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) Operating margin

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Smurfit Westrock PLC's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 4.57%, down 0.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (5.51%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.44% (fiscal 2023) to 11.5% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 46% of that period. That is below the Packaging & Containers industry median of 6.42% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 5.51% 0.74
FY2024 4.77% (6.58)
FY2023 11.4% 18.79
FY2023 −7.44% (18.97)
FY2022 11.5% 5.29
FY2022 6.24% (0.59)
FY2021 6.83% 8.29
FY2020 −1.46% (9.63)
FY2019 8.17% 0.88
FY2018 7.29% 2.02

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 5.97% 2.12
Jun 2026 3.85% 0.57
Mar 2026 3.28% (1.85)
Dec 2025 5.13% (1.44)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −7.44% High 11.5%
Ten-year median 6.24%
Current reading's percentile 37

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 13.4%
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 12.0%
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 11.7%
PKG Packaging Corporation of America compare 11.2%
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 8.08%
BALL Ball Corporation compare 6.10%
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC 4.57%
IP International Paper Company compare 2.85%
SON Sonoco Products Company compare 2.74%
Packaging & Containers industry median 6.42%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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