Smurfit Westrock PLC (SW) to Distribute Quarterly Dividend of $0.45 on December 10th

Smurfit Westrock PLC (NYSE:SW) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 13th will be given a dividend of $0.4523 per share on Thursday, December 10th. This represents a $1.81 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.1%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 13th.

Smurfit Westrock has increased its dividend by an average of 0.1% annually over the last three years.

Smurfit Westrock Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of SW stock opened at $44.37 on Wednesday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $43.37 and its two-hundred day moving average is $43.57. Smurfit Westrock has a twelve month low of $32.73 and a twelve month high of $52.65. The company has a market capitalization of $23.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 1.01. The company has a current ratio of 1.48, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73.

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, October 28th. The company reported $0.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.60 by ($0.15). Smurfit Westrock had a net margin of 1.50% and a return on equity of 4.27%. The company had revenue of $8.16 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.29 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.58 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.0% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts forecast that Smurfit Westrock will post 1.71 EPS for the current year.

Smurfit Westrock Company Profile

Smurfit Westrock is a global paper-based packaging company formed in 2024 through the combination of Smurfit Kappa Group and WestRock. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, the company serves customers across a range of industries and markets worldwide. Its business includes producing paper and packaging materials, as well as designing and manufacturing packaging for consumer and commercial uses. Products include corrugated packaging, consumer packaging, containerboard, paper sacks and bag-in-box packaging.