Zacks Research Lowers Earnings Estimates for Sealed Air

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research cut their FY2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Sealed Air in a report issued on Monday, June 23rd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings of $3.16 per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of $3.20. 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 2026 earnings at $0.87 EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently commented on SEE. UBS Group raised Sealed Air from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $38.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 7th. Raymond James Financial lowered their price objective on Sealed Air from $42.00 to $36.00 and set a “strong-buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Mizuho cut their target price on Sealed Air from $39.00 to $32.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 15th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $36.00 target price on Sealed Air in a research note on Tuesday, March 4th. Finally, Truist Financial cut their target price on Sealed Air from $44.00 to $33.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $38.00.

Sealed Air Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE SEE opened at $31.23 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.26. The business’s 50 day moving average is $30.69 and its two-hundred day moving average is $31.55. The company has a market cap of $4.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.46, a P/E/G ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 1.37. Sealed Air has a 12 month low of $22.78 and a 12 month high of $38.85.

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

Institutional Trading of Sealed Air

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Arizona State Retirement System grew its position in Sealed Air by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 42,277 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,430,000 after acquiring an additional 348 shares during the period. Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC grew its position in Sealed Air by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC now owns 43,450 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,470,000 after acquiring an additional 350 shares during the period. Metis Global Partners LLC grew its position in Sealed Air by 4.3% in the fourth quarter. Metis Global Partners LLC now owns 9,039 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $306,000 after acquiring an additional 375 shares during the period. Truist Financial Corp grew its position in Sealed Air by 3.3% in the fourth quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 11,794 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $399,000 after acquiring an additional 377 shares during the period. Finally, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina grew its position in Sealed Air by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 63,960 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $2,164,000 after acquiring an additional 400 shares during the period. 94.40% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Sealed Air Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 13th were given a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.56%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, June 13th. Sealed Air’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 39.60%.

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.