Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) Outlook Starting To Look Brighter?

Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $50.93, with 8.12 million shares of worth about $413.46 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 31.09% during that period and on February 12, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -5.05%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 520.44M shares, out of which, 509.12M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of -6.62% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -2.36%. Year-to-date (YTD), SW shares are showing a performance of -5.44% which increased to 33.57% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $38.55 but also hit the highest price of $56.99 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Smurfit WestRock plc shares is 3.36 million. The stock is currently trading -5.49% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -5.16% for SMA50 and it goes to 6.53% higher than SMA200.

Smurfit WestRock plc (NYSE: SW) currently have 520.44M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 93.94% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $26.41B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.00. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 41.69, while it has posted earnings per share of $1.22 in the same period. Its PEG reads 0.52 and has Quick Ratio of 0.89 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for SW, volatility over the week remained 2.60% while standing at 2.58% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 337.37% while it is estimated to increase by 16.30% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 80.06% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -18.33% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Truist on January 21, 2025 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $62 to it. Coverage by Argus stated Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on December 05, 2024, suggesting a price target of $62 for the stock. On October 31, 2024, RBC Capital Mkts Upgrade their recommendations, while on October 23, 2024, Citigroup Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $57. Stock get a Buy rating from Redburn Atlantic on August 23, 2024.

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