Smurfit Westrock PLC (NYSE:SW) Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.45

Smurfit Westrock PLC (NYSE:SW) declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 29th. Investors of record on Friday, August 14th will be given a dividend of 0.4523 per share on Thursday, September 10th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 14th.

Smurfit Westrock has increased its dividend by an average of 0.1%per year over the last three years.

Smurfit Westrock Stock Down 5.2%

SW traded down $2.67 on Wednesday, reaching $48.13. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 6,064,230 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,875,739. The stock has a market cap of $25.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 66.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.83 and a beta of 0.95. Smurfit Westrock has a 1 year low of $32.73 and a 1 year high of $52.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 1.44 and a quick ratio of 0.95. The business’s 50 day moving average is $43.45 and its 200 day moving average is $42.76.

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.35 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.42 by ($0.07). Smurfit Westrock had a net margin of 1.22% and a return on equity of 4.96%. The business had revenue of $8.03 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.91 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned ($0.05) EPS. Smurfit Westrock’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts forecast that Smurfit Westrock will post 2.24 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Key Headlines Impacting Smurfit Westrock

Here are the key news stories impacting Smurfit Westrock this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Second-quarter net sales rose 1.1% year over year to $8.03 billion, exceeding analysts’ $7.91 billion estimate. Adjusted EBITDA was $1.14 billion, while operating cash flow reached $765 million. Smurfit Westrock Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results
• Positive Sentiment: Management declared a quarterly dividend of $0.4523 per share, payable September 10 to shareholders of record on August 14. The indicated annualized yield is approximately 3.8%, supporting the stock’s income appeal.
• Positive Sentiment: JPMorgan raised its price target from $65 to $71 and maintained an “overweight” rating, reflecting expectations for longer-term earnings improvement. JPMorgan price-target report
• Neutral Sentiment: Some analysts view the reduced outlook as primarily a near-term cost issue rather than a deterioration in Smurfit Westrock’s longer-term investment case, with potential for stronger earnings in 2027. Smurfit Westrock guidance and 2027 earnings analysis
• Negative Sentiment: Adjusted earnings were $0.35 per share, below the $0.42 consensus estimate and down from $0.45 a year earlier. Higher freight, energy and other input costs weighed on profitability. SW Q2 earnings miss estimates
• Negative Sentiment: Management lowered its full-year adjusted EBITDA forecast to $4.9 billion–$5.1 billion, reinforcing investor concerns about persistent cost inflation and margin compression. Smurfit Westrock Q2 adjusted earnings

Smurfit Westrock Company Profile

Smurfit Westrock Plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells containerboard, corrugated containers, and other paper-based packaging products in Ireland and internationally. The company produces containerboard that it converts into corrugated containers or sells to third parties, as well as produces other types of paper, such as consumer packaging board, sack paper, graphic paper, solid board and graphic board, and other paper-based packaging products, such as consumer packaging, solid board packaging, paper sacks, and other packaging products, including bag-in-box.