A look at Smurfit WestRock plc’s (SW) recent performance gives investors their first glimpse of hope.

A new trading day began on Monday, with Smurfit WestRock plc (NYSE: SW) stock price up 7.40% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $41.90. SW’s price has ranged from $37.01 to $56.99 over the past 52 weeks.

Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Consumer Cyclical sector was 19.19%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 255.19%. With a float of $510.61 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $521.98 million.

Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 100000 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 20.07%, operating margin of 3.5%, and the pretax margin is 1.72%.

Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) Insider Activity

As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Packaging & Containers Industry. The insider ownership of Smurfit WestRock plc is 2.18%, while institutional ownership is 95.56%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 06 ’25, was worth 595,182. In this transaction Director of this company bought 15,180 shares at a rate of $39.21, taking the stock ownership to the 54,893 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 24 ’25, when Company’s insider sold 4,000 for $53.90, making the entire transaction worth $215,604. This insider now owns 44,361 shares in total.

Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) Earnings and Forecasts

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 255.19% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 73.23% during the next five years compared to -18.33% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Smurfit WestRock plc (NYSE: SW) Trading Performance Indicators

Here are Smurfit WestRock plc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.93. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.91.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.22, a number that is poised to hit 0.63 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.70 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)

Compared to the last year’s volume of 3.79 million, its volume of 3.86 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 71.92%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.85.

During the past 100 days, Smurfit WestRock plc’s (SW) raw stochastic average was set at 41.96%, which indicates a significant decrease from 77.16% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 43.15% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 45.46% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $43.24, while its 200-day Moving Average is $48.10. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $46.51 in the near term. At $48.02, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $49.24. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $43.78, it is likely to go to the next support level at $42.56. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $41.05.

Smurfit WestRock plc (NYSE: SW) Key Stats

With a market capitalization of 23.49 billion, the company has a total of 521,976K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 21,109 M while annual income is 319,000 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 7,656 M while its latest quarter income was 384,000 K.