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Smurfit Westrock Plc

SW

Consumer Cyclical · 42.23 +0.1% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

Smurfit Westrock Plc's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 9 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 0.7% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin fell 3.9 percentage points.
Company+0.1% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 9 activeEconomic Cyclicals · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 3 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • Company reported a material increase in freight costs contributing to higher cost of goods sold, quantified at $138 million in the period.
  • The filing discloses lower volumes materially affecting results, with a reported lower-volume impact of $258 million in a period.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if SW's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Consumer Cyclical · Packaging & Containers

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 9 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports
  • Revenue increased 0.7% versus the comparable filing period.
Evidence that challenges
  • Operating margin fell 3.9 percentage points.
  • Net income decreased 83.1% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Gross margin fell 4.2 percentage points.
What would clarify the read
  • Company reported a material increase in freight costs contributing to higher cost of goods sold, quantified at $138 million in the period.
  • The filing discloses lower volumes materially affecting results, with a reported lower-volume impact of $258 million in a period.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 11, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods4
Price observations602
Usable filing statements154
Verified relationships5
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +47.7% year over year.
  • Operating cash flow covered net income at 4.85x in the latest annual period.
  • Credit and interest rates has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Diluted shares increased 35.2% in the latest annual period.
  • Demand and volume has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
Questions before a position
  • P/E is 165% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 10, 2026

42.23
6m+0.1%12m-6.7%24m-5.6%
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2022-12-31$13.5B$3.96
2023-12-31$12.1B-10.5%$3.17-0.4%
2024-12-31$21.1B+74.6%$0.82+49.6%
2025-12-31$31.2B+47.7%$1.33+35.2%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Restructuring and cost reductionsmixed · 5 filings
Net cash provided by operating activities decreased by $95 million , to $969 million in the six months ended June 30, 2026 , from $1,064 million in the six months ended June 30, 2025 , primarily due to a $106 million decrease in net income adjusted for non-ca…
10-Q · Jul 31, 2026
Demand and volumenegative · 4 filings
This increase was primarily due to a net positive foreign currency impact of $315 million primarily due to the strengthening of the euro against the U.S.
10-Q · Jul 31, 2026
Credit and interest ratesmixed · 3 filings
This increase was primarily due to the increased interest expense as a result of the acquisition of WestRock.
10-K · Feb 27, 2026
Energy and commodity pricesnegative · 3 filings
This decrease was primarily due to higher costs of $17 million primarily due to higher energy costs, partially offset by a net positive foreign currency impact of $9 million.
10-Q · Jul 31, 2026

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 0.7× · EV/sales 1.1×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

42.23+0.1% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for SW. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Latest filing assessment · baseline

The latest filing shows material pressure

10-Q filed 2026-05-01 against the comparable filing from 2025-05-09.

cautious
OperationscautiousEvidence score -1
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationmixed

What improved

  • Revenue increased 0.7% versus the comparable filing period.

What weakened

  • Operating margin fell 3.9 percentage points.
  • Net income decreased 83.1% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Gross margin fell 4.2 percentage points.

Filing receipts

This decrease was primarily due to lower volumes of $259 million that was partially offset by a net positive foreign currency impact of $51 million and a $41 million i mpact from a higher selling price mix.

This decrease was primarily due to higher costs of $176 million and the impact of lower volumes of $48 million that were partially offset by a higher selling price mix of $41 million.

Net cash provided by operating activities decreased by $31 million , to $204 million in the three months ended March 31, 2026 , from $235 million in the three months ended March 31, 2025 , primarily due to a $188 million decrease in net income adjusted for non-cash items, primarily including depreciation, depletion and amortization , impairment of assets , cash surrender value increase in excess of premiums paid , share-based compensation expense , deferred income tax benefit , and pension and other postretirement funding more than cost .

Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind SW

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

PKGPackaging Corporation of AmericasupplierFeb 27, 2026

Corrugated Packaging We operate 152 corrugated packaging plants in North America.

Depended on by

GPKGraphic Packaging Holding CompanycompetitorMar 2, 2026

Smurfit WestRock plc is the Company's largest competitor within paperboard packaging.

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

SW is currently a Participant in the organic co-movement group Economic Cyclicals. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 2 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

This group is retained as the last observed read for SW; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.