Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Changes for Smurfit Westrock (SW)

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE: SW) recently received a number of ratings updates from brokerages and research firms:

• 12/18/2025 – Smurfit Westrock was given a new $51.00 price target on by analysts at Royal Bank Of Canada.
• 12/15/2025 – Smurfit Westrock had its “hold (c)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/9/2025 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target lowered by analysts at Argus from $55.00 to $45.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 12/8/2025 – Smurfit Westrock had its “hold (c)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/1/2025 – Smurfit Westrock had its “hold (c)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/25/2025 – Smurfit Westrock had its “hold (c)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/19/2025 – Smurfit Westrock had its “hold (c)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/18/2025 – Smurfit Westrock was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Research from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating.
• 11/10/2025 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $63.00 to $47.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 11/3/2025 – Smurfit Westrock had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Morgan Stanley. They now have a $52.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target lowered by analysts at Royal Bank Of Canada from $55.00 to $54.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target lowered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $52.00 to $50.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target lowered by analysts at Truist Financial Corporation from $55.00 to $50.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.

Smurfit Westrock Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 14th were issued a $0.4308 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 14th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.5%. Smurfit Westrock’s dividend payout ratio is presently 120.28%.

Smurfit Westrock Plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells containerboard, corrugated containers, and other paper-based packaging products in Ireland and internationally. The company produces containerboard that it converts into corrugated containers or sells to third parties, as well as produces other types of paper, such as consumer packaging board, sack paper, graphic paper, solid board and graphic board, and other paper-based packaging products, such as consumer packaging, solid board packaging, paper sacks, and other packaging products, including bag-in-box.