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Smurfit WestRock plc (NYSE: SW) closed the day trading at $53.26 down -0.56% from the previous closing price of $53.56. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.56 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.79 million shares were traded. SW stock price reached its highest trading level at $53.44 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $51.96.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of SW, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 29.04 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 36.22. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.98 and its Current Ratio is at 1.48. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.83 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.77.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Truist on January 21, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $62.
On December 05, 2024, Argus started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $62.
RBC Capital Mkts Upgraded its Sector Perform to Outperform on October 31, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $52 to $58.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jul 29 ’24 when Lorenzatto Jairo sold 491 shares for $48.44 per share. The transaction valued at 23,784 led to the insider holds 19,033 shares of the business.
Mayer Saverio sold 25,000 shares of SW for $1,371,000 on Dec 02 ’24. The insider now owns 149,911 shares after completing the transaction at $54.84 per share. On Dec 02 ’24, another insider, Saverio Mayer, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 25,000 shares for $54.76 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, SW now has a Market Capitalization of 27703506944 and an Enterprise Value of 41757429760. As of this moment, Smurfit’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 16.90, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 14.83. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.26. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.34 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.54. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.541 whereas that against EBITDA is 19.216.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for SW is 1.02, which has changed by 0.15880573 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.21794415 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, SW has reached a high of $56.99, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $35.42. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.24%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 13.03%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, SW traded about 3.45M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, SW traded about 3033440 shares per day. A total of 520.06M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 509.12M. Insiders hold about 2.12% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 92.67% stake in the company. Shares short for SW as of 1736899200 were 15844853 with a Short Ratio of 4.60, compared to 1734048000 on 17914994.
Dividends & Splits
SW’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.60, up from 1.982 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.037005227The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.3.
