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

44.40 0.79 −1.75%
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) Net margin

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Smurfit Westrock PLC's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 1.50%, down 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (2.24%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.12% (fiscal 2023) to 11.7% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 38% of that period. That is below the Packaging & Containers industry median of 3.43% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 2.12%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 2.24% 0.73
FY2024 1.51% (5.31)
FY2023 6.82% 14.94
FY2023 −8.12% (15.77)
FY2022 7.65% 3.21
FY2022 4.44% (0.03)
FY2021 4.47% 8.40
FY2020 −3.93% (8.65)
FY2019 4.72% (6.98)
FY2018 11.7% 6.93

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 2.72% 1.61
Jun 2026 1.11% 0.27
Mar 2026 0.84% (0.44)
Dec 2025 1.28% (1.79)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −8.12% High 11.7%
Ten-year median 4.47%
Current reading's percentile 40

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 8.53%
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 7.56%
PKG Packaging Corporation of America compare 7.37%
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 5.78%
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 4.71%
BALL Ball Corporation compare 3.52%
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC 1.50%
SON Sonoco Products Company compare −3.08%
IP International Paper Company compare −14.3%
Packaging & Containers industry median 3.43%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 2.12%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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