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Sealed Air Corporation

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48
Packaging & Containers · Consumer Cyclical
Price
42.15 GBp
+0.01 (+0.02%)
Market Cap
£6.57B
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
48
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 10, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025

Share count falling — buybacks

3.2% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 152.4M (2021) → 147.5M (2025)

Sealed Air Corporation makes packaging materials used to protect products during shipping and storage. Its most recognizable product is Bubble Wrap, but the company also makes food packaging under the Cryovac brand, which keeps meat, poultry, and cheese fresh longer. Its main customers are food producers, e-commerce companies, and industrial manufacturers.

Sealed Air earns money by selling packaging materials and systems directly to businesses, not consumers. It operates globally, with significant revenue from North America and Europe, and generates roughly $5–6 billion in annual sales. Its moat comes from long-standing customer relationships, proprietary materials science, and the sticky nature of packaging contracts, since switching suppliers mid-production is costly and disruptive. The main risk the company faces is pressure from customers and regulators to reduce plastic use, which could force expensive product reformulations and hurt demand for traditional plastic-based packaging over time.

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Quality

Gross Margin
27.3%
Modest — 27.3% gross margin
Operating Margin
14.0%
Healthy — 14.0% operating margin
ROCE
3.7%
Weak — 3.7% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-0.6%
Shrinking sales (-0.6% YoY)
EPS YoY
+61.5%
Earnings growing fast (+61.5% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
143%
Turns 143% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
8.6%
Modest free cash flow (8.6%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
3.25
Heavy debt load (3.25)
Interest Cover
3.12x
Tight — interest eats into profit (3.1x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
0.1x
Attractive valuation — P/E 0.1

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward
-12.2
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.90%
Small dividend — 1.90% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+0.0%
Dividend flat

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