Smurfit Westrock PLC

SW Consumer Cyclical Packaging & Containers

Smurfit Westrock PLC’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $31.2 billion, up 47.7% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+1.97%
EPS
−11.9%
Free cash flow
−29.4%
Total debt
−0.44%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

44.60 0.09 +0.20%
Market cap
$23.3B
P/E
49.6×
Fwd P/E
29.4×
Dividend yield
4.03%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.44
Beneish M
−2.63
Dividend safety
28/100

Smurfit Westrock PLC (SW) Gross margin

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Smurfit Westrock PLC's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 17.4%, down 2.0 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 20.1% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 34.3%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

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 newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 17.6% 0.22
Jun 2026 17.4% 0.98
Mar 2026 16.4% (1.79)
Dec 2025 18.2% (1.38)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 17.7% High 25.3%
Ten-year median 19.4%
Current reading's percentile 2

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
IP International Paper Company compare 29.8%
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 28.8%
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 25.1%
PKG Packaging Corporation of America compare 20.5%
SON Sonoco Products Company compare 20.2%
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 20.0%
BALL Ball Corporation compare 17.8%
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC 17.4%
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 16.8%
Packaging & Containers industry median 20.1%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 34.3%
Market median 45.1%

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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