Sealed Air (SEE) Competitors

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

Is PKG or SEE more profitable?

Packaging Co. of America has a net margin of 9.06% compared to Packaging Co. of America's net margin of 6.61%. Packaging Co. of America's return on equity of 94.93% beat Sealed Air's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Packaging Co. of America	9.06%	18.39%	8.52%
Sealed Air	6.61%	94.93%	6.38%

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 2.5%. Sealed Air pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Packaging Co. of America pays out 62.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sealed Air pays out 32.1% 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 has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Packaging Co. of America is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PKG or SEE?

Packaging Co. of America received 43 more outperform votes than Sealed Air when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.11% of users gave Packaging Co. of America an outperform vote while only 55.39% of users gave Sealed Air an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Packaging Co. of America	Outperform Votes 516 59.11%	Underperform Votes 357 40.89%
Sealed Air	Outperform Votes 473 55.39%	Underperform Votes 381 44.61%

Which has more volatility and risk, PKG or SEE?

Packaging Co. of America has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sealed Air has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate PKG or SEE?

Packaging Co. of America currently has a consensus price target of $190.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.03%. Sealed Air has a consensus price target of $43.33, indicating a potential upside of 14.97%. Given Packaging Co. of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Sealed Air	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger 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	$7.80B	2.29	$765.20M	$8.00	24.87
Sealed Air	$5.49B	1.00	$341.60M	$2.49	15.16

Does the media refer more to PKG or SEE?

In the previous week, Packaging Co. of America had 18 more articles in the media than Sealed Air. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Packaging Co. of America and 16 mentions for Sealed Air. Sealed Air's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Packaging Co. of America's score of 0.46 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	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sealed Air	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PKG or SEE?

89.8% of Packaging Co. of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Sealed Air shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Packaging Co. of America shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Sealed Air shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Packaging Co. of America beats Sealed Air on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.