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Smurfit WestrockSW

Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials · Dublin, Ireland · In the S&P 500
$43.09+1.32%After hours: $43.00 (−0.21%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▲ 13.9% over 1 year
Smurfit Westrock over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$40$50Nov2026MarMayJulSep$43.09$40$50NovMarJul$43.09
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$22.60B
Price to earnings48.1x
Forward P/E16.3x
Dividend yield4.20%
Year to date+11.4%
One year+13.9%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorMaterials
52-week range (closes)
$32.79$51.84

Quality and valuation

How Smurfit Westrock compares with other materials stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Smurfit Westrock and 4 paper & plastic packaging products & materials peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: weaker than mostValuation: in line with its sector

A weaker business than most materials companies, priced about in line with them.

Smurfit Westrock trades at 16.3 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 16.1x for the 28 materials stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew slower than the sector median: +1.7% vs +9.1%
  • Keeps less of each sale (gross margin): 17.9% vs 27.9%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 4.7% vs 10.9%
  • Turns less of its sales into cash: 3.2% vs 7.6%
SW trades at 16.3x forward earnings, above the sector medianForward p/e, Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials peers
AMCR11.6xSW16.3xAVY17.6xPKG20.8xIP21.4xSector median 16.1xAMCR11.6xSW16.3xAVY17.6xPKG20.8xIP21.4xSector median 16.1x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets
At 45.8x earnings, SW is cheaper than its average since Nov 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS
P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)
100x150xAverage 59.5x2025202645.8x100xAverage 59.5x2025202645.8x
Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From Smurfit Westrock's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 30 Jun 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 1.1% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q2 ’26
$0bn$2bn$5bn$8bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$8.0bnQ2 ’26$0bn$5bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$8.0bnQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth sped up to +1.1% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%50%100%150%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’251.1%Q2 ’260%100%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’251.1%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 3.8% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%2%4%6%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’253.8%Q2 ’260%2%5%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’253.8%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $1.0 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
$0m$500mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$300mQ2 ’26$0m$500mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$300mQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsSWSector median
Revenue growth+1.7%+9.1%
Gross margin17.9%27.9%
Operating margin4.7%10.9%
Free cash flow margin3.2%7.6%
Price to earnings48.1x19.9x

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Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials, by market value.

CompanyPriceTodayYTDValue
PKGPackaging Corporation of America$256.82+0.90%+24.5%$22.88B
AMCRAmcor$47.39+0.55%+13.6%$21.91B
IPInternational Paper$36.37+0.94%−7.7%$19.26B
AVYAvery Dennison$182.22+0.09%+0.2%$13.81B