Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Nov 4, 2026: fair value (intrinsic value) of Smurfit WestRock plc stock $44.16, price $45.19, that is 2.3% below the price, quality 39 out of 100. Rating: fairly valued. Calculated from audited financials with 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year. As of Nov 5, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range $22.45 – $52.88 · fair‑value band $25.09 – $63.22 · the $45.19 price screens above the $44.16 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). As of Nov 5, 2026.
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Smurfit Westrock Plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells containerboard, corrugated containers, and other paper-based packaging products in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and internationally.
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The company produces containerboard and paperboard; packaging of corrugated containers; consumer packaging; and offers solid board, kraft paper, and graphic board, as well as other packaging products, such as solidboard packaging, paper sacks and bag-in-box.
It produces linerboard and corrugated medium and paperboard; and other paper-based packaging, such as folding cartons, inserts, labels and displays. The company primarily serves food and beverage, healthcare, beauty and personal care, garden, consumer goods, industrial, and foodservice markets.
It markets its products through its own sales force, independent sales representatives, and independent distributors. Smurfit Westrock Plc was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
Stock analysis
Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) currently trades at $45.19, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is $44.16, so the stock looks roughly fairly valued today (gap 2.3%).
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Valuation
Bull case: the DCF Models group reads highest at a median of $43.28 per share, and 7 of the 26 models we run sit above the $45.19 price.
Bear case: the Earnings-Based group reads lowest at $12.79, and 19 of the 26 models stay below the price. Data coverage for this calculation is medium.
Scenario range: $25.09 (bear) to $63.22 (bull), the price of $45.19 sits inside it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 39/100 (below-average quality), in the Consumer Cyclical sector.
Mixed Growth: Revenue is growing, but margins or cash flow do not fully confirm the trend.
Smurfit WestRock plc reported revenue of $31.2B in FY2025 versus $10.5B in FY2021, a compound +31.3%/yr. Reported net income was $699M in FY2025, compounding −0.2%/yr from FY2021.
Key figures
Market cap $23.7B Large · P/E ratio 49.7 · P/S ratio 0.75 · EPS (TTM) $0.9100 · Dividend yield 1.0% · Net margin 1.5% · Return on equity 2.6% · Return on assets (EBIT) 7.3%.
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 32 out of 100 (low confidence).
What moves the price
The last reported earnings sit well below what analysts expect (earnings in transition, for example after write-downs or an earnings dip); whether the stock is cheap or expensive hinges on the expected recovery actually arriving. Read the fair value with that caveat.
The share trades about 11% below its 52-week high and 42% above its 52-week low, currently above its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Consumer Cyclical peers we cover trades at −22% fair-value upside, at −2%, SW screens cheaper than that median.
Fair Value models
Bear$25.09Fair Value $44.16Bull$63.22
Price $45.19 · Downside -2.3%
Model ⓘEach model values the company its own way (discounted cash flow, earnings, assets, dividends). The fair value above starts from their evidence-weighted blend, not from a single model. In cyclical trough or peak years, after dilution or a stock split it is adjusted afterwards, so it can sit above or below the models. Based on fiscal year 2025 figures (about 10 months old). Earnings retained since then ($0.4060 per share) are deliberately not added.Bear ⓘBear = the cautious scenario: the same model computed with conservative anchors (lower growth, margins and valuation multiples). Together with Bull it frames a plausible valuation range, not a price target.BaseBull ⓘBull = the optimistic scenario: the same model computed with favourable anchors (higher growth, margins and valuation multiples). Together with Bear it frames a plausible valuation range, not a price target. If a model's bull case is above four times its base value, the table shows that limit with a > sign (like the overall Bull above): beyond it no assumption holds.Coverage ⓘCoverage = how well-backed THIS model's estimate is for this stock (0–100): how complete and reliable its input data are, and how well the model fits the company. The final Fair Value is an evidence-weighted blend, so better-evidenced models count more. Green ≥70, amber 50–69, grey below 50.
Best data coverage
Residual Income$30.20$29.90$30.5576
FCF DCF$21.43$52.69$104.0275
EPV$11.95$17.86$23.0273
All 26 models by family
DCF Models
FCF DCF$21.43$52.69$104.0275
Owner Earnings$19.76$49.87$99.3071
5Y Revenue Exit$16.43$43.28$78.6668
5Y EBITDA Exit$32.72$75.52$127.7672
5Y P/E Exit$1.69$14.11$27.3864
10Y Revenue Exit$16.51$42.10$79.0263
10Y EBITDA Exit$28.37$65.15$118.4765
10Y P/E Exit$8.16$21.25$37.8160
Earnings-Based
Graham-Dodd$9.06$36.09$49.0564
Lynch FV$8.96$12.79$16.6361
PEG = 1.0$8.96$12.79$16.6357
EPV$11.95$17.86$23.0273
Dividend Discount
Gordon GGM$15.70$32.56$51.4966
DDM Multi-Stage$15.70$27.50$34.1967
Multiples
P/E Multiple$16.99$22.65$28.3263
P/S Multiple$16.99$22.65$28.3258
P/B Multiple$50.64$67.52$84.3955
EV/EBIT$15.68$30.52$45.3663
EV/EBITDA$39.41$62.16$84.9166
EV/Revenue$9.74$26.28$42.8150
Asset-Based
NCAV (Graham)$11.25$15.08$22.5154
Growth DCF
Growth DCF$21.57$51.44$99.8473
Rev-Margin DCF$16.43$42.96$75.6769
Economic Profit
Residual Income$30.20$29.90$30.5576
ROIC Compounder$11.95$17.86$23.0271
Growth Earnings
Growth-Adj P/E$14.01$20.01$26.0267
The fair value above starts from this blend and is adjusted for a year distorted by one-off effects.
In the last 6 months, no officer or director bought or sold shares on the open market.
SaleAnthony P J SmurfitPresident and Group CEO, Director40,000 shares at $51.54$2.1MFeb 19, 2026
SaleKen BowlesExecutive VP and Group CFO, Director10,000 shares at $51.26$512,600Feb 19, 2026
SaleLaurent SellierOfficer15,562 shares at $50.24$781,865Feb 18, 2026
Plus 48 other filings such as grants, option exercises or tax withholding. They are not market purchases or sales.
Sales are often planned (taxes, diversification, 10b5-1 plans). Purchases with their own money are seen as the stronger sign. For information only: not part of the quality score or Fair Value.
Growth Quality ⓘGrowth is valuable only when reinvestment earns attractive returns (Aswath Damodaran): sustainable growth depends on return on capital, reinvestment and efficiency. Basis: total company revenue over the periods shown on the cards (3Y/5Y/all years), not per share, so a merger can show up as a growth jump; per-share earnings growth is in the value-creation card.85/100
Revenue is growing, but margins or cash flow do not fully confirm the trend.
Revenue growth 1 year
+53.0%
Revenue growth 3 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+35.2%
Revenue growth 5 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+29.6%
Start year 2020 (pandemic). Over 10 years: +13.4% a year
Revenue growth 21 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+10.3%
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What shareholders gained per year (last 5 years) ⓘWhat the business itself delivers per year: earnings growth per share plus the dividend yield. This is what you get IF the market keeps valuing the stock the same way: it contains no assumption about the market changing its mind. Computed per share, so buybacks count and a merger does not pass as growth. For a company that pays no dividend it is pure earnings growth per share. Period: earnings growth per share as CAGR over the last 5 reported fiscal years (annual statements), plus the current dividend yield. The start value is the median of the three years around the start, so a single crisis year (a pandemic or a write-down) does not distort the rate. Basis: adjusted.
−6.1%
Earnings growth per share plus dividend.
Earnings per share, growth per year−7.1%
Dividend (yield on the price)1.0%
Pace: 5 vs 10 years ⓘTwo data points, not a trend model: earnings growth per share over the last 5 fiscal years against the last 10. Labelled "steady" when both rates are within 3 percentage points of each other, otherwise picking up or flattening. Shown only when ten years of history exist.−9.3% vs −2.4%, slowing
Profit margin 2020 to 2025 ⓘOperating margin then vs now, from reported annual statements. A falling margin after a boom year is the classic peak-earnings signal: the growth rate then leans on an inflated base.10% → 7%
Pace: the 5-year rate starts in 2020 (pandemic)
Growth Forecast
A lot of optimism in the price
The price assumes less growth than the company has delivered so far and more than analysts expect.
What the price assumes ⓘThis turns our valuation around: instead of asking what the share is worth, it asks what growth the current price requires. It uses the cash the company keeps after all spending (free cash flow), the same discount rate as our models, five years of growth, then slowing evenly to 2 % a year by year ten. Compared with the analysts' sales forecasts extended to the same five years (at least three analysts, for context only, it does not enter the Fair Value): within 3 percentage points counts as "in line" (amber), below that little optimism (green), above that a lot of optimism (red).
+15.4%
Yearly growth needed for the next five years to justify today's price.
What forecasts expect ⓘAnalysts publish sales forecasts for the next two fiscal years. For the years after that, growth slows evenly to 2 % a year by year ten (2 % is the long-run rate our models use). Projected years are marked as such.
+5.5%
Yearly sales growth analysts expect, extended to five years.
After inflation (USA: IMF forecast 2.4% a year to 2030, 3.1% from 2016 to 2025) that is about +12.7% a year for the price and +3.0% for the forecasts.
News mood ⓘNews mood, the average tone of recent news (98 articles), rated against how stocks are usually covered. 🚀 Hype = unusually upbeat · 🙂 Positive = above average · 😐 Neutral = typical · 🙁 Negative = below average · 😨 Very negative = unusually downbeat. It reflects the tone of coverage, not our valuation.Neutral
Recent news coverage is roughly neutral, about typical for how stocks are covered.
AI conclusion: Average positioning in the competitive packaging sector is supported by a focus on sustainable packaging through plant upgrades, yet low profitability and modest returns on capital remain the core limitations in a commodity-driven industry.
Main risk: Private rivals such as Pratt Industries could capture customers with their fully recycled models that align closely with corporate ESG procurement demands and thereby pressure prices or margins on standardized fiber-based packaging.
Bull case: By leveraging its scale and innovation hubs the company could accelerate adoption of advanced recycled and sustainable solutions that meet rising ESG standards more effectively than smaller rivals and thereby defend or expand its customer base.
Bear case: If specialized recycled-focused rivals continue to win ESG-driven contracts while legal claims result in substantial payouts the company could face sustained margin compression and higher costs that limit its ability to invest in modernization.
Smurfit Westrock is pouring resources into modernizing and decarbonizing its French plants over the coming years. These moves reinforce its focus on sustainable packaging at a time when efficiency gains must compete with ongoing sector pressures. Will the upgrades deliver clear competitive edges or mainly help maintain ground against rivals?
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Peer GroupⓘHow this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.Packaging & Containers · 260 stocks
Beats the industry median on 2/15 measures
Overall it trails its industry peers.
Valuation
Quality Score39 · Bottom 25%
Fair Value upside−2.3% · Above median
Profitability
Return on equity (12 months)2.6% · Below median
Return on assets1.3% · Below median
Net margin (12 months)1.5% · Below median
Operating margin (12 months)6.4% · Below median
Growth and dividend
Revenue growth (quarter YoY)2.0% · Below median
Dividend yield (12 months)1.0% · Below median
Balance sheet
Debt / equity0.62× · Highest 25%
Valuation Multiplesvs Packaging & Containers median · lower = cheaper
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Is Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) overvalued or undervalued?
As of Nov 5, 2026, our model estimates a fair value of $44.16 versus a price of $45.19, about 2% lower (fairly valued).
What is the fair value of SW?
Our model-based fair value for Smurfit WestRock plc is $44.16 (as of Nov 5, 2026), built from audited fundamentals. The current price: $45.19.
What is the quality score of SW?
Smurfit WestRock plc has a Quality Score of 39/100. It measures business quality (profitability, growth, cash flow, balance-sheet strength, investment discipline, share issuance). Market factors such as price momentum and volatility do not enter the number; they are shown separately in the detail view.
What is the price target for Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)?
Our model-based price target is the fair value of $44.16 (as of Nov 5, 2026) from 26 valuation models. Cautious scenario $25.09, optimistic scenario $63.22. It is a calculation from audited fundamentals, not an analyst target.
What is the Smurfit WestRock plc stock forecast for 2026?
Our models put fair value at $44.16, about 2% lower versus a price of $45.19 (fairly valued). Cautious scenario $25.09, optimistic scenario $63.22. The calculation is refreshed regularly with new filings.
What is the revenue of Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)?
Smurfit WestRock plc reported trailing-twelve-month revenue of about $31.5B (latest available figure, as of Nov 5, 2026).
Does Smurfit WestRock plc pay a dividend?
Smurfit WestRock plc currently shows a dividend yield of 0.96% relative to its recent price (as of Nov 5, 2026).
What growth is priced into Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)?
For today's price to be fair in a discounted-cash-flow model, Smurfit WestRock plc would have to grow free cash flow by +15.4 % per year for five years (discount rate 9.0 %, then slowing evenly to 2 % perpetual growth by year ten). Over the last 5 years revenue grew +29.6 % per year. As of Nov 5, 2026.
What discount rate (WACC) does the fair value of SW use?
Our models discount Smurfit WestRock plc at 9.0 %: a base by market capitalisation (large), damped by beta 0.91, country premium for USA. The same rate applies in all 26 models.
What is a reverse DCF?
A reverse DCF turns the usual calculation around. Instead of deriving a value from assumptions, it takes today's price as given and asks: what free-cash-flow growth would a company have to deliver for exactly this price to be fair? The result is not a forecast but the expectation already priced in. For Smurfit WestRock plc that is +15.4 % per year a year over ten years, using the same discount rate (9.0 %) and the same formula as our fair value.
How much growth has Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) delivered so far?
Over the past 5 years revenue at Smurfit WestRock plc grew +29.6 % a year. The price currently implies +15.4 % per year free-cash-flow growth a year. Comparing the two shows how much confidence is in the price: if it demands more than has been delivered, the business has to accelerate for the maths to work.
How fast is the sector of Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) growing?
The median revenue growth in the sector is +9.8 % a year. That is the yardstick for the growth priced into Smurfit WestRock plc (+15.4 % per year a year): it shows whether the expectation is within the usual range or beyond it.
What is the free cash flow yield of Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)?
The free-cash-flow yield on the price is 5.07 %: that much free cash flow Smurfit WestRock plc produces per unit of market value. When it exceeds the discount rate of our models (9.0 %), the business already earns more than its cost of capital demands, and the price needs little additional growth.
What is the intrinsic value of Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)?
Intrinsic value and fair value mean the same thing: what the business is worth on its numbers, independent of the share price. For Smurfit WestRock plc it is $44.16 per share (as of Nov 5, 2026), against a price of $45.19. It is the blended result of 26 valuation models (cash flow, earnings, asset, dividend).
Is Smurfit WestRock plc stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?
As of Nov 5, 2026, SW trades above its calculated fair value: price $45.19, fair value $44.16, a gap of about −2% (fairly valued). The calculation is refreshed with each new quarterly report, so the verdict can change during the year.
Is fair value the same as the market price of SW?
No. The price is what the market pays today ($45.19); the fair value is what the company's own numbers justify ($44.16). For Smurfit WestRock plc the two are $1.03 per share apart. That gap is exactly why we show both numbers side by side.
How much is Smurfit WestRock plc worth?
The market values Smurfit WestRock plc at about $23.7B (market capitalisation, as of Nov 5, 2026). Per share that is $45.19; our models calculate a fair value of $44.16 per share.
What do the bullish and bearish scenarios say about SW?
Our models span a range for Smurfit WestRock plc: cautious scenario $25.09, base $44.16, optimistic $63.22 per share (as of Nov 5, 2026, price $45.19). The range comes from different growth and margin assumptions, not from analyst opinions.
What is the P/E ratio of SW?
Smurfit WestRock plc trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.7 (as of Nov 5, 2026). A P/E on its own says little: it compares the price with ONE year of profit, while our fair value of $44.16 is built from several models across several years. Median P/E at fiscal year-end, 9 fiscal years (2016 to 2025), reported earnings, 6 of the years ex one-offs: 18.2. Other multiples: PEG 0.3, P/B 1.1, P/S 0.8, EV/EBITDA 7.9.
What is the PEG ratio of SW?
The PEG ratio of Smurfit WestRock plc is 0.28 (P/E divided by earnings growth, as of Nov 5, 2026). That is below 1, so growth is priced more cheaply than the earnings multiple alone suggests.
How solid is the balance sheet of Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)?
Balance-sheet figures for Smurfit WestRock plc (as of Nov 5, 2026): return on equity 2.6%, debt of 0.62 per unit of equity. They feed the Quality Score of 39/100, which measures business quality independently of the share price.
How far is SW from its 52-week high?
Smurfit WestRock plc trades at $45.19, about 11% below its 52-week high of $50.79 and 42% above the low of $31.85 (as of Nov 4, 2026). Distance from the high says nothing about value: that is what the fair value of $44.16 is for.
Which stocks are comparable to Smurfit WestRock plc?
From the same area (Consumer Cyclical) we also value Packaging Corporation, Amcor plc, Ball Corporation, Avery Dennison Corporation, among others. Each of them has its own fair-value calculation on this site using the same models, so the comparison is like for like.
Is Smurfit WestRock plc stock attractive at the current price?
The data as of Nov 5, 2026: price $45.19, calculated fair value $44.16 (−2%), Quality Score 39/100, from 26 models. Whether that fits your horizon and risk tolerance is your call. We provide the calculation, not investment advice.
How is the fair value of SW calculated?
We run Smurfit WestRock plc through 26 models from four families: discounted cash flow, earnings models, asset and balance-sheet models, and dividend models. Every model gets the same audited fundamentals; the result is the weighted average of $44.16, with the spread shown as a cautious and an optimistic scenario.
Is it still worth investing in stocks now?
The global stock market currently sits 15.6% above its aggregate fair value. Smurfit WestRock plc itself currently trades above fair value. An expensive market is no reason to stay out and no reason to buy everything at once: keep a broad savings plan running, buy single stocks only with money you can do without, and hold part of your money liquid while the market is high. The full picture including sectors is on is it worth investing now.
What is the share price of Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)?
The closing price on Nov 4, 2026 was $45.19. Our model-based fair value is $44.16, about 2% lower (fairly valued). We carry closing prices from our data provider, not a live tick.
What should I pay attention to with Smurfit WestRock plc right now?
The price sits close to our fair value, market and models broadly agree here, little valuation tension. A fairly wide model range ($25.09 to $63.22) leaves room in how you read the outcome.
Where does the earnings growth of Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) come from?
Earnings per share at Smurfit WestRock plc grew −0.5 % a year from 2014 to 2025. Broken into its drivers: revenue per share +3.7 %, EBIT margin −2.5 %, tax rate +0.5 %, residual (interest, one-offs) −2.0 %. The four rates multiply to the earnings growth rate, they do not add up. Start and end are three-year averages so a single exceptional year does not distort the result.
Key figures of Smurfit WestRock plc
How large is the market capitalisation of Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)?
The market capitalisation of Smurfit WestRock plc is $23.7B. The stock-market value of the whole company: share price times number of shares. It is what the market asks for the entire business today.
What is the P/S ratio of Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)?
The price-to-sales ratio of Smurfit WestRock plc is 0.75 (last twelve months). Price to sales: market value relative to yearly revenue. Useful when profit is thin or distorted.
What are the earnings per share of Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)?
Earnings per share at Smurfit WestRock plc are $0.9100 (price ÷ EPS = P/E 49.7). Earnings per share over the last twelve months: total profit spread across every single share.
What is the dividend yield of Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)?
The dividend yield of Smurfit WestRock plc is 1.0% (payout 47.5%). Yearly dividend relative to the share price. 3% pays 3 per 100 invested. Below: how much of profit is used for it.
What is the net margin of Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)?
The net margin of Smurfit WestRock plc is 1.5% (last twelve months). How much of every unit of revenue ends up as profit. 10% means 10 cents of profit per dollar of sales.
What is the return on equity of Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)?
The return on equity (ROE) of Smurfit WestRock plc is 2.6% (last twelve months). Profit relative to shareholders' equity, how efficiently the company works with its owners' money.
What is the EBIT return on assets of Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)?
On an EBIT basis the return on assets of Smurfit WestRock plc is 7.3% (avg 5y). Operating profit (EBIT) relative to everything the company owns, as a multi-year average. It describes the business model rather than one good or bad year.
What is the operating margin of Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)?
The operating margin of Smurfit WestRock plc is 6.4% (last twelve months). Profit from the core business (before interest and taxes) relative to revenue.
How fast is revenue growing at Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)?
Revenue at Smurfit WestRock plc is growing +2.0% versus a year earlier (3y avg +35.2%). How much revenue grew versus a year earlier (YoY). The 3-year average next to it puts the single year in context.
How fast are earnings growing at Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)?
Earnings per share at Smurfit WestRock plc are growing −10.6% versus a year earlier. How much earnings per share grew versus a year earlier.
How much net debt does Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) carry?
The net debt of Smurfit WestRock plc is $15.1B (fiscal year 2025, ≈ 12.6 yrs of FCF). Debt minus cash on hand. The note shows how many years of free cash flow could in theory pay it off.
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