Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) Upgraded at Seaport Res Ptn

Seaport Res Ptn upgraded shares of Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) from a hold rating to a strong-buy rating in a report released on Monday morning,Zacks.com reports. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Smurfit Westrock’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.65 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.61 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also recently issued reports on SW. UBS Group assumed coverage on shares of Smurfit Westrock in a report on Monday, September 15th. They set a “buy” rating and a $60.00 target price on the stock. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on shares of Smurfit Westrock from $51.00 to $53.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. Wells Fargo & Company set a $52.00 price target on shares of Smurfit Westrock and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Smurfit Westrock in a research report on Saturday, September 27th. Finally, Barclays decreased their price objective on shares of Smurfit Westrock from $64.00 to $63.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, June 30th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $57.80.

Smurfit Westrock Trading Down 3.9%

SW stock opened at $40.33 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.95, a current ratio of 1.45 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73. Smurfit Westrock has a twelve month low of $37.01 and a twelve month high of $56.99. The stock has a market capitalization of $21.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 61.11 and a beta of 1.09. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $44.41 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $44.00.

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.57 by ($0.12). The firm had revenue of $7.94 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.88 billion. Smurfit Westrock had a net margin of 1.14% and a return on equity of 5.90%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 167.4% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts anticipate that Smurfit Westrock will post 3.25 earnings per share for the current year.

Smurfit Westrock Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 15th were issued a $0.4308 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 15th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.3%. Smurfit Westrock’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 260.61%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. NBC Securities Inc. raised its holdings in Smurfit Westrock by 127,600.0% in the 1st quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 1,277 shares of the company’s stock valued at $57,000 after buying an additional 1,276 shares during the period. Merit Financial Group LLC increased its stake in Smurfit Westrock by 14.5% during the first quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC now owns 10,912 shares of the company’s stock worth $492,000 after purchasing an additional 1,385 shares during the period. Farther Finance Advisors LLC increased its stake in Smurfit Westrock by 36.5% during the first quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 5,038 shares of the company’s stock worth $230,000 after purchasing an additional 1,346 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC increased its stake in Smurfit Westrock by 29.7% during the first quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 147,280 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,636,000 after purchasing an additional 33,765 shares during the period. Finally, Handelsbanken Fonder AB boosted its holdings in Smurfit Westrock by 9.5% in the first quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 144,600 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,516,000 after purchasing an additional 12,600 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 83.38% of the company’s stock.

Smurfit Westrock Company Profile

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.