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Sealed Air (SEE) Competitors

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$32.26 +0.51 (+1.59%)
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SEE vs. PKG, GPK, SON, UFPT, CE, TRMB, CNH, ZBRA, BALL, and GGG

Should you be buying Sealed Air stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sealed Air include Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Graphic Packaging (GPK), Sonoco Products (SON), UFP Technologies (UFPT), Celanese (CE), Trimble (TRMB), CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign (CNH), Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), Ball (BALL), and Graco (GGG).

Sealed Air vs.

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.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Packaging Co. of America$8.54B2.03$805.10M$9.5620.13
Sealed Air$5.34B0.89$341.60M$2.0215.97

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.

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.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Packaging Co. of AmericaOutperform Votes
538
59.32%
Underperform Votes
369
40.68%
Sealed AirOutperform Votes
490
55.56%
Underperform Votes
392
44.44%

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.

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 America9.60% 19.67% 9.19%
Sealed Air 7.34%74.21%6.58%

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.

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SEE vs. The Competition

MetricSealed AirPlastics materials & synthetic resins, synthetic rubber, cellulosic IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.74B$3.54B$7.63B$19.30B
Dividend Yield2.48%1.35%4.58%3.83%
P/E Ratio11.865.9323.1534.53
Price / Sales0.890.7190.0034.84
Price / Cash6.876.1126.9417.51
Price / Book8.494.773.974.69
Net Income$341.60M$767.09M$807.24M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.26%-0.12%0.10%-2.43%
1 Month Performance20.43%24.77%10.55%6.27%
1 Year Performance-13.75%-39.21%26.18%5.78%

Sealed Air Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SEE
Sealed Air
4.6937 of 5 stars
$32.27
+1.6%
$38.00
+17.8%
-15.1%$4.74B$5.34B11.8616,300Positive News
Analyst Revision
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
4.3168 of 5 stars
$194.37
+0.1%
$226.60
+16.6%
+6.2%$17.49B$8.54B21.7715,100Positive News
GPK
Graphic Packaging
4.4583 of 5 stars
$23.53
-0.1%
$29.17
+24.0%
-18.5%$7.10B$8.67B10.8924,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
SON
Sonoco Products
4.3685 of 5 stars
$46.27
-0.2%
$56.43
+22.0%
-26.3%$4.56B$5.71B28.0420,500Positive News
UFPT
UFP Technologies
0.8548 of 5 stars
$241.89
-4.5%
$252.00
+4.2%
-7.4%$1.86B$547.56M34.512,020Positive News
High Trading Volume
CE
Celanese
3.2833 of 5 stars
$52.43
-2.0%
$61.44
+17.2%
-65.0%$5.73B$10.06B-3.7613,300Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
TRMB
Trimble
4.5757 of 5 stars
$71.69
-0.3%
$88.43
+23.3%
+22.9%$17.10B$3.57B11.7711,800Positive News
CNH
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign
4.6121 of 5 stars
$13.67
flat
$14.92
+9.1%
+17.6%$17.08B$18.85B13.2771,900Positive News
ZBRA
Zebra Technologies
4.2861 of 5 stars
$297.82
-0.9%
$321.73
+8.0%
-11.8%$15.15B$5.11B29.2610,500Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
BALL
Ball
4.2338 of 5 stars
$54.34
+1.1%
$61.00
+12.3%
-23.9%$15.07B$12.02B4.2921,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
GGG
Graco
3.8842 of 5 stars
$87.02
-0.3%
$93.00
+6.9%
+1.8%$14.54B$2.15B30.864,000

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This page (NYSE:SEE) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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