Smurfit Westrock Plc (SW) earnings on April 30, 2026
More Smurfit Westrock Plc earnings
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Accurate
The stock fell sharply during the day, dropping as much as 7.54% before recovering somewhat to close down 3.25%.
SW price around the earnings
38.39
Change: -3.3%
2026-04-30, 19:59 UTC
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- Start of the measured window
- Market open
- Starting price
Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Accurate
- Thesis published
Analysts optimistic, but caution is indicated due to recent cuts.
Experts maintain a positive outlook with a strong buy consensus, but recent price target reductions and underperformance suggest caution is indicated.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Analysts hold an optimistic view; recent cuts suggest a cautious reading of the scenario.
- Reasoning
- Experts maintain an optimistic outlook with a strong buy consensus, but recent price target reductions and underperformance suggest a more cautious reading is appropriate.
- Playbook
- Recent performance and target reductions indicate potential headwinds; the scenario suggests waiting for a clearer trend or a more favorable reference point.
- Trend
- Outlook remained fragile despite an optimistic consensus.
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Positive
There is a strong buy consensus among analysts, with a price target of $55, about 32.8% above current levels. This consensus is maintained by 14 analyst opinions, even with recent target reductions.
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Strong buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 1.33
- Analysts covering the stock
- 14
- Average price target
- 54.75
- Lowest price target
- 46
- Highest price target
- 64
- Upside to price target
- 32.8%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- -33.6%
- Revenue growth
- 0.5%
- Forward EPS
- 3.12
- Trailing EPS
- 1.33
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 6
- Strong buy: 5
- Buy: 10
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 5
- Buy
- 10
- Hold
- 0
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
- April 15, 2026 · Truist Securities: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- April 14, 2026 · Citigroup: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- April 13, 2026 · UBS: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- April 1, 2026 · Barclays: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- March 20, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- March 6, 2026 · Morgan Stanley: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
News and sentiment
Drivers
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News & sentiment
Negative
Major banks have lowered their price targets, suggesting that near-term expectations have been tempered. There are no recent positive news events in the data.
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Neutral
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (3)
- Citigroup Maintains Buy on Smurfit WestRock, Lowers Price Target to $53 — Benzinga
- UBS Maintains Buy on Smurfit WestRock, Lowers Price Target to $56 — Benzinga
- Barclays Maintains Overweight on Smurfit WestRock, Lowers Price Target to $54 — Benzinga
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Negative
The stock has underperformed the broader market over the last 30 days, showing weak momentum. Its current price is near a support level but far from resistance, indicating a lack of upward movement.
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 3.4%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -21.7%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +2.7%
- 30-day change
- -3.6%
- 30-day relative strength
- -7.4%
- Benchmark change
- +3.8%
- Nearest support
- 36.01
- Nearest resistance
- 43.42
- Volume accumulation ratio
- 0.54
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- -14.8%
- February 11, 2026: actual EPS 0.28 vs estimate 0.5 (surprise -43.0%)
- October 29, 2025: actual EPS 0.58 vs estimate 0.72 (surprise -19.8%)
- July 30, 2025: actual EPS 0.51 vs estimate 0.59 (surprise -13.9%)
- May 1, 2025: actual EPS 0.73 vs estimate 0.62 (surprise +17.5%)
Monitoring and close
What Smurfit Westrock Plc reported
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Pre-market second reading after the results
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How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Accurate
- Consolidated
- -3.3%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 7.5%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 0%