Smurfit Westrock Valuation

Is SW undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of SW when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: SW ($55.7) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($113.93)

Significantly Below Fair Value: SW is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for SW?

Key metric: As SW is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SW. This is calculated by dividing SW's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SW's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio130.6x
EarningsUS$221.00m
Market CapUS$27.54b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does SW's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for SW vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average30x
PKG Packaging Corporation of America
28.4x10.9%US$21.2b
IP International Paper
48.7x28.5%US$20.1b
AVY Avery Dennison
23.6x10.7%US$15.8b
AMCR Amcor
19.4x8.2%US$14.2b
SW Smurfit Westrock
130.6x32.8%US$27.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (130.6x) compared to the peer average (30x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SW's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the North American Packaging Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SW 130.6xIndustry Avg. 19.7xNo. of Companies4PE01224364860+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (130.6x) compared to the North American Packaging industry average (19.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SW's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

SW PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio130.6x
Fair PE Ratio38.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (130.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (38.7x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst SW forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$55.70
US$58.88
+5.7%
9.8%US$66.00US$47.00n/a12
Nov ’25US$51.46
US$57.62
+12.0%
9.9%US$66.00US$47.00n/a13
Oct ’25US$48.77
US$57.48
+17.8%
8.4%US$65.70US$51.00n/a12
Sep ’25US$47.42
US$57.48
+21.2%
8.4%US$65.70US$51.00n/a12
Aug ’25US$43.32
US$58.06
+34.0%
8.8%US$65.70US$52.00n/a11

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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