Q3 Earnings Forecast for Sealed Air Issued By Zacks Research

Sealed Air Co. (NYSE:SEE - Free Report) - Analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Sealed Air in a research report issued on Tuesday, March 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $0.78 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.79. 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 Q3 2026 earnings at $0.81 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $3.19 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $3.62 EPS.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Sealed Air from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. Truist Financial boosted their price objective 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. 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. Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on 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. Finally, 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 research report on Monday, January 6th. Six 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 company. According to MarketBeat, Sealed Air has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $40.25.

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Sealed Air Stock Performance

NYSE:SEE traded down $0.14 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $28.87. 183,226 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,489,619. The company has a current ratio of 1.29, a quick ratio of 0.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.62. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $32.64 and a two-hundred day moving average of $34.39. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.62 and a beta of 1.32. Sealed Air has a 12 month low of $28.39 and a 12 month high of $41.14.

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Sealed Air by 17.7% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,330,381 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $620,117,000 after purchasing an additional 2,754,395 shares during the last quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Sealed Air by 9.6% in the fourth quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 12,316,192 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $416,657,000 after buying an additional 1,081,848 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in Sealed Air by 69.2% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,788,839 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $128,176,000 after buying an additional 1,549,184 shares in the last quarter. Swedbank AB grew its holdings in Sealed Air by 57.3% during the 4th quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 2,325,696 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $78,678,000 after acquiring an additional 846,882 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in Sealed Air by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,300,809 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $83,542,000 after acquiring an additional 12,559 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 94.40% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at Sealed Air

In other news, Director Henry R. Keizer purchased 1,120 shares of Sealed Air stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 11th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $30.00 per share, for a total transaction of $33,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 35,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,050,000. This represents a 3.31 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 0.30% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Sealed Air Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 14th were paid a $0.20 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 14th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.77%. Sealed Air's dividend payout ratio is presently 44.20%.

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.