Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) Updates FY25 Earnings Guidance

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) updated its FY25 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.90 to $3.30 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS 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 Performance

Shares of NYSE:SEE opened at $32.13 on Tuesday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $34.17 and its 200 day simple moving average is $34.90. Sealed Air has a fifty-two week low of $30.87 and a fifty-two week high of $41.14. The company has a market capitalization of $4.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.81 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.62, a current ratio of 1.29 and a quick ratio of 0.79.

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The industrial products company reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $1.37 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.36 billion. Sealed Air had a net margin of 7.34% and a return on equity of 74.21%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down .4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.88 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Sealed Air will post 3.05 earnings per share for the current year.

Sealed Air Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced 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. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.49%. Sealed Air’s dividend payout ratio is presently 29.41%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently commented on SEE. UBS Group dropped their price target on Sealed Air from $39.00 to $37.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Mizuho dropped their target price on shares of Sealed Air from $45.00 to $42.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Sealed Air from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 19th. Bank of America dropped their price objective on shares of Sealed Air from $42.00 to $39.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Citigroup reduced their target price on shares of Sealed Air from $44.00 to $42.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently 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.