FY2025 EPS Estimates for Sealed Air Lowered by William Blair

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE) – Analysts at William Blair decreased their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Sealed Air in a report issued on Wednesday, June 18th. William Blair analyst R. Sparenblek now expects that the industrial products company will earn $3.18 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $3.20. The consensus estimate for Sealed Air’s current full-year earnings is $3.05 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Sealed Air’s FY2026 earnings at $3.21 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Raymond James Financial reduced their price objective on Sealed Air from $42.00 to $36.00 and set a “strong-buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Jefferies Financial Group set a $36.00 price target on Sealed Air in a research note on Tuesday, March 4th. Wall Street Zen raised Sealed Air from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, June 6th. UBS Group raised shares of Sealed Air from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $38.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 7th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of Sealed Air from $42.00 to $43.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $38.00.

Sealed Air Price Performance

Shares of SEE opened at $31.24 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.26, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a current ratio of 1.26. Sealed Air has a fifty-two week low of $22.78 and a fifty-two week high of $38.85. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $30.39 and a 200-day simple moving average of $31.63. The company has a market capitalization of $4.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.81 and a beta of 1.37.

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 6th. The industrial products company reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.14. The firm had revenue of $1.27 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.27 billion. Sealed Air had a net margin of 5.55% and a return on equity of 65.49%. Sealed Air’s revenue for the quarter was down 4.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.78 EPS.

Sealed Air Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 27th. Investors of record on Friday, June 13th will be issued a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.56%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 13th. Sealed Air’s dividend payout ratio is currently 39.60%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Sealed Air

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Sealed Air by 17.7% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,330,381 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $620,117,000 after buying an additional 2,754,395 shares in the last quarter. Alberta Investment Management Corp acquired a new stake in Sealed Air in the 1st quarter valued at about $46,127,000. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in Sealed Air by 69.2% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,788,839 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $128,176,000 after acquiring an additional 1,549,184 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Sealed Air during the 4th quarter valued at about $50,562,000. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. raised its position in Sealed Air by 9.6% during the fourth quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 12,316,192 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $416,657,000 after acquiring an additional 1,081,848 shares during the last quarter. 94.40% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.