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WestRock Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NYSE:WRK Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
03 May 24	SellUS$308,640	Patrick Kivits	Individual	6,000	US$51.44
03 May 24	SellUS$358,489	John O'Neal	Individual	6,965	US$51.47
03 May 24	SellUS$499,162	Denise Rene Singleton	Individual	9,700	US$51.46
12 Feb 24	SellUS$149,695	Vicki Lostetter	Individual	3,500	US$42.77

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: WRK insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of WRK?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Employee Share Scheme	0	0%
State or Government	207,802	0.0805%
Individual Insiders	1,180,990	0.457%
General Public	50,864,997	19.7%
Institutions	205,894,274	79.8%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 52.06% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
12.1%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	31,155,963	US$1.4b	0.33%	0.03%
8.58%	BlackRock, Inc.	22,159,704	US$1.0b	-11.5%	0.02%
4.35%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	11,220,368	US$518.6m	-2.21%	0.02%
2.37%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	6,107,434	US$282.3m	4.31%	0.02%
2.05%	Nordea Investment Management, AB	5,301,068	US$245.0m	22.4%	0.19%
1.85%	Norges Bank Investment Management	4,770,296	US$220.5m	0%	0.02%
1.65%	Invesco Capital Management LLC	4,267,808	US$197.3m	15.1%	0.1%
1.44%	UBS Asset Management AG	3,713,666	US$171.6m	5.1%	0.02%
1.41%	Citigroup Inc.,Banking and Securities Investments	3,640,772	US$168.3m	50.5%	0.15%
1.33%	Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership	3,432,386	US$158.6m	210%	0.15%
1.3%	JPMorgan Chase & Co, Private Banking and Investment Banking Investments	3,359,965	US$155.3m	580%	0.05%
1.22%	Millennium Management LLC	3,154,186	US$145.8m	26.9%	0.14%
1.2%	Massachusetts Financial Services Company	3,095,817	US$143.1m	-0.68%	0.03%
1.15%	Westchester Capital Management, LLC	2,965,356	US$137.1m	-3.26%	9.7%
1.06%	Balyasny Asset Management L.P.	2,731,680	US$126.3m	38.4%	0.4%
1.03%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	2,665,176	US$123.2m	1.24%	0.02%
1.02%	FMR LLC	2,630,434	US$121.6m	21%	0.01%
0.95%	Pentwater Capital Management LP	2,455,000	US$113.5m	0%	3.6%
0.93%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	2,409,329	US$111.4m	-7.27%	0.02%
0.93%	Northern Trust Global Investments	2,403,734	US$111.1m	-5.04%	0.02%
0.92%	Segantii Capital Management Limited	2,375,000	US$109.8m	-18.3%	18.07%
0.85%	BNY Asset Management	2,184,363	US$101.0m	-2.9%	0.02%
0.82%	D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.	2,116,469	US$97.8m	173%	0.15%
0.82%	PSquared Asset Management AG	2,106,185	US$97.3m	0%	26.03%
0.77%	Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.	1,978,101	US$91.4m	-10.5%	0.03%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/07/09 02:15
End of Day Share Price	2024/07/08 00:00
Earnings	2024/03/31
Annual Earnings	2023/09/30

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

WestRock Company is covered by 31 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
null null	Argus Research Company
David Coleman	Argus Research Company
Fabrizio Spagna	Axia Financial Research