Equities Analysts Set Expectations for SW Q2 Earnings

Smurfit Westrock PLC (NYSE:SW - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn issued their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Smurfit Westrock in a research note issued on Monday, July 7th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Weintraub expects that the company will earn $0.55 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Smurfit Westrock's current full-year earnings is $3.25 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Smurfit Westrock's Q3 2025 earnings at $0.78 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.72 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.78 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.59 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Smurfit Westrock from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and raised their target price for the company from $44.00 to $55.00 in a research note on Monday, June 16th. Barclays reduced their target price on shares of Smurfit Westrock from $64.00 to $63.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, June 30th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on shares of Smurfit Westrock from $43.00 to $45.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Thursday. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on shares of Smurfit Westrock from $51.00 to $53.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Truist Financial raised their target price on shares of Smurfit Westrock from $50.00 to $54.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Smurfit Westrock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $57.90.

Smurfit Westrock Price Performance

NYSE:SW traded down $0.83 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $47.19. 1,852,615 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,013,039. Smurfit Westrock has a 12 month low of $37.01 and a 12 month high of $56.99. The company has a fifty day moving average of $44.10 and a 200 day moving average of $46.93. The company has a quick ratio of 0.93, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72. The stock has a market cap of $24.63 billion, a PE ratio of 38.68 and a beta of 1.02.

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 1st. The company reported $0.73 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.65 by $0.08. Smurfit Westrock had a net margin of 1.98% and a return on equity of 7.38%. The firm had revenue of $7.66 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.41 billion. The business's quarterly revenue was up 161.3% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Trading of Smurfit Westrock

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of SW. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Smurfit Westrock in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $1,300,041,000. Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Smurfit Westrock in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $1,051,299,000. Nuveen Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of Smurfit Westrock by 51.6% in the 4th quarter. Nuveen Asset Management LLC now owns 20,720,312 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,115,996,000 after acquiring an additional 7,050,781 shares during the period. Boston Partners acquired a new stake in shares of Smurfit Westrock in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $304,377,000. Finally, FIL Ltd raised its holdings in Smurfit Westrock by 68.2% during the 4th quarter. FIL Ltd now owns 10,962,433 shares of the company's stock worth $590,853,000 after buying an additional 4,444,704 shares during the period. 83.38% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Smurfit Westrock

In other news, Director Irial Finan purchased 15,180 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 6th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $39.21 per share, for a total transaction of $595,207.80. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 54,893 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,152,354.53. The trade was a 38.22% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.49% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Smurfit Westrock Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 18th. Investors of record on Monday, May 19th were given a $0.4308 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 16th. This represents a dividend yield of 3.7%. Smurfit Westrock's dividend payout ratio is 140.98%.

Smurfit Westrock Company Profile

Smurfit Westrock Plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells containerboard, corrugated containers, and other paper-based packaging products in Ireland and internationally. The company produces containerboard that it converts into corrugated containers or sells to third parties, as well as produces other types of paper, such as consumer packaging board, sack paper, graphic paper, solid board and graphic board, and other paper-based packaging products, such as consumer packaging, solid board packaging, paper sacks, and other packaging products, including bag-in-box.