Smurfit Westrock PLC SW

46.41 0.41 0.89% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$24.1B
P/E
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Smurfit Westrock PLC (SW) Gross margin

Smurfit Westrock PLC's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 17.9%, down 1.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (19.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 17.7% (fiscal 2023) to 25.3% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 54% of that period. That is below the Packaging & Containers industry median of 20.0% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 35.0%.

Gross margin, annual

Annual

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 19.4% (0.49)
FY2024 19.9% (5.38)
FY2023 25.3% 7.60
FY2023 17.7% (6.57)
FY2022 24.2% 5.31
FY2022 18.9% 0.64
FY2021 18.3% 0.08
FY2020 18.2% (2.31)
FY2019 20.5% (0.14)
FY2018 20.6% 2.35

Quarterly

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 17.4% 0.98
Mar 2026 16.4% (1.79)
Dec 2025 18.2% (1.38)
Sep 2025 19.6% 0.53
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 17.7% High 25.3%
Ten-year median 19.4%
Current reading's percentile 54

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
IP International Paper Company compare 29.8%
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 29.0%
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 25.1%
SON Sonoco Products Company compare 20.8%
PKG Packaging Corporation of America compare 20.1%
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 20.0%
BALL Ball Corporation compare 18.6%
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC 17.9%
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 17.4%
Packaging & Containers industry median 20.0%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 35.0%
Market median 46.3%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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