Smurfit WestRock plc (NYSE: SW) on Monday, plunged -3.98% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $41.98. Within the past 52 weeks, SW’s price has moved between $37.01 and $56.99.
A company in the Consumer Cyclical sector has dropped its sales by -18.33% annually for the last half of the decade. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 223.67%. With a float of $519.70 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $522.06 million.
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Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) Insider Updates
Observing investor behavior towards Packaging & Containers industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Smurfit WestRock plc is 0.46%, while institutional ownership is 92.27%. 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) Performance Highlights and Predictions
As on 9/30/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported 0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the period falling under the consensus outlook (set at 0.74) by -0.01. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.63 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 223.67% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 70.13% 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
Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 0.95 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.68.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.66, a number that is poised to hit 0.68 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.52 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 4.77 million. That was better than the volume of 3.84 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 9.12%.
During the past 100 days, Smurfit WestRock plc’s (SW) raw stochastic average was set at 3.12%, which indicates a significant decrease from 5.34% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 1.02 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 1.07 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $44.42, while its 200-day Moving Average is $46.46. However, in the short run, Smurfit WestRock plc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $41.53. Second resistance stands at $42.75. The third major resistance level sits at $43.50. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $39.56, it is likely to go to the next support level at $38.81. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $37.59.
Smurfit WestRock plc (NYSE: SW) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 20.98 billion based on 522,125K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 21,109 M and income totals 319,000 K. The company made 7,940 M in profit during its latest quarter, and -28,000 K in sales during its previous quarter.
