Smurfit WestRock plc (NYSE:SW)’s traded shares stood at 0.61 million during the latest session, with the company’s beta value hitting 1.01. At the last check today, the stock’s price was $42.42, to imply a decrease of -1.35% or -$0.58 in intraday trading. The SW share’s 52-week high remains $56.99, putting it -34.35% down since that peak but still an impressive 12.75% since price per share fell to its 52-week low of $37.01. The company has a valuation of $22.07B, with an average of 2.72 million shares in intraday trading volume over the past 10 days and average of 3.66 million shares over the past 3 months.
Analysts have given a consensus recommendation of Buy for Smurfit WestRock plc (SW), translating to a mean rating of 1.68. Of 16 analyst(s) looking at the stock, 1 analyst(s) give SW a Sell rating. 0 of those analysts rate the stock as Overweight while 4 advise Hold as 11 recommend it as a Buy.
Smurfit WestRock plc (NYSE:SW) trade information
After registering a -1.35% downside in the latest session, Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) has traded red over the past five days. The 5-day price performance for the stock is -2.08%, and -8.99% over 30 days. With these gigs, the year-to-date price performance is -21.24%. Short interest in Smurfit WestRock plc (NYSE:SW) saw shorts transact 18.39 million shares and set a 5.43 days time to cover.
The extremes give us $57 and $57 for target low and target high price respectively. As such, SW has been trading -34.37% off suggested target high and -34.37% from its likely low.
An assessment of the company’s 5-year growth patterns shows that annual earnings shrunk an estimated -18.33% for the past 5-year period. While 2025 is set for a 258.35% return in earnings, projections for the next 5 years are at 73.53% annually.
SW Dividends
Smurfit WestRock plc has its next earnings report out on 2025-Apr-30. However, it is important to take into account that this dividend yield ratio is just an indicator to only serve the purpose of guidance. Investors interested to invest in the stock should ponder company’s other fundamental and operations related aspects too. Smurfit WestRock plc has a forward dividend ratio of 1.47, with the share yield ticking at 3.46% to continue the rising pattern observed over the past year. The company’s average dividend yield trailing the past 5-year period is 3.36%.
Smurfit WestRock plc (NYSE:SW)’s Major holders
Smurfit WestRock plc insiders hold 0.48% of total outstanding shares, with institutional holders owning 91.62% of the shares at 92.06% float percentage. In total, 91.62% institutions holds shares in the company.
We also have VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund as the top two Mutual Funds with the largest holdings of the Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) shares. Going by data provided on Mar 31, 2025 , VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund holds roughly 16.44 shares. This is just over 3.15% of the total shares, with a market valuation of $699.15 million. Data from the same date shows that the other fund manager holds a little less at 13.74, or 2.63% of the shares, all valued at about 584.3 million.
