Is Smurfit Westrock (SW) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Smurfit Westrock's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 58.2, a forward P/E of about 11.7, a price-to-book of about 1.2 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Smurfit Westrock's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (3.49×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Smurfit Westrock's revenue?

Smurfit Westrock reported revenue of $31.2B for FY2025, with net profit of $699.0M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Smurfit Westrock (SW)?

Smurfit Westrock last traded at $41.35 (+1.2% on the day), as of 10/20/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Smurfit Westrock

SW · NYSE · Materials · United States

Snapshot

TickerSW

ExchangeNYSE

SectorMaterials

IndustryPackaging & Containers

CountryUnited States

CEOMr. Laurent Sellier

Employees96,000

HeadquartersDublin, Ireland

Websitewww.smurfitwestrock.com

Filings tracked13

About Smurfit Westrock

Smurfit Westrock Plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells containerboard, corrugated containers, and other paper-based packaging products in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and internationally. The company produces containerboard and paperboard; packaging of corrugated containers; consumer packaging; and offers solid board, kraft paper, and graphic board, as well as other packaging products, such as solidboard packaging, paper sacks and bag-in-box. It produces linerboard and corrugated medium and paperboard; and other paper-based packaging, such as folding cartons, inserts, labels and displays. The company primarily serves food and beverage, healthcare, beauty and personal care, garden, consumer goods, industrial, and foodservice markets. It markets its products through its own sales force, independent sales representatives, and independent distributors. Smurfit Westrock Plc was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Who owns it

Insiders0.5%
Institutions99.5%
Public & other0.0%

1,060 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.8.67%
Capital Research Global Investors8.13%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC6.53%
State Street Corporation5.35%
Nuveen, LLC4.73%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC4.64%
Capital World Investors2.95%
Causeway Capital Management LLC2.87%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

Margin has compressed by about 4.6 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Cash conversion3.49×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend6.8% → 2.2%

Margin has compressed by about 4.6 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Return on equity3.8%

Latest ROE of 3.8% is on the low side — the business earns a modest return on shareholder capital.

Growth qualityrev 61% · PAT -8%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $8.1B · EPS 0.70

Est. earnings growth +149.6%

Next fiscal year

Rev $34.5B · EPS 3.53

Est. earnings growth +72.2%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$31.2B

Net margin

2.2%

ROE

3.8%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+60.6%

Profit CAGR (2y)

-8.0%

EPS (FY2025)

1.33

Net profit (FY2025)

$699.0M

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$31.2B	$699.0M	1.33	2.2%	3.8%
FY2024	$21.1B	$319.0M	0.82	1.5%	1.8%
FY2023	$12.1B	$825.0M	3.17	6.8%	13.4%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$8.0B	$89.0M	0.17	1.1%
2026Q1	$7.7B	$65.0M	0.12	0.8%
2025Q3	$8.0B	$246.0M	0.47	3.1%
2025Q2	$7.9B	$-28.0M	-0.05	-0.4%
2025Q1	$7.7B	$384.0M	0.73	5.0%
2024Q3	$7.7B	$-150.0M	-0.30	-2.0%
2024Q2	$3.0B	$132.0M	0.51	4.4%
2024Q1	$2.9B	$191.0M	0.73	6.5%
2023Q3	$2.9B	$229.0M	0.88	7.9%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

10-Q filing
SEC7/31/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC7/29/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/1/2026
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC5/1/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC4/30/2026material
10-K filing
SEC2/27/2026
8-K — Executive/director change
SEC2/27/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC2/11/2026material

2025

8-K — Material financial obligation, Other events, Exhibits
SEC11/24/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC11/7/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC10/29/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC8/7/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC7/30/2025material

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