Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) Issues 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 Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:SEE traded up $0.61 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $34.61. The stock had a trading volume of 189,548 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,186,960. 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 has a 1-year low of $30.87 and a 1-year high of $41.14. The stock has a market cap of $5.04 billion, a PE ratio of 12.73 and a beta of 1.34. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $34.14 and a 200-day moving average price of $34.90.

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The industrial products company reported $0.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.67 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $1.37 billion during 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 company’s revenue for the quarter was down .4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.88 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts forecast that Sealed Air will post 3.05 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Sealed Air Dividend Announcement

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 given a $0.20 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.31%. Sealed Air’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 29.41%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have issued reports on SEE shares. UBS Group reduced their price target on Sealed Air from $39.00 to $37.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 10th. Mizuho decreased their price objective on 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 raised shares of Sealed Air from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on Sealed Air from $42.00 to $43.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Bank of America dropped their price objective on Sealed Air from $42.00 to $39.00 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 given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Sealed Air currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $40.08.

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.