WestRock Past Performance
How has WestRock performed over the past 5 years?
Past Performance Score
2/6Past Performance Score 2/6
Quality Earnings
Growing Profit Margin
Earnings Trend
Accelerating Growth
Earnings vs Industry
High ROE
-25.2%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: WRK has a large one-off loss of $393.4M impacting its September 30 2022 financial results.
Growing Profit Margin: WRK's current net profit margins (4.4%) are lower than last year (4.5%).
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: WRK's earnings have declined by 25.2% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: WRK's earnings growth over the past year (12.7%) exceeds its 5-year average (-25.2% per year).
Earnings vs Industry: WRK earnings growth over the past year (12.7%) exceeded the Packaging industry 10.9%.
Return on Equity
High ROE: WRK's Return on Equity (8.3%) is considered low.