What Happened?
Shares of integrated packaging solutions provider Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE) jumped 11.6% in the morning session after the company reported impressive fourth-quarter 2024 results that outperformed analysts' EPS and EBITDA estimates, even as revenue remained mostly flat year on year. Looking ahead, Sealed Air's full-year 2025 revenue and EPS guidance disappointed, both falling short of analyst expectations. Still, this was a decent quarter.
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What The Market Is Telling Us
Sealed Air’s shares are not very volatile and have only had 3 moves greater than 5% over the last year. Moves this big are rare for Sealed Air and indicate this news significantly impacted the market’s perception of the business.
Sealed Air is up 2.3% since the beginning of the year, but at $34.04 per share, it is still trading 15% below its 52-week high of $40.06 from June 2024. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Sealed Air’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $1,035.
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