Following The Money: Institution’s Growing Stake In Smurfit WestRock plc (NYSE: SW)

Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $41.70, with 4.21 million shares of worth about $175.61 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -19.42% during that period and on May 08, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 4.25%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 521.98M shares, out of which, 510.62M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of 3.04% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 9.19%. Year-to-date (YTD), SW shares are showing a performance of -22.58% which increased to 11.38% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $37.01 but also hit the highest price of $56.99 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Smurfit WestRock plc shares is 4.02 million. The stock is currently trading 1.19% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -4.31% for SMA50 and it goes to -13.41% lower than SMA200.

Smurfit WestRock plc (NYSE: SW) currently have 521.98M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 95.68% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $21.70B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.03. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 34.13, while it has posted earnings per share of $1.22 in the same period. Its PEG reads 0.47 and has Quick Ratio of 0.93 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80. 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 2.82% while standing at 3.96% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 258.01% while it is estimated to increase by 27.16% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 73.22% 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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