Q2 Earnings Estimate for Sealed Air Issued By Zacks Research

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q2 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Sealed Air in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, August 19th. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $0.79 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.78. The consensus estimate for Sealed Air’s current full-year earnings is $3.05 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Sealed Air’s Q3 2026 earnings at $0.81 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $3.23 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.80 EPS and Q2 2027 earnings at $0.85 EPS.

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 5th. The industrial products company reported $0.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.17. The firm had revenue of $1.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.32 billion. Sealed Air had a return on equity of 60.61% and a net margin of 5.46%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down .7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.83 earnings per share. Sealed Air has set its FY 2025 guidance at 2.900-3.300 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also recently issued reports on SEE. Mizuho raised their target price on Sealed Air from $34.00 to $37.00 and gave the company an “outperformer” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 15th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Sealed Air from $39.00 to $43.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, July 18th. Citigroup raised their target price on Sealed Air from $33.00 to $37.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, July 11th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Sealed Air from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 9th. Finally, UBS Group raised their target price on Sealed Air from $39.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 9th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Sealed Air currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $38.80.

Sealed Air Stock Performance

SEE stock opened at $32.7210 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.18, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a current ratio of 1.19. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.53, a PEG ratio of 2.47 and a beta of 1.33. Sealed Air has a 1 year low of $22.78 and a 1 year high of $38.85. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $30.95 and its two-hundred day moving average is $30.56.

Sealed Air Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 26th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 12th will be issued a dividend of $0.20 per share. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 12th. Sealed Air’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 40.40%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in Sealed Air by 1.9% during the first quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 12,545,129 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $362,555,000 after acquiring an additional 228,937 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in Sealed Air by 13.7% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 4,220,533 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $130,963,000 after acquiring an additional 507,067 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in Sealed Air by 2.5% during the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,884,200 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $112,253,000 after acquiring an additional 95,361 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in Sealed Air by 42.1% during the first quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,864,927 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $82,796,000 after acquiring an additional 849,485 shares during the period. Finally, Swedbank AB grew its holdings in Sealed Air by 9.8% during the second quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 2,552,629 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $79,208,000 after acquiring an additional 226,933 shares during the period. 94.40% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.