Smurfit WestRock (SW)

Consumer Cyclical · Packaging & Containers · S&P 500
$42.39 -0.05% on the day Market cap $20.5B 52-week range $32.73 to $52.65 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
3% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $20.5B, Smurfit WestRock's free cash flow of $1.2B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 3% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 3 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Smurfit WestRock's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price3.0% a year
Free cash flow, last 3 years33.6% a year
Revenue, same period32.2% a year
Price to free cash flow17.1x

Fundamental grade

D

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from SW's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation7
Profitability3
Growth3
Financial health3
Cash efficiency4

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)54.4x
P/E (forward)18.0x
Price / free cash flow17.1x
EV / EBITDA8.43x
Price / sales0.66x
Price / book1.26x
Revenue growth+1.1%
Operating margin4.7%
Net margin1.6%
Return on equity2.8%
Dividend yield4.4%
Debt / equity1.50x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Smurfit WestRock's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year2022202320242025
Revenue$13.5B$12.1B$21.1B$31.2B
Net income$1.0B$825M$319M$699M
Free cash flow$503M$630M$17M$1.2B
EPS (diluted)$3.96$3.17$0.82$1.33
Operating margin11.5%11.3%4.8%5.5%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

North America$18.2B58%
Europe, MEA and APAC$10.9B35%
LATAM$2.1B7%

Superinvestors who own SW

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 3 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $127M0.04%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $27M0.06%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Added $7M0.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Smurfit WestRock's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Feb 17, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$50.81—
Feb 17, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$50.81—
Nov 18, 2025 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$33.84—
Nov 18, 2025 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$33.84—

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In the full deep dive

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Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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Questions

What growth does Smurfit WestRock's stock price imply?

At a market value of $20.5B, Smurfit WestRock would need its free cash flow to grow about 3% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 3 years its free cash flow grew 34% a year.

Are Smurfit WestRock insiders buying the stock?

4 open-market insider purchases of SW in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Smurfit WestRock?

3 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold SW in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Joel Greenblatt, Hersh Cohen.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.