vote while only 55.61% of users gave Sealed Air an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sealed Air	Outperform Votes 491 55.61%	Underperform Votes 392 44.39%
Packaging Co. of America	Outperform Votes 538 59.25%	Underperform Votes 370 40.75%

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

94.4% of Sealed Air shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Sealed Air shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Packaging Co. of America 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 prefer SEE or PKG?

Sealed Air currently has a consensus price target of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.01%. Packaging Co. of America has a consensus price target of $222.17, indicating a potential upside of 14.90%. Given Sealed Air's stronger consensus rating and 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
Sealed Air	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Packaging Co. of America	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Is SEE or PKG a better dividend stock?

Sealed Air pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Packaging Co. of America pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Sealed Air pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Packaging Co. of America pays out 52.3% 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.

Is SEE or PKG 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
Sealed Air	7.34%	74.21%	6.58%
Packaging Co. of America	9.60%	19.67%	9.19%

Does the media favor SEE or PKG?

In the previous week, Packaging Co. of America had 10 more articles in the media than Sealed Air. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Packaging Co. of America and 7 mentions for Sealed Air. Packaging Co. of America's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Sealed Air's score of 0.90 indicating that Packaging Co. of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sealed Air	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Packaging Co. of America	11 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 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.