Sealed Air (SEE) Competitors

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

Is PKG or SEE more profitable?

Packaging Co. of America has a net margin of 9.25% compared to Packaging Co. of America's net margin of 6.61%. Packaging Co. of America's return on equity of 94.93% beat Sealed Air's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Packaging Co. of America	9.25%	18.80%	8.76%
Sealed Air	6.61%	94.93%	6.38%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PKG or SEE?

89.8% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Sealed Air shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Sealed Air shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	$7.80B	2.10	$765.20M	$8.00	22.86
Sealed Air	$5.49B	1.02	$341.60M	$2.49	15.49

Which has more risk and volatility, PKG or SEE?

Packaging Co. of America has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sealed Air has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PKG or SEE?

Packaging Co. of America received 41 more outperform votes than Sealed Air when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.96% of users gave Packaging Co. of America an outperform vote while only 55.37% of users gave Sealed Air an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Packaging Co. of America	Outperform Votes 510 58.96%	Underperform Votes 355 41.04%
Sealed Air	Outperform Votes 469 55.37%	Underperform Votes 378 44.63%

Do analysts rate PKG or SEE?

Packaging Co. of America presently has a consensus target price of $176.57, suggesting a potential downside of 3.29%. Sealed Air has a consensus target price of $44.90, suggesting a potential upside of 17.97%. Given Packaging Co. of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Sealed Air	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

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 2.7%. Sealed Air pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Packaging Co. of America pays out 62.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sealed Air pays out 32.1% 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. Packaging Co. of America has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Packaging Co. of America is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor PKG or SEE?

In the previous week, Packaging Co. of America and Packaging Co. of America both had 6 articles in the media. Sealed Air's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Packaging Co. of America's score of 0.92 indicating that Packaging Co. of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Packaging Co. of America	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sealed Air	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Packaging Co. of America beats Sealed Air on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.