Recent Analysts’ Ratings Updates for Smurfit Westrock (SW)

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for Smurfit Westrock (NYSE: SW):

• 8/12/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Seaport Research Partners. They now have a $54.00 price target on the stock.
• 8/4/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target raised by Citigroup Inc. from $56.00 to $57.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 8/4/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target raised by Barclays PLC from $52.00 to $56.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 8/1/2026 – Smurfit Westrock was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “sell” to “hold”.
• 7/30/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target raised by Royal Bank Of Canada from $56.00 to $60.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 7/30/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target raised by Truist Financial Corporation from $55.00 to $57.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 7/30/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target raised by Wells Fargo & Company from $52.00 to $55.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 7/28/2026 – Smurfit Westrock was given a new $71.00 price target by Loop Capital.
• 7/28/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $65.00 to $71.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 7/17/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target raised by Royal Bank Of Canada from $53.00 to $56.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 7/16/2026 – Smurfit Westrock was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c-)” to “hold (c)”.
• 7/15/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target raised by Truist Financial Corporation from $50.00 to $55.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 7/9/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target raised by Citigroup Inc. from $51.00 to $56.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 7/9/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target raised by Wells Fargo & Company from $50.00 to $52.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 7/9/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $62.00 to $65.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 7/1/2026 – Smurfit Westrock was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c)” to “hold (c-)”.
• 6/23/2026 – Smurfit Westrock is now covered by Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft. They set a “buy” rating and a $57.00 price target on the stock.

Smurfit Westrock Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 14th will be paid a $0.4523 dividend. This represents a $1.81 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 14th. Smurfit Westrock’s dividend payout ratio is currently 192.55%.

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.