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) Return on equity

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Smurfit Westrock PLC's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 2.59%, down 1.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.91%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −15.3% (fiscal 2023) to 17.4% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 46% of that period. That is above the Packaging & Containers industry median of 2.28% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.20%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 3.91% 1.20
FY2024 2.71% (7.43)
FY2023 10.1% 25.47
FY2023 −15.3% (15.33)
FY2022 0.00% (8.17)
FY2022 8.17% 0.66
FY2021 7.51% 13.70
FY2020 −6.19% (13.64)
FY2019 7.45% (9.98)
FY2018 17.4% 10.42

Against its own ten years

Low −15.3% High 17.4%
Ten-year median 6.68%
Current reading's percentile 46

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 30.8%
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 22.8%
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 14.4%
BALL Ball Corporation compare 9.51%
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 9.40%
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC 2.59%
PKG Packaging Corporation of America compare 0.00%
SON Sonoco Products Company compare −7.41%
IP International Paper Company compare −22.7%
Packaging & Containers industry median 2.28%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.20%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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