Sealed Air Corporation (SEE): Today's Featured Consumer Goods Winner

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Sealed Air Corporation (SEE) pushed the Consumer Goods sector higher today making it today's featured consumer goods winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.2%. By the end of trading, Sealed Air Corporation rose 26 cents (1.6%) to $16.70 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1.8 million shares of Sealed Air Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.8 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $16.49-$16.76 after having opened the day at $16.58 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $16.44. Other companies within the Consumer Goods sector that increased today were: Castle Brands Incorporated (ROX), up 11.1%, Ocean Bio-Chem (OBCI), up 10.1%, Industrie Natuzzi (NTZ), up 9.9%, and Movado Group (MOV), up 8.7%.

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Sealed Air Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides food safety and security, facility hygiene, and product protection solutions worldwide. Sealed Air Corporation has a market cap of $3.2 billion and is part of the consumer non-durables industry. Shares are down 4.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are five analysts that rate Sealed Air Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Sealed Air Corporation as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, expanding profit margins and increase in stock price during the past year. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, generally higher debt management risk and disappointing return on equity.

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On the negative front, Vera Bradley (VRA), down 11.7%, Virco Manufacturing Corporation (VIRC), down 8.7%, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR), down 8.2%, and Deswell Industries (DSWL), down 8%, were all laggards within the consumer goods sector with Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (MJN) being today's consumer goods sector laggard.

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