Head-To-Head Comparison: Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) versus Cascades (OTCMKTS:CADNF)

Posted by MarketBeat News on Sep 20th, 2023

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE – Get Free Report) and Cascades (OTCMKTS:CADNF – Get Free Report) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Sealed Air and Cascades’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sealed Air	7.04%	154.56%	7.52%
Cascades	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

89.5% of Sealed Air shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Cascades shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Sealed Air shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

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Sealed Air pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Cascades pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Sealed Air pays out 29.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cascades pays out -16.0% 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Sealed Air and Cascades, as provided by MarketBeat.

Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sealed Air	0	7	4	0	2.36
Cascades	0	0	0	0	N/A

Sealed Air currently has a consensus target price of $44.64, indicating a potential upside of 32.33%. Cascades has a consensus target price of $16.30, indicating a potential upside of 78.53%. Given Cascades’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cascades is more favorable than Sealed Air.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sealed Air and Cascades’ gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sealed Air	$5.64 billion	0.86	$491.60 million	$2.68	12.59
Cascades	N/A	N/A	N/A	($1.00)	-9.13

Sealed Air has higher revenue and earnings than Cascades. Cascades is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sealed Air, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Sealed Air beats Cascades on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sealed Air

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Sealed Air Corporation provides packaging solutions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia, and NewZealand. It operates through two segments, Food and Protective. The Food segment offers integrated packaging materials and automation equipment solutions to provide food safety and shelf life extension, reduce food waste, automate processes, and optimize total cost for food processors in the fresh red meat, smoked and processed meats, poultry, seafood, plant-based, and dairy markets under the CRYOVAC, CRYOVAC Grip & Tear, CRYOVAC Darfresh, Simple Steps, and Optidure brands. This segment sells its solutions directly to customers through its sales, marketing, and customer service personnel. The Protective segment provides foam, inflatable, suspension and retention, temperature assurance packaging solutions to protect goods to e-commerce, consumer goods, pharmaceutical and medical devices, and industrial manufacturing markets under the SEALED AIR, BUBBLE WRAP, AUTOBAG, SEALED AIR, AUTOBAG, Instapak, Korrvu, Kevothermal, and TempGuard brands. This segment sells its solutions through supply distributors, as well as directly to fabricators, original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers, logistics partners, and e-commerce/fulfillment operations. Sealed Air Corporation was incorporated in 1960 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

About Cascades

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Cascades Inc. produces, converts, and sells packaging and tissue products in Canada and the United States. The company operates through three segments: Containerboard, Specialty Products, and Tissue Papers. It offers various packaging solutions comprising trays and accessories, produce baskets and boxes, clamshells, produce boxes, egg packaging solutions, pizza and insulated boxes, bulk bins, cup carriers, food grade films, and customized containers for the food sector; protective packaging, including die-cut boxes, handling and shipping solutions, protective materials, large format boxes, and shipping trays; e-commerce packaging solutions, which include e-commerce boxes, custom mailer boxes, custom printing, packaging optimization products, and cutter for multi-depth boxes, as well as the solution for faster packing and shipping tests; and various retail packaging products. The company also provides hygiene and tissue solutions, such as bathroom tissues, paper towels, napkins, paper and hand towels, bathroom issues, dispensers, table and facial napkins, wipers, and household towels; cascades fluff and tuff products; and fiber-based materials, which include tissue paper jumbo rolls, containerboards, specialty papers, technology barrier solutions, structural components, and uncoated recycled paperboards. In addition, it is involved in the provision of recycling solutions, which include recycling services, brokering and trading of materials, secure shredding, recycling equipment, and graphic design and printing services. The company provides recycling solutions for municipal, industrial, commercial, and institutional sectors. Cascades Inc. was incorporated in 1964 and is headquartered in Kingsey Falls, Canada.

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