Essential Insights on Smurfit Westrock (SW) for Potential Investors

By Harris Dyer • Wednesday, March 05 09:52 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Consumer Discretionary company Smurfit Westrock has moved 5.3% so far today on a volume of 553,634, compared to its average of 3,413,417. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved 0.0%.

Smurfit Westrock trades -18.92% away from its average analyst target price of $60.62 per share. The 15 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $47.0 to $68.0, and on average have given Smurfit Westrock a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying SW should be aware of the facts below:

Smurfit Westrock has moved 1.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 13.2%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 0.82, Smurfit Westrock has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 59.9 while the S&P 500 average is None
SW has a forward P/E ratio of 13.6 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $3.61 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.47 compared to its sector average of None
Smurfit Westrock Plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells containerboard, corrugated containers, and other paper-based packaging products.
Based in Dublin, the company has 100,000 full time employees and a market cap of $25.58 Billion. Smurfit Westrock currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.3%.

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