Financial Contrast: Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) and Brambles (OTCMKTS:BXBLY)

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) and Brambles (OTCMKTS:BXBLY) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Sealed Air and Brambles”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sealed Air	$5.39 billion	0.85	$264.70 million	$2.02	15.45
Brambles	$6.55 billion	3.23	$779.90 million	N/A	N/A

Brambles has higher revenue and earnings than Sealed Air.

Volatility and Risk

Sealed Air has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brambles has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Sealed Air and Brambles’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sealed Air	5.55%	65.49%	6.50%
Brambles	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Sealed Air and Brambles, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sealed Air	0	4	5	1	2.70
Brambles	0	0	0	0	0.00

Sealed Air currently has a consensus target price of $38.27, indicating a potential upside of 22.67%. Given Sealed Air’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sealed Air is more favorable than Brambles.

Dividends

Sealed Air pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Brambles pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Sealed Air pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

94.4% of Sealed Air shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Brambles shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Sealed Air shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Sealed Air beats Brambles on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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. This segment sells its solutions directly to customers through its sales, marketing, and customer service personnel. The Protective segment provides shrink films, bagging systems, foam, inflatable, and suspension and retention packaging solutions to protect goods to e-commerce, consumer goods, pharmaceutical and medical devices, and industrial manufacturing markets under the SEALED AIR, BUBBLE WRAP, AUTOBAG, Instapak, and Korrvu brands. This segment sells its solutions through supply distributors, as well as directly to fabricators, original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers, logistics partners, and e-commerce/fulfillment operations. The company was incorporated in 1960 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

About Brambles

Brambles Limited operates as a supply-chain logistics company. It operates through CHEP North America and Latin America; CHEP Europe, Middle East, Africa and India; and CHEP Australia, New Zealand and Asia, excluding India segments. The company engages in the pooling of unit-load equipment and associated services, focusing on the outsourced management of pallets, crates, and containers. It serves customers in the fast-moving consumer goods, fresh produce, beverage, retail, and general manufacturing industries. Brambles Limited was founded in 1875 and is based in Sydney, Australia.