Sealed Air (SEE) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) is expected to post its Q1 2025 quarterly earnings results before the market opens on Tuesday, May 6th. Analysts expect Sealed Air to post earnings of $0.67 per share and revenue of $1.27 billion for the quarter. Sealed Air has set its FY 2025 guidance at 2.900-3.300 EPS and its FY25 guidance at $2.90 to $3.30 EPS.

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 25th. The industrial products company reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.08. Sealed Air had a net margin of 7.34% and a return on equity of 74.21%. The company had revenue of $1.37 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.36 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.88 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was down .4% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts expect Sealed Air to post $3 EPS for the current fiscal year and $3 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Sealed Air Stock Up 2.6 %

Shares of SEE opened at $28.01 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $28.53 and its 200 day simple moving average is $32.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.62, a quick ratio of 0.79 and a current ratio of 1.29. The firm has a market cap of $4.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.30 and a beta of 1.35. Sealed Air has a 52 week low of $22.78 and a 52 week high of $41.14.

Sealed Air Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 14th were given a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.86%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 14th. Sealed Air’s payout ratio is 44.20%.

Insider Activity

In other Sealed Air news, Director Henry R. Keizer acquired 1,120 shares of Sealed Air stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 11th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $30.00 per share, with a total value of $33,600.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director now directly owns 35,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,050,000. This represents a 3.31 % increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.30% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in Sealed Air stock. Brighton Jones LLC acquired a new stake in Sealed Air Co. (NYSE:SEE) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 21,800 shares of the industrial products company’s stock, valued at approximately $737,000. 94.40% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

SEE has been the subject of several recent research reports. Citigroup reduced their price target on Sealed Air from $44.00 to $42.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Bank of America decreased their price target on shares of Sealed Air from $42.00 to $39.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Mizuho dropped their price objective on shares of Sealed Air from $39.00 to $32.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 15th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price 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. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Sealed Air from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 19th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $38.00.

Sealed Air Company Profile

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.