Investment Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Changes for Smurfit Westrock (SW)

Several analysts have recently updated their ratings and price targets for Smurfit Westrock (NYSE: SW):

• 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.
• 5/29/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its “hold (c)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 5/21/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target lowered by Barclays PLC from $54.00 to $52.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.

Smurfit Westrock Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 10th. Investors of record on Friday, May 15th were issued a dividend of $0.4523 per share. This represents a $1.81 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 15th. Smurfit Westrock’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 251.39%.

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.