Smurfit Westrock (SW) – Research Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of Smurfit Westrock (NYSE: SW) in the last few weeks:

• 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.
• 10/13/2025 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target raised by analysts at Truist Financial Corporation from $54.00 to $55.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/8/2025 – Smurfit Westrock had its “hold (c)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 10/7/2025 – Smurfit Westrock was given a new $52.00 price target on by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/6/2025 – Smurfit Westrock was upgraded by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating. They now have a $52.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $46.00.
• 10/6/2025 – Smurfit Westrock was upgraded by analysts at Seaport Res Ptn from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 10/6/2025 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target raised by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $60.00 to $61.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.

Smurfit Westrock Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.4308 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 14th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.8%. Smurfit Westrock’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 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.