Q1 Earnings Estimate for Sealed Air Issued By Zacks Research

Sealed Air Co. (NYSE:SEE) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Sealed Air in a research note issued on Tuesday, March 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the industrial products company will earn $0.67 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.69. 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 Q4 2025 earnings at $0.81 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.04 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.73 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $3.21 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $3.71 EPS.

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 25th. The industrial products company reported $0.75 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.67 by $0.08. Sealed Air had a return on equity of 74.21% and a net margin of 7.34%. The company had revenue of $1.37 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.36 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.88 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was down .4% on a year-over-year basis.

Several other research firms have also weighed in on SEE. UBS Group upped their price objective on Sealed Air from $37.00 to $38.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. Citigroup cut their price objective on Sealed Air from $44.00 to $42.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 6th. Truist Financial upped their target price on shares of Sealed Air from $41.00 to $44.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 6th. Mizuho cut their price target on shares of Sealed Air from $45.00 to $42.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, Morgan Stanley dropped their price objective on shares of Sealed Air from $39.00 to $38.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 13th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $40.25.

Sealed Air Price Performance

Shares of Sealed Air stock opened at $29.85 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $4.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.97 and a beta of 1.32. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $33.53 and its 200-day simple moving average is $34.70. Sealed Air has a twelve month low of $29.33 and a twelve month high of $41.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.62, a quick ratio of 0.79 and a current ratio of 1.29.

Sealed Air Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be issued a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.68%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. Sealed Air’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 44.20%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Sealed Air news, Director Henry R. Keizer bought 1,120 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 11th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $30.00 per share, with a total value of $33,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 35,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,050,000. This trade represents a 3.31 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 0.30% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Sealed Air by 148.0% in the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,530 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $51,000 after buying an additional 913 shares in the last quarter. A&I Financial Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of Sealed Air in the 4th quarter valued at about $527,000. Kwmg LLC grew its holdings in Sealed Air by 5.0% during the fourth quarter. Kwmg LLC now owns 136,537 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $4,619,000 after purchasing an additional 6,527 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC bought a new position in shares of Sealed Air during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,497,000. Finally, Maple Rock Capital Partners Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Sealed Air by 56.6% during the 3rd quarter. Maple Rock Capital Partners Inc. now owns 1,517,493 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $55,085,000 after acquiring an additional 548,493 shares during the last quarter. 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.