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
Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) and Ball (NYSE:BALL) 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, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.
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.
Ball has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
83.4% of Smurfit Westrock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Ball shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Smurfit Westrock shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ball shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Ball had 23 more articles in the media than Smurfit Westrock. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Ball and 7 mentions for Smurfit Westrock. Smurfit Westrock's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Ball's score of 0.34 indicating that Smurfit Westrock is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Smurfit Westrock pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Ball pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. 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. Ball pays out 41.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Smurfit Westrock presently has a consensus target price of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.28%. Ball has a consensus target price of $65.27, indicating a potential upside of 34.04%. Given Smurfit Westrock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Smurfit Westrock is more favorable than Ball.
Smurfit Westrock has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ball has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:SW) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
