SW Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Smurfit Westrock PLC | NYSE:SW)

Smurfit WestRock PLC manufactures corrugated packaging and consumer packaging, such as folding cartons and paperboard. operates a vertically integrated system supplying wood and recovered fiber to produce various grades of board, which are then converted into packaging products. Its main packaging categories include corrugated containers and consumer packaging, with additional products such as solidboard, kraft paper, graphic board, paper sacks, and bag-in-box packaging. The company's geographical segments include North America (including the U.S., Canada and Mexico), Europe, the Middle East and Africa and Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. The majority of the company's revenue is derived from product sales in the North American region.

Smurfit Westrock PLC trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol SW.

As of November 4, 2026, SW stock price climbed to $45.66 with 1,230,094 million shares trading.

SW has a beta of 0.44, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. SW has a correlation of 0.02 to the broad based SPY ETF.

SW has a market cap of $23.94 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter Smurfit Westrock PLC reported $8 billion in Revenue and $.45 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-126 million and missed earnings estimates by -$.13.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that SW belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, CGDV, VB, VBR.

SW has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +29.7% while the SPY ETF gained +13.1%. However, in the short term, SW had mixed performance relative to the market. It has underperformed in the last 3 months, returning -1.6% vs +1.2% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, SW shares have fared better than the market returning +10.9% compared to SPY -0.5%.

SW support price is $42.55 and resistance is $44.29 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that SW shares will trade within this expected range on the day.