profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Smurfit Westrock
$43.18-1.93% today
+22.0% in 1 year
1-year low $32.791-year high $51.84
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $32.40 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Smurfit Westrock sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $13.5 billion in 2022 to $31.2 billion in 2025, with $699 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Smurfit Westrock handed back 75% of the cash it generated last year.
$900M
Free cash flow 2025$1.2B
Bought back its own shares$0
Paid as dividends$900M
Cash vs. debt$892M vs. $13.8B
Smurfit Westrock vs. similar companies
Smurfit Westrock grows the fastest of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smurfit Westrock | 32.4× · Expensive | ||
 Packaging Corporation of America | 28.8× · Fair price | ||
 Amcor | 18.3× · Fair price | ||
 International Paper | No profit yet | ||
 Ball | 18.5× · Fair price |
Compare Smurfit Westrock with Packaging Corporation of America · Sonoco Products
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Smurfit Westrock's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13,509 | 12,093 | 21,109 | 31,179 | |
| 3,272 | 3,054 | 4,195 | 6,043 | |
| 1,729 | 1,482 | 1,458 | 2,224 | |
| 2,138 | 1,888 | 2,549 | 4,349 | |
| 1,034 | 825 | 319 | 699 | |
| 3.88 | 3.22 | 0.82 | 1.33 | |
| 24.2% | 25.3% | 19.9% | 19.4% | |
| 12.8% | 12.3% | 6.9% | 7.1% | |
| 7.7% | 6.8% | 1.5% | 2.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 13,386 | 14,051 | 43,759 | 45,157 |
| Cash | 833 | 1,000 | 855 | 892 |
| Total debt | 4,054 | 3,747 | 13,595 | 13,773 |
| Total liabilities | 7,983 | 7,877 | 26,372 | 26,803 |
| 5,389 | 6,158 | 17,360 | 18,327 | |
| 261 | 260 | 389 | 526 | |
| 13.2% | 10.4% | 2.8% | 4.4% | |
| 19.2% | 13.4% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,433 | 1,559 | 1,483 | 3,392 | |
| 930 | 929 | 1,466 | 2,192 | |
| 503 | 630 | 17 | 1,200 | |
| Dividends paid | 349 | 391 | 650 | 900 |
| 74 | 30 | 27 | 0 | |
| 68 | 66 | 206 | 139 |
Valuation
- 32.4×
- 18.0×
- –
- 1.1×
- 0.7×
- 18.9×
- 8.2×
- 5.3%
- 3.1%
- 4.6%
Profitability
- 19.4%
- 7.1%
- 2.2%
- 13.4%
- 2.2%
- 6.0%
- 2.1%
- 0.8%
- 4.0%
- –
Growth
- +32.2%
- −30.0%
- +6,956.7%
- −4.5%
- +19.4%
Financial health
- 3.2×
- 0.79
- 31.6%
- 2.0×
- 1.44
- 0.95
- 0.69
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 14%of 977
Bottom 42%of 992
Bottom 28%of 856
Top 8%of 993
Top 48%of 980
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $54.14
- Range
- $45.00 – $61.00
- 8 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 0.33 | 0.36 | −8.3% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | 0.34 | 0.48 | −28.7% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 0.58 | 0.68 | −14.7% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 0.45 | 0.59 | −24.2% |
| May 1, 2025 | 0.73 | 0.67 | +9.4% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | 0.34 | 0.65 | −47.5% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | 0.48 | 0.73 | −34.4% |
| Jul 30, 2024 | 0.51 | 0.76 | −32.9% |
4.6%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$46a year at today's yield, before tax
−4.5%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.66 in 2015 → $1.72 in 2025
How safe it looks
128.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 75.0%
News
What Just Happened To Smurfit WestRock Stock?Yahoo Finance · Oct 31, 2026Key deals this week: Qualcomm, Smurfit Westrock, Capri Holdings, and moreSeeking Alpha · Sep 27, 2026Smurfit Westrock to buy Empresas' Chile containerboard business in $420M dealSeeking Alpha · Sep 23, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
36No pass
Benjamin Graham
57No pass
Philip Fisher
28No pass
Peter Lynch
39No pass
Joel Greenblatt
21No pass
Charlie Munger
17No pass
Terry Smith
28No pass
Questions about Smurfit Westrock
Is Smurfit Westrock a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Smurfit Westrock AI analysis
What does Smurfit Westrock do?
Smurfit Westrock Plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells containerboard, corrugated containers, and other paper-based packaging products in Ireland and internationally. It is in Packaging & Containers, based in Dublin, Ireland, with 97,000 employees.
Does Smurfit Westrock pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 4.6% a year, about 129% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $900 million in dividends.
Is Smurfit Westrock stock halal?
No. Smurfit Westrock does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 61% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Smurfit Westrock stock done over the past year?
Up 22.0% over the past twelve months, to $43.18. It traded between $32.79 and $51.84 and is 16.7% below its high.
Who are Smurfit Westrock's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Packaging Corporation of America, Amcor, International Paper and Ball. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Smurfit Westrock's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.