Top investors say Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) ticks everything they need

With 3.39 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 4.58 million shares. During the session, the Packaging & Containers company that operates in wider Consumer Cyclical sector, reached to the highest price of $46.715 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $45.38. The 52-week range on SW shows that it touched its highest point at $50.60 and its lowest point at $30.62 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $56.95. With its current market cap of 12.09 billion, SW has annualized dividend of $0.30 while the current yield stands at 0.65%. SW paid its most recent dividend on 1723680000, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1723680000. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.04.

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Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of SW was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.78%, but this was down by -1.79% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -2.18% while six-month performance rose 19.10%. The stock gained 29.19% in the past year, while it has gained 14.31% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SW yields 2.41 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.97. For the next quarter, that number is 0.73. This implies an EPS growth rate of -27.70% for this year and 47.42% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 258.45 million SW shares are outstanding with a float of 253.74 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-09-30, short shares totaled 16.53 million, which was 318.0 higher than short shares on 1724976000. In addition to Mr. Anthony Paul J. Smurfit as the firm’s President, Group CEO & Director, Mr. Ken Bowles serves as its Executive VP, Group CFO & Executive Director.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.71655 of SW’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-06-30, SW reported revenue of $0.0 and operating income of -$12300.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was -$12300.0 and diluted EPS was -$2.56.