UFP Technologies (UFPT) Competitors

UFP Technologies (NASDAQ:UFPT) and Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Is UFPT or SEE more profitable?

UFP Technologies has a net margin of 11.74% compared to Sealed Air's net margin of 7.34%. Sealed Air's return on equity of 74.21% beat UFP Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UFP Technologies	11.74%	18.92%	12.33%
Sealed Air	7.34%	74.21%	6.58%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of UFPT or SEE?

87.3% of UFP Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Sealed Air shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of UFP Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Sealed Air shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, UFPT or SEE?

UFP Technologies has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sealed Air has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UFPT or SEE?

Sealed Air received 271 more outperform votes than UFP Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.09% of users gave UFP Technologies an outperform vote while only 55.31% of users gave Sealed Air an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UFP Technologies	Outperform Votes 208 59.09%	Underperform Votes 144 40.91%
Sealed Air	Outperform Votes 479 55.31%	Underperform Votes 387 44.69%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, UFPT or SEE?

Sealed Air has higher revenue and earnings than UFP Technologies. Sealed Air is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UFP Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UFP Technologies	$461.85M	4.20	$44.92M	$7.01	36.07
Sealed Air	$5.40B	0.91	$341.60M	$2.72	12.35

Does the media prefer UFPT or SEE?

In the previous week, UFP Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Sealed Air. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for UFP Technologies and 7 mentions for Sealed Air. UFP Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Sealed Air's score of 1.12 indicating that UFP Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UFP Technologies	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sealed Air	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate UFPT or SEE?

UFP Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $323.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.94%. Sealed Air has a consensus target price of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.06%. Given UFP Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe UFP Technologies is more favorable than Sealed Air.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UFP Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Sealed Air	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Summary

UFP Technologies beats Sealed Air on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.