SEE vs. WIRE, FELE, VMI, TEX, SLGN, MSM, VRRM, CWST, ZWS, and SON
Should you be buying Sealed Air stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sealed Air include Encore Wire (WIRE), Franklin Electric (FELE), Valmont Industries (VMI), Terex (TEX), Silgan (SLGN), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Verra Mobility (VRRM), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), and Sonoco Products (SON). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) and Encore Wire (NASDAQ:WIRE) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Sealed Air received 197 more outperform votes than Encore Wire when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.91% of users gave Encore Wire an outperform vote while only 55.45% of users gave Sealed Air an outperform vote.
Encore Wire has a net margin of 14.50% compared to Sealed Air's net margin of 6.22%. Sealed Air's return on equity of 107.48% beat Encore Wire's return on equity.
94.4% of Sealed Air shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Encore Wire shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Sealed Air shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Encore Wire shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sealed Air presently has a consensus target price of $44.18, suggesting a potential upside of 40.30%. Encore Wire has a consensus target price of $273.33, suggesting a potential downside of 3.62%. Given Sealed Air's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sealed Air is more favorable than Encore Wire.
In the previous week, Encore Wire had 20 more articles in the media than Sealed Air. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Encore Wire and 3 mentions for Sealed Air. Encore Wire's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Sealed Air's score of 0.42 indicating that Encore Wire is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Encore Wire has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sealed Air. Encore Wire is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sealed Air, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sealed Air pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Encore Wire pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Sealed Air pays out 33.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Encore Wire pays out 0.4% 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.
Sealed Air has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Encore Wire has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Encore Wire beats Sealed Air on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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