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$46.94 -0.17 (-0.36%)
Closing price 09/3/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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SW vs. BALL, GEF.B, AMBP, JBDI, IP, SUZ, SLVM, RYAM, CLW, and MERC

Should you be buying Smurfit Westrock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smurfit Westrock include Ball (BALL), Greif Bros. (GEF.B), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), JBDI (JBDI), International Paper (IP), Suzano (SUZ), Sylvamo (SLVM), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Clearwater Paper (CLW), and Mercer International (MERC).

Smurfit Westrock vs. Its Competitors

Ball (NYSE:BALL) and Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) are both large-cap shipping containers companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

86.5% of Ball shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Smurfit Westrock shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ball shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Smurfit Westrock shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Ball pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Smurfit Westrock pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Ball pays out 41.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Smurfit Westrock pays out 260.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

In the previous week, Ball had 23 more articles in the media than Smurfit Westrock. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Ball and 18 mentions for Smurfit Westrock. Smurfit Westrock's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Ball's score of 0.66 indicating that Smurfit Westrock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ball
19 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Smurfit Westrock
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Ball presently has a consensus price target of $65.27, suggesting a potential upside of 30.29%. Smurfit Westrock has a consensus price target of $57.78, suggesting a potential upside of 23.08%. Given Ball's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ball is more favorable than Smurfit Westrock.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ball
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45
Smurfit Westrock
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

Ball has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Smurfit Westrock. Ball is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smurfit Westrock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ball$11.80B1.16$4.01B$1.9325.96
Smurfit Westrock$21.11B1.16$319M$0.6671.12

Ball has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smurfit Westrock has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ball has a net margin of 4.49% compared to Smurfit Westrock's net margin of 1.14%. Ball's return on equity of 16.81% beat Smurfit Westrock's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ball4.49% 16.81% 5.41%
Smurfit Westrock 1.14%5.90%2.36%

Summary

Ball beats Smurfit Westrock on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SW vs. The Competition

MetricSmurfit WestrockPAPER &REL PRDS IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$24.73B$8.43B$3.54B$21.33B
Dividend Yield3.64%4.39%5.07%3.49%
P/E Ratio71.1211.57150.5829.16
Price / Sales1.161.0314,338.7647.14
Price / Cash10.8410.8624.2218.29
Price / Book1.343.706.285.30
Net Income$319M$58.52M$150.35M$998.51M
7 Day Performance1.22%-0.75%2.60%-0.63%
1 Month Performance6.57%7.56%11.21%4.90%
1 Year Performance3.03%-13.71%45.20%13.95%

Smurfit Westrock Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SW
Smurfit Westrock
4.4329 of 5 stars
$46.94
-0.4%
$57.78
+23.1%
+2.7%$24.73B$21.11B71.12100,000Positive News
BALL
Ball
4.5136 of 5 stars
$53.07
-1.2%
$65.27
+23.0%
-21.6%$14.62B$11.80B27.4916,000Trending News
GEF.B
Greif Bros.
N/A$69.34
-2.7%
N/A-3.6%$3.38B$5.45B19.1612,000Gap Down
AMBP
Ardagh Metal Packaging
2.7019 of 5 stars
$3.68
-2.5%
$4.32
+17.6%
-0.4%$2.25B$4.91B-122.506,300News Coverage
Positive News
JBDI
JBDI
N/A$1.07
+1.4%
N/A-92.0%$20.78M$9.39M0.00121
IP
International Paper
3.8947 of 5 stars
$49.46
+1.2%
$55.46
+12.1%
+0.6%$25.81B$21.93B-494.6037,000Positive News
SUZ
Suzano
3.2681 of 5 stars
$9.89
-0.3%
N/A-1.4%$13.14B$51.30B8.7523,980Positive News
Short Interest ↓
SLVM
Sylvamo
3.7136 of 5 stars
$44.73
+0.3%
$71.00
+58.7%
-41.9%$1.80B$3.77B8.556,500Positive News
RYAM
Rayonier Advanced Materials
2.6306 of 5 stars
$5.38
-3.4%
$6.00
+11.5%
-25.2%$373.20M$1.63B-0.812,350Short Interest ↑
CLW
Clearwater Paper
4.5208 of 5 stars
$21.65
-2.6%
$36.00
+66.3%
-34.5%$357.83M$1.38B1.802,200News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
MERC
Mercer International
2.8406 of 5 stars
$3.28
+0.9%
$4.25
+29.6%
-46.1%$217.69M$2.04B-2.013,320Negative News
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:SW) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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