Sealed Air (SEE) Competitors

Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) and Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Which has more volatility and risk, GPK or SEE?

Graphic Packaging has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% 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.

Do analysts rate GPK or SEE?

Graphic Packaging currently has a consensus target price of $32.37, indicating a potential upside of 22.42%. Sealed Air has a consensus target price of $40.83, indicating a potential upside of 20.20%. Given Graphic Packaging's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Graphic Packaging is more favorable than Sealed Air.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Graphic Packaging	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Sealed Air	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Is GPK or SEE more profitable?

Graphic Packaging has a net margin of 7.99% compared to Sealed Air's net margin of 7.34%. Sealed Air's return on equity of 74.21% beat Graphic Packaging's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Graphic Packaging	7.99%	28.26%	7.27%
Sealed Air	7.34%	74.21%	6.58%

Is GPK or SEE a better dividend stock?

Graphic Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Sealed Air pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Graphic Packaging pays out 17.1% 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 insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GPK or SEE?

99.7% of Graphic Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Sealed Air shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Graphic Packaging 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, GPK or SEE?

Graphic Packaging has higher revenue and earnings than Sealed Air. Graphic Packaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sealed Air, 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
Graphic Packaging	$8.96B	0.89	$723M	$2.34	11.30
Sealed Air	$5.40B	0.92	$341.60M	$2.72	12.49

Does the media favor GPK or SEE?

In the previous week, Sealed Air had 4 more articles in the media than Graphic Packaging. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Sealed Air and 7 mentions for Graphic Packaging. Sealed Air's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Graphic Packaging's score of -0.02 indicating that Sealed Air is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Graphic Packaging	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sealed Air	0 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GPK or SEE?

Graphic Packaging received 31 more outperform votes than Sealed Air when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.93% of users gave Graphic Packaging an outperform vote while only 55.52% of users gave Sealed Air an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Graphic Packaging	Outperform Votes 514 63.93%	Underperform Votes 290 36.07%
Sealed Air	Outperform Votes 483 55.52%	Underperform Votes 387 44.48%

Summary

Sealed Air beats Graphic Packaging on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.