Sealed Air Corporation SEE

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
72/100
Moderate

Ranked against 25 peers in Packaging & Containers

About Sealed Air Corporation

Sealed Air Corporation provides packaging solutions in the United States and internationally, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. It operates through two segments: Food and Protective. The Food segment offers integrated packaging materials and automation equipment solutions to provide food safety, shelf life extension, reduce food waste, automate processes, and optimize total cost for food processors in the … Full SEE analysis →

Key strengths

  • Margins Consistently Above Peers Gross margin at 30.1% (top 13%) and operating margin at 13.6% (top 0%) indicate strong pricing power.
  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.74), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.

Key risks

  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.39), raising refinancing risk.

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Pricing Power

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Where SEE ranks in Packaging & Containers

Sealed Air Corporation ranks #3 of 26 scored companies in Packaging & Containers by moat score — the top 12%. The widest moat in the group is Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. (REYN) at 83/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
1 Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. REYN 83/100 Strong
2 Avery Dennison Corporation AVY 75/100 Strong
3 Sealed Air Corporation SEE 72/100 Moderate
4 Crown Holdings, Inc. CCK 72/100 Moderate
5 Karat Packaging Inc. KRT 71/100 Moderate
6 Packaging Corporation of Americ PKG 71/100 Moderate
7 Ball Corporation BALL 64/100 Moderate
8 Silgan Holdings Inc. SLGN 64/100 Moderate
9 Sonoco Products Company SON 61/100 Moderate

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How SEE scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 84 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 72 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 94 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 62 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 47 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 72 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding SEE's moat

What is Sealed Air Corporation's moat score?

Sealed Air Corporation (SEE) scores 72 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #3 of 26 scored companies in Packaging & Containers, the top 12%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 25 companies in Packaging & Containers. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (94/100) and its weakest is Resilience (47/100).

How does Sealed Air Corporation compare with other Packaging & Containers companies?

Sealed Air Corporation ranks #3 of 26 scored companies in Packaging & Containers by moat score. The widest moat in Packaging & Containers is Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. (REYN) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Avery Dennison Corporation (AVY) at 75 just above it and Crown Holdings, Inc. (CCK) at 72 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 25 companies in Packaging & Containers. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Sealed Air Corporation scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Sealed Air Corporation?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and SEE scores: Pricing Power (84), Cost Advantage (72), Customer Stickiness (94), Capital Efficiency (62), Resilience (47), Scale & Market Position (72). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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