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Sealed Air (Sealed Air) Interest Coverage

: 2.62 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Sealed Air's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $212 Mil. Sealed Air's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-81 Mil. Sealed Air's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.62. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sealed Air's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

SEE' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.5   Med: 3.28   Max: 5.61
Current: 2.9


SEE's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
75.96% of 312 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 7.215 vs SEE: 2.90

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Sealed Air Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sealed Air's Interest Coverage 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Sealed Air Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.38 4.58 4.98 5.61 2.95

Sealed Air Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 4.67 2.91 3.02 3.08 2.62

Competitive Comparison

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Sealed Air's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage 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 Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sealed Air's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sealed Air's Interest Coverage falls into.



Sealed Air Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Sealed Air's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Sealed Air's Interest Expense was $-278 Mil. Its Operating Income was $820 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,581 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*819.5/-277.5
=2.95

Sealed Air's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Sealed Air's Interest Expense was $-81 Mil. Its Operating Income was $212 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,581 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*211.7/-80.9
=2.62

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Sealed Air  (NYSE:SEE) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


Sealed Air Interest Coverage 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