---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-019777"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001012100"
company_name: "SEALED AIR CORP/DE"
filed_at: "2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T23:42:16.633361+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SEE Q1 adjusted EPS $0.78 beats; net sales dip 1%; reaffirms FY2024 outlook

## Summary
- Net sales $1.33B (-1% as reported); net earnings $83M (+33%); adjusted EBITDA $278M (+4%).
- Adjusted EPS $0.78 (up 5% YoY); GAAP EPS $0.57 (up 30% YoY).
- Food segment sales $868M (+2%), Protective $461M (-7%); Protective EBITDA +11% to $90M.
- Cash from ops YTD $125M (+141%); free cash flow $78M vs -$13M prior year.
- Reaffirms FY2024: net sales $5.2-5.6B, adj. EBITDA $1.05-1.15B, adj. EPS $2.65-3.05, FCF $325-425M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-019777
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001012100
- company_name: SEALED AIR CORP/DE
- filed_at: 2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012100/000162828024019777/0001628280-24-019777-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012100/000162828024019777/see-20240502.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-019777
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-019777.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-019777.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  SEALED AIR CORP/DE updated its Q1 2024 guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: Q1 2024
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 2, 2024, Sealed Air Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012100/000162828024019777/0001628280-24-019777-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.