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Smurfit WestRock

NYQ:SW · IE00028FXN24
Containers & PackagingX-Large

360

53
EV / EBIT38
Price / Owner Earnings11
Owner Earnings Yield23
Dividend Yield91
Price/Sales83
EV / Gross Profit30
Price/Book71
Return on Capital36
Cash Return on Capital27
Return on Equity22
EBIT Margin33
Gross Profitability37
Cash Conversion91
Accruals51
Owner Earnings Margin29
Sales growth17
Profit Growth100
Long-Term EPS Growth96
Owner Earnings Growth50
Reinvestment45
Price momentum45
Debt load38
Refinancing75
Debt Payback10
Liquidity58
Analyst ratings51
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside52
Market mood57
Value Creation8/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Smurfit WestRock clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryIreland
IndustryContainers & Packaging
SizeX-Large
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNYSE
Founded2017
Employees11,567
ISINIE00028FXN24
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
Green Consumer GoodsDisposal and RecyclingPackaging ServicesForestryRecyclingSustainability

Description

Smurfit Westrock Plc (Smurfit Westrock) operates as a global leader in sustainable, paper-based packaging with extensive scale, quality products and geographic reach and diversity. Products The company's primary products fall into several categorie…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Smurfit Westrock Plc sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is expensive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 34.5×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 14% a year, against analyst forecasts of 33%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

Growth is solid; the safety picture is adequate. The company scores 8/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
88
2026

All-time high

94

Mar 2026

All-time low

88

Jun 2026

Average rank

91

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
83
Price/Earnings
26
Price/Book
71
Dividend Yield
91
Value (overall)
92

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

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1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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