Smurfit Westrock (SW) Expected to Announce Earnings on Wednesday

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is expected to announce its Q2 2026 results before the market opens on Wednesday, July 29th. Analysts expect the company to post earnings of $0.42 per share and revenue of $7.9125 billion for the quarter. Parties may review the information on the company’s upcoming Q2 2026 earning report for the latest details on the call scheduled for Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at 7:30 AM ET.

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.36 by ($0.03). Smurfit Westrock had a net margin of 1.22% and a return on equity of 4.96%. The company had revenue of $7.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $7.57 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.74 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up .7% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts expect Smurfit Westrock to post $2 EPS for the current fiscal year and $3 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Smurfit Westrock Price Performance

SW opened at $48.67 on Monday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $42.89 and its 200 day simple moving average is $42.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 1.44 and a quick ratio of 0.95. Smurfit Westrock has a 1 year low of $32.73 and a 1 year high of $52.65. The firm has a market cap of $25.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 67.59, a PEG ratio of 0.81 and a beta of 0.95.

Smurfit Westrock Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 15th were given a $0.4523 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 15th. This represents a $1.81 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.7%. Smurfit Westrock’s payout ratio is presently 251.39%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. State Street Corp lifted its position in shares of Smurfit Westrock by 3.6% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 24,652,132 shares of the company’s stock worth $953,311,000 after purchasing an additional 845,218 shares during the period. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd increased its position in shares of Smurfit Westrock by 81.9% during the second quarter. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd now owns 18,400,418 shares of the company’s stock valued at $793,978,000 after buying an additional 8,286,205 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in shares of Smurfit Westrock by 2.5% during the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 10,083,045 shares of the company’s stock valued at $429,235,000 after buying an additional 246,041 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in Smurfit Westrock by 15.4% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 6,077,875 shares of the company’s stock worth $258,735,000 after buying an additional 812,868 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Smurfit Westrock by 8,132.7% in the fourth quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 5,724,100 shares of the company’s stock worth $221,351,000 after buying an additional 5,654,571 shares in the last quarter. 83.38% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Smurfit Westrock from $62.00 to $65.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 9th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Smurfit Westrock from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Thursday, July 16th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price target on shares of Smurfit Westrock from $53.00 to $56.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, July 17th. UBS Group cut their price target on shares of Smurfit Westrock from $60.00 to $56.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, April 13th. Finally, Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $57.00 price objective on shares of Smurfit Westrock in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $54.83.

About Smurfit Westrock

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.