Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.250-3.350 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.170. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.3 billion-$5.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.3 billion.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have weighed in on SEE. Wall Street Zen raised Sealed Air from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 9th. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $48.00 target price on shares of Sealed Air and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Sealed Air in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Mizuho lifted their target price on shares of Sealed Air from $36.00 to $41.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, October 3rd. Finally, UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of Sealed Air from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, October 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $41.09.

Sealed Air Price Performance

Shares of SEE opened at $34.00 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $5.00 billion, a PE ratio of 17.17, a P/E/G ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 1.36. The company has a current ratio of 1.19, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.18. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $33.97 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $31.90. Sealed Air has a 1-year low of $22.78 and a 1-year high of $38.85.

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The industrial products company reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.17. The business had revenue of $1.34 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.32 billion. Sealed Air had a net margin of 5.46% and a return on equity of 60.61%. The company’s quarterly revenue was down .7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.83 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Sealed Air will post 3.05 EPS for the current year.

Sealed Air Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 5th will be paid a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 5th. Sealed Air’s dividend payout ratio is 40.40%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Sealed Air

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of SEE. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in Sealed Air by 13.7% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 4,220,533 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $130,963,000 after buying an additional 507,067 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Sealed Air by 58.7% in the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 360,371 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $11,182,000 after buying an additional 133,305 shares in the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. increased its stake in Sealed Air by 40.0% in the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 458,500 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $14,227,000 after buying an additional 130,902 shares in the last quarter. Lighthouse Investment Partners LLC increased its stake in Sealed Air by 1,309.9% in the 2nd quarter. Lighthouse Investment Partners LLC now owns 122,871 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $3,813,000 after buying an additional 114,156 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP purchased a new stake in Sealed Air in the 2nd quarter worth $1,365,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.40% of the company’s stock.

About Sealed Air

Sealed Air Corporation provides packaging solutions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. It operates through two segments, Food and Protective. The Food segment offers integrated packaging materials and automation equipment solutions to provide food safety, shelf life extension, reduce food waste, automate processes, and optimize total cost for food processors in the fresh red meat, smoked and processed meats, poultry, seafood, plant-based, fluids and liquids and cheese markets under the CRYOVAC, CRYOVAC Grip & Tear, CRYOVAC Darfresh, LIQUIBOX, Simple Steps, and Optidure brands.