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Sealed Air (Sealed Air) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.68 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sealed Air Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Sealed Air's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $206 Mil. Sealed Air's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,581 Mil. Sealed Air's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,022 Mil. Sealed Air's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.68.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sealed Air's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

SEE' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.46   Med: 4.79   Max: 6.37
Current: 5.07

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sealed Air was 6.37. The lowest was 3.46. And the median was 4.79.

SEE's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
71.56% of 327 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 2.55 vs SEE: 5.07

Sealed Air Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sealed Air's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Sealed Air Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sealed Air Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.54 3.94 3.50 3.46 5.09

Sealed Air Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.40 5.84 4.69 5.97 4.68

Competitive Comparison of Sealed Air's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Sealed Air's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Sealed Air's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sealed Air's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sealed Air's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Sealed Air Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Sealed Air's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(205.6 + 4580.6) / 940.6
=5.09

Sealed Air's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(205.6 + 4580.6) / 1022
=4.68

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Sealed Air  (NYSE:SEE) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Sealed Air Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Sealed Air (Sealed Air) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2415 Cascade Pointe Boulevard, Charlotte, NC, USA, 28208
Sealed Air is organized via two reporting segments. Food care includes food packaging products like Cryovac, Darfresh, and OptiDure aimed primarily at meats. Product care includes Sealed Air's Bubble Wrap, Instapak, Jiffy mailers, and shrink film packaging systems that cater to industrial and e-commerce applications.
Executives
Doheny Edward L Ii director, officer: COO and CEO-Designate 100 E. WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 2780, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Veronika Johnson officer: CAO and Controller 9696 SADDLE AVENUE, MARVIN NC 28173
Clay M Johnson director 2415 CASCADE, C/O SEALED AIR CORPORATION, CHARLOTTE NC 28208
Dustin J. Semach officer: CFO Designate 1 FANATICAL PLACE, CITY OF WINDCREST, SAN ANTONIO TX 78218
Jerry R. Whitaker director TWO NORTHSHORE CENTER, PITTSBURGH PA 15212
Zubaid Ahmad director C/O SEALED AIR CORPORATION, 2415 CASCADE POINTE BLVD, CHARLOTTE NC 28208
Sergio A Pupkin officer: Vice President C/O SEALED AIR CORPORATION, 2415 CASCADE POINTE BOULEVARD, CHARLOTTE NC 28208
Emile Z. Chammas officer: Senior Vice President SEALED AIR CORPORATION, 200 RIVERFRONT BOULEVARD, ELMWOOD PARK NJ 07407
Henry R. Keizer director MONTPELIER HOUSE, 94 PITTS BAY ROAD, PEMBROKE D0 HM 08
Kevin C Berryman director 521 WEST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Shuxian Susan Yang officer: Vice President, Treasurer C/O SEALED AIR CORPORATION, 2415 CASCADE POINTE BOULEVARD, CHARLOTTE NY 28208
Jannick Thomsen officer: VP, Chf PPL & Digital Officer C/O SEALED AIR CORPORATION, 2415 CASCADE POINTE BOULEVARD, CHARLOTTE NC 28208
Gerd Wichmann officer: President, EMEA C/O SEALED AIR CORPORATION, 2415 CASCADE POINTE BOULEVARD, CHARLOTTE NC 28208
Tobias Grasso officer: President, Americas C/O SEALED AIR CORPORATION, 2415 CASCADE POINTE BOULEVARD, CHARLOTTE NC 28208
Alessandra Faccin Assis officer: President, APAC C/O SEALED AIR CORPORATION, 2415, CHARLOTTE NC 28208