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: $43.89 to $44.62
• 50-Day Range: $43.18 to $56.03
• 52-Week Range: $38.55 to $56.99
• Volume: 894,471 shs
• Average Volume: 3.50 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $23.00 billion
• P/E Ratio: 80.34
• Dividend Yield: 3.89%
• Price Target: $60.70
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Smurfit Westrock Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Smurfit Westrock scored higher than 86% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 44th out of 190 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: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Smurfit Westrock has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.80, and is based on 8 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Smurfit Westrock has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 24.92%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Smurfit Westrock are expected to grow by 24.92% in the coming year, from $3.25 to $4.06 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Smurfit Westrock is 80.74, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.42.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Smurfit Westrock is 80.74, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 100.47.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Smurfit Westrock has a P/B Ratio of 1.33. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for SW.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Smurfit Westrock is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.69%, 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 312.73%. 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 42.36% next year. This indicates that Smurfit Westrock will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for SW.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.93

News Sentiment

Smurfit Westrock has a news sentiment score of 0.93. 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 0.46 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 20 news articles for Smurfit Westrock this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

5 people have searched for SW on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 67% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

47 people have added Smurfit Westrock to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 488% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 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 $1,549,428.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.49% 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.

SW Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have SW shares performed this year?

Smurfit Westrock's stock was trading at $53.86 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, SW stock has decreased by 17.7% and is now trading at $44.3170.
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How were Smurfit Westrock's earnings last quarter?

Smurfit Westrock Ltd (NYSE:SW) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.67 by $0.33. Smurfit Westrock had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.16% and a net margin of 0.63%.

Who are Smurfit Westrock's major shareholders?

Smurfit Westrock's top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (15.15%), Norges Bank (4.63%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (3.98%) and Capital Research Global Investors (3.54%). Insiders that own company stock include Saverio Mayer, Ken Bowles, Alvaro Henao and Jairo Lorenzatto.
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How do I buy shares of Smurfit Westrock?

Shares of SW stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Smurfit Westrock own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Smurfit Westrock investors own include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Tesla (TSLA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Meta Platforms (META), Netflix (NFLX) and Visa (V).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 12/18 Dividend: 11/15/2024
• Dividend Payable: 12/18/2024
• Last Earnings: 2/12/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 3/18 Dividend: 2/14/2025
• Today: 3/14/2025
• Dividend Payable: 3/18/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/01/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Paperboard containers & boxes
• 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: 56,100
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $60.70
• High Stock Price Target: $69.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $50.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +39.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.80
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $0.55
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 78.94
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.36
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $319 million
• Net Margins: 0.63%
• Pretax Margin: 2.65%
• Return on Equity: 6.16%
• Return on Assets: 2.42%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.72
• Current Ratio: 1.37
• Quick Ratio: 0.89

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $21.11 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.07
• Cash Flow: $3.50 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.39
• Book Value: $33.40 per share
• Price / Book: 1.30

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 520,485,000
• Free Float: 517,935,000
• Market Cap: $22.60 billion
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 0.99