Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) Releases FY25 Earnings Guidance

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) issued an update on its FY25 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.90 to $3.30 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.13. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.10 billion to $5.50 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.39 billion. Sealed Air also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.900-3.300 EPS.

Sealed Air Stock Down 0.7 %

Shares of SEE stock opened at $32.13 on Tuesday. Sealed Air has a 52-week low of $30.87 and a 52-week 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. The stock has a market cap of $4.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.81 and a beta of 1.34. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $34.17 and its 200-day moving average is $34.90.

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 25th. The industrial products company reported $0.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.08. Sealed Air had a return on equity of 74.21% and a net margin of 7.34%. The firm had revenue of $1.37 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.36 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.88 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down .4% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts predict that Sealed Air will post 3.05 EPS for the current year.

Sealed Air Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be issued a dividend of $0.20 per share. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. Sealed Air’s dividend payout ratio is 29.41%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

SEE has been the topic of several research analyst reports. UBS Group dropped their price objective on shares of Sealed Air from $39.00 to $37.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on shares of Sealed Air from $39.00 to $38.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Truist Financial raised their price objective on shares of Sealed Air from $41.00 to $44.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Bank of America reduced their price objective on Sealed Air from $42.00 to $39.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded Sealed Air from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Sealed Air presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $40.00.

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.