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Smurfit Westrock plc

SW · US · USD
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Market value21.60 bn USD
Industry per SECPaperboard Containers & Boxes
Price as of12 Oct 2026
Last financial year2025
Latest filing10-Q, 31 Jul 2026
Method version2.7.0
Years in the base4
Company quality, four grades from 0 to 5
Balance sheet3
Profitability2
Cash flow4
Growth4
Total points13 of 20
Share valuation, scored separately

No reliable range can be derived for this company. The reason is given below.

The key figures

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All values from audited annual reports filed with the US regulator SEC. No value is estimated, none smoothed.

GradePointsBasis
Balance sheet3/5Net debt to operating income 3.0× · Current ratio 1.5
How this grade is built
Net debt to operating income3.0×3/51: ≤ 5.0×2: ≤ 4.0×3: ≤ 3.0×4: ≤ 2.0×5: ≤ 1.0×Next step: at most 2.0× for grade 4
Current ratio1.53/51: ≥ 0.82: ≥ 1.03: ≥ 1.34: ≥ 1.85: ≥ 2.5Next step: at least 1.8 for grade 4
Mean 3 + 3 / 2 = 3.00, rounded 3
Profitability2/5Operating margin 5.5% · Return on equity 3.8%
How this grade is built
Operating margin5.5%2/51: ≥ 0.0%2: ≥ 5.0%3: ≥ 12.0%4: ≥ 20.0%5: ≥ 30.0%Next step: at least 12.0% for grade 3
Return on equity3.8%1/51: ≥ 0.0%2: ≥ 5.0%3: ≥ 10.0%4: ≥ 18.0%5: ≥ 25.0%Next step: at least 5.0% for grade 2
Mean 2 + 1 / 2 = 1.50, rounded 2
Cash flow4/5Free cash flow to revenue 3.8% · Profit covered by cash flow 1.7× · Free cash flow positive 4 of 4 years
How this grade is built
Free cash flow to revenue3.8%1/51: ≥ 0.0%2: ≥ 5.0%3: ≥ 10.0%4: ≥ 18.0%5: ≥ 25.0%Next step: at least 5.0% for grade 2
Profit covered by cash flow1.7×5/51: ≥ 0.4×2: ≥ 0.6×3: ≥ 0.8×4: ≥ 1.0×5: ≥ 1.2×
Free cash flow positive4 of 4 years5/51: 1 of 42: 2 of 43: 2 of 44: 3 of 45: 4 of 4
Mean 1 + 5 + 5 / 3 = 3.67, rounded 4
Growth4/5Revenue growth per year 32.2% · Operating income per year 3.3%
How this grade is built
Revenue growth per year32.2%5/51: ≥ 0.0%2: ≥ 3.0%3: ≥ 8.0%4: ≥ 15.0%5: ≥ 25.0%
Operating income per year3.3%2/51: ≥ 0.0%2: ≥ 3.0%3: ≥ 8.0%4: ≥ 15.0%5: ≥ 25.0%Next step: at least 8.0% for grade 3
Mean 5 + 2 / 2 = 3.50, rounded 4

Each grade is the rounded mean of two or three key figures, each placed on a five-step scale. Open the derivation under a grade to see, for every figure, the measured value, the step it reached and what the next step would have required.

The valuation range

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No range is reported for this company. Not enough history.

Within the sector

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Rank 3 of 5 in the industry. Median of total points in this industry: 13.0 of 20, across 5 graded companies. The grades are absolute and are not normalised to the sector: in a weak industry a weak grade stays weak.

one place above
Graphic Packaging Holding Co.
GPK
13/20
one place below
Sonoco Products Co.
SON
12/20

The neighbours follow from the ranking alone, not from a judgement. More total points does not mean a company is the better investment, only that more quality rules are met. It says nothing about the price.

The series of figures

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Every figure comes from the annual report of that year and has not been revised afterwards. Amounts in USD.

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YearRevenueOperating profitFree cash flowEarnings per shareSharesNet debt
202213.51 bn1.56 bn503.00 m3.96261.00 m-841.00 m
202312.09 bn1.37 bn630.00 m3.17260.00 m2.75 bn
202421.11 bn1.01 bn17.00 m0.82389.00 m13.25 bn
202531.18 bn1.72 bn1.20 bn1.33526.00 m12.68 bn

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Expected on 28 Oct 2026 (estimated from the rhythm of earlier filings, ± 3 days). Grades can change after a report; the page is then rebuilt.

Required disclosures for this analysis

Produced byFlorian Maier
Completed on14.10.2026 03:58
Price as of12 Oct 2026
Latest filing10-Q, 31 Jul 2026
Method version2.7.0
Time horizonThe grades describe a state that can change with every annual report, so roughly quarterly. The historical analysis is computed over 36 months.
Own positionNot disclosed individually, see the risk notice.
Earlier analysesThe list of all analyses of this company from the past twelve months will appear once twelve months of analyses exist. This run is the start of the series.

This is not investment advice. Limits of the method, assumptions and conflicts of interest: risk notice.