Sealed Air (SEE) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, PKG or SEE?

Packaging Co. of America has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sealed Air has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PKG or SEE?

Packaging Co. of America has higher revenue and earnings than Sealed Air. Sealed Air is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Packaging Co. of America, 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
Packaging Co. of America	$8.38B	2.27	$805.10M	$8.93	23.77
Sealed Air	$5.49B	0.92	$341.60M	$2.72	12.72

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PKG or SEE?

89.8% of Packaging Co. of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Sealed Air shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Packaging Co. of America 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to PKG or SEE?

In the previous week, Packaging Co. of America had 14 more articles in the media than Sealed Air. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Packaging Co. of America and 8 mentions for Sealed Air. Sealed Air's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Packaging Co. of America's score of 0.53 indicating that Sealed Air is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Packaging Co. of America	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sealed Air	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PKG or SEE a better dividend stock?

Packaging Co. of America pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Sealed Air pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Packaging Co. of America pays out 56.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sealed Air pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do analysts rate PKG or SEE?

Packaging Co. of America currently has a consensus price target of $233.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.78%. Sealed Air has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.66%. Given Sealed Air's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sealed Air is more favorable than Packaging Co. of America.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Packaging Co. of America	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Sealed Air	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Is PKG or SEE more profitable?

Packaging Co. of America has a net margin of 9.60% compared to Sealed Air's net margin of 7.34%. Sealed Air's return on equity of 74.21% beat Packaging Co. of America's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Packaging Co. of America	9.60%	19.67%	9.19%
Sealed Air	7.34%	74.21%	6.58%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PKG or SEE?

Packaging Co. of America received 47 more outperform votes than Sealed Air when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.20% of users gave Packaging Co. of America an outperform vote while only 55.38% of users gave Sealed Air an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Packaging Co. of America	Outperform Votes 531 59.20%	Underperform Votes 366 40.80%
Sealed Air	Outperform Votes 484 55.38%	Underperform Votes 390 44.62%

Summary

Packaging Co. of America beats Sealed Air on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.