Seaport Res Ptn Analysts Lower Earnings Estimates for SW

Smurfit Westrock PLC (NYSE:SW) – Equities researchers at Seaport Res Ptn reduced their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Smurfit Westrock in a research note issued on Monday, October 6th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Weintraub now anticipates that the company will earn $0.65 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.78. Seaport Res Ptn currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Smurfit Westrock’s current full-year earnings is $3.25 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Smurfit Westrock’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.61 EPS.

SW has been the subject of several other research reports. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of Smurfit Westrock from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the company from $44.00 to $55.00 in a research report on Monday, June 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of Smurfit Westrock from $60.00 to $61.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday. Barclays reduced their price target on shares of Smurfit Westrock from $64.00 to $63.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, June 30th. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on shares of Smurfit Westrock from $51.00 to $53.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Smurfit Westrock in a research report on Saturday, September 27th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $57.80.

Smurfit Westrock Price Performance

SW opened at $41.20 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $21.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 62.43 and a beta of 1.09. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $44.27 and a 200 day moving average of $43.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73, a quick ratio of 0.95 and a current ratio of 1.45. Smurfit Westrock has a fifty-two week low of $37.01 and a fifty-two week high of $56.99.

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.57 by ($0.12). The company had revenue of $7.94 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.88 billion. Smurfit Westrock had a net margin of 1.14% and a return on equity of 5.90%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 167.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

Smurfit Westrock Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 15th were issued a $0.4308 dividend. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 15th. Smurfit Westrock’s dividend payout ratio is presently 260.61%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Smurfit Westrock

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Ethic Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Smurfit Westrock by 0.6% in the second quarter. Ethic Inc. now owns 41,103 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,770,000 after purchasing an additional 254 shares during the last quarter. Moody National Bank Trust Division boosted its holdings in Smurfit Westrock by 1.7% in the second quarter. Moody National Bank Trust Division now owns 15,001 shares of the company’s stock valued at $647,000 after acquiring an additional 255 shares in the last quarter. Legacy Wealth Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in Smurfit Westrock by 1.9% in the second quarter. Legacy Wealth Asset Management LLC now owns 13,551 shares of the company’s stock valued at $585,000 after acquiring an additional 258 shares in the last quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. boosted its holdings in Smurfit Westrock by 4.1% in the second quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 6,776 shares of the company’s stock valued at $292,000 after acquiring an additional 264 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Smurfit Westrock by 21.8% in the second quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 1,494 shares of the company’s stock valued at $64,000 after acquiring an additional 267 shares in the last quarter. 83.38% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Smurfit Westrock Company Profile

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.