Sealed Air Investors Should Focus on This

By Susan Ramirez • Tuesday, January 24 15:02 • Permanent Link

One of the losers of today's trading session was Sealed Air. Shares of the Packaging & containers company plunged -2.6%, and some investors may be wondering if its price of $52.41 would make a good entry point. Here's what you should know if you are considering this investment:

Sealed Air has moved -18.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -7.7%
SEE has an average analyst rating of buy and is -10.7% away from its mean target price of $58.69 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $3.8
Sealed Air has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 13.8 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $4.09 and its forward P/E ratio is 12.8
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 34.8 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Sealed Air is part of the Consumer Cyclical sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 24.11 and an average P/B of 3.11
SEE has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 29.8% and gross profit margins of 0.3%
The company has a free cash flow of $346,624,992.00, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Sealed Air Corporation provides food safety and security, and product protection solutions and equipment in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific.

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