Smurfit Westrock (SW) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. It also produces linerboard and corrugated medium, paperboard, and non-packaging grades of paper, as well as converted products, such as folding cartons and corrugated boxes, and other products; recycled paper-based packaging products; and packaging machinery. The company primarily serves food and beverage, e-commerce, retail, consumer goods, industrial, and foodservice markets. Smurfit Westrock Plc was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $40.38 to $41.19
• 50-Day Range: $36.20 to $45.25
• 52-Week Range: $32.73 to $52.65
• Volume: 3.12 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.63 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $21.20 billion
• P/E Ratio: 56.17
• Dividend Yield: 4.48%
• Price Target: $53.18
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Smurfit Westrock Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Smurfit Westrock scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 12th out of 179 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Smurfit Westrock has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.85, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 11 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Smurfit Westrock has a consensus price target of $53.18, representing about 31.5% upside from its current price of $40.45.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Smurfit Westrock has been the subject of 10 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 42.67%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Smurfit Westrock are expected to grow by 42.67% in the coming year, from $2.32 to $3.31 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Smurfit Westrock is 56.17, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.36.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Smurfit Westrock is 56.17, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 23.65.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Smurfit Westrock has a P/B Ratio of 1.17. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.56% of the float of Smurfit Westrock has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Smurfit Westrock has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.89.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Smurfit Westrock has recently decreased by 5.41%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Smurfit Westrock is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.46%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Smurfit Westrock does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Smurfit Westrock is 251.39%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Smurfit Westrock will have a dividend payout ratio of 54.68% next year. This indicates that Smurfit Westrock will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.06

News Sentiment

Smurfit Westrock has a news sentiment score of 1.06. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.48 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for Smurfit Westrock this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

9 people have searched for SW on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 125% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Smurfit Westrock to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Smurfit Westrock insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,574,200.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.46% of the stock of Smurfit Westrock is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

83.38% of the stock of Smurfit Westrock is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 3/18 Dividend: 2/17/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 3/18 Dividend: 2/17/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/18/2026
• Last Earnings: 4/30/2026
• Today: 5/13/2026
• Record date for 6/10 Dividend: 5/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/10 Dividend: 5/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/10/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: PAPER &REL PRDS
• Sub-Industry: Shipping Containers
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SW
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:SW
• CIK: 2005951
• Web: www.westrock.com
• Phone: 353 1 202 7000
• Fax: 804-327-6363
• Employees: 97,000
• Year Founded: 1934

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Smurfit Westrock: $53.18
• High Price Target: $62.00
• Low Price Target: $45.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +31.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.85
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.72
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 56.17
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.43
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $699 million
• Net Margins: 1.22%
• Pretax Margin: 2.09%
• Return on Equity: 4.96%
• Return on Assets: 2.00%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.73
• Current Ratio: 1.44
• Quick Ratio: 0.95

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $31.18 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.68
• Cash Flow: $6.91 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.85
• Book Value: $34.49 per share
• Price / Book: 1.17

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 524,250,000
• Free Float: 521,842,000
• Market Cap: $21.20 billion
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 0.95