Sealed Air (SEE) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend SEE or GPK?

Sealed Air presently has a consensus price target of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.89%. Graphic Packaging has a consensus price target of $30.89, indicating a potential upside of 21.93%. Given Sealed Air's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sealed Air is more favorable than Graphic Packaging.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sealed Air	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
Graphic Packaging	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Which has more risk & volatility, SEE or GPK?

Sealed Air has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graphic Packaging has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Which has stronger 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	15.34
Graphic Packaging	$8.81B	0.87	$658M	$2.16	11.73

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%

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

94.4% of Sealed Air shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Graphic Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Sealed Air shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Graphic Packaging shares are owned 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.

Does the media refer more to SEE or GPK?

In the previous week, Graphic Packaging had 4 more articles in the media than Sealed Air. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Graphic Packaging and 19 mentions for Sealed Air. Graphic Packaging's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Sealed Air's score of 0.85 indicating that Graphic Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sealed Air	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Graphic Packaging	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 1.7%. 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 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.