Sealed Air (SEE) Q2 Earnings Miss Estimates, Updates View

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Segment Performance

Food Care: Net sales inched up 2.2% year over year to $680 million. Currency had a positive impact of 0.4% or $3 million. On a constant dollar basis, net sales increased 2.6% due to positive volume growth of 2.7%. Adjusted EBITDA remained flat at $146 million.

Product Care: The segment reported net sales of $391 million, up 4.4% year over year on a reported basis and 5.7% on a constant dollar basis. Currency had a negative impact on Product Care net sales of 1.3% or $5 million. Sales volume increased 6.1%. Adjusted EBITDA decreased 2% to $77 million.

Financial & Other Updates

Cash and cash equivalents were $243 million as of Jun 30, 2017, down from $333.7 million as of Dec 31, 2016. Cash flow from operating activities was $141 million during the first half of fiscal 2017, down from $186.9 million in the prior-year comparable period.

As of Jun 30, 2017, Sealed Air’s net debt came in at $4.203 billion, up from $3.809 billion as of Dec 31, 2016.

Till Aug 1, 2017, Sealed Air repurchased approximately 6.5 million shares for approximately $285 million. The company has approximately $1.9 billion available for repurchase under its share repurchase program.

In Mar 2017, Sealed Air had entered into a definitive agreement to sell Diversey to Bain Capital Private Equity, a leading global private investment firm, for $3.2 billion. The company stated that it is on track to close the sale in September. This is a step in its transformation and enables it to enhance strategic focus on the Food Care and Product Care divisions along with simplifying operating structure. The net proceeds from this transaction will be utilized to repay debt and maintain credit profile, repurchase shares to minimize earnings dilution, and fund core growth initiatives, including potential complementary acquisitions to Food Care and Product Care divisions.

Guidance

For full-year 2017, Sealed Air expects sales of $4.3 billion compared with $4.2 billion recorded in 2016. The guidance reflects an expected 3% constant dollar sales growth in Food Care and 3–4% constant dollar sales growth in Product Care. Currency is not expected to have a material impact on results. Adjusted EBITDA is estimated to lie within $825–$835 million. Adjusted EPS is likely to be in the range of $1.75–$1.80 for 2017.

Share Price Performance



Year to date, Sealed Air has grossly underperformed the industry with respect to price performance. While the stock dipped 2.6%, the industry recorded growth of 6.7%.

Zacks Rank & Key Picks

Currently, Sealed Air carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).

Some better-ranked stocks in the sector include Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) , Terex Corporation (NYSE:TEX) and AGCO Corporation (NYSE:AGCO) . All three stocks flaunt a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

Caterpillar has expected long-term growth rate of 9.50%.

Terex has expected long-term growth rate of 20.07%.

AGCO has expected long-term growth rate of 13.51%.

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