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

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE: SW) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

• 2/18/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Morgan Stanley. They now have a $61.00 price target on the stock.
• 2/17/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target raised by Barclays PLC from $47.00 to $56.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 2/13/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target raised by Citigroup Inc. from $48.00 to $59.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/12/2026 – Smurfit Westrock was given a new $60.00 price target by Truist Financial Corporation.
• 2/12/2026 – Smurfit Westrock was given a new $58.00 price target by Jefferies Financial Group Inc..
• 2/12/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target raised by Royal Bank Of Canada from $51.00 to $57.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 2/12/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target raised by Wells Fargo & Company from $48.00 to $55.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/9/2026 – Smurfit Westrock was upgraded by Zacks Research from “strong sell” to “hold”.
• 1/8/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Morgan Stanley.
• 1/6/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target lowered by Truist Financial Corporation from $50.00 to $49.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/6/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target lowered by Wells Fargo & Company from $50.00 to $48.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/6/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target lowered by Citigroup Inc. from $49.00 to $48.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.

Smurfit Westrock Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 17th will be issued a $0.4523 dividend. This is a boost from Smurfit Westrock’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.43. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 17th. This represents a $1.81 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.0%. Smurfit Westrock’s payout ratio is presently 136.09%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Anthony P. J. Smurfit sold 40,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $51.54, for a total transaction of $2,061,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 1,642,610 shares in the company, valued at approximately $84,660,119.40. This represents a 2.38% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Ken Bowles sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $51.26, for a total value of $512,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 151,644 shares in the company, valued at $7,773,271.44. This represents a 6.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders own 0.49% of the company’s stock.

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.