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Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Smurfit WestRock plc

SW in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Smurfit WestRock makes containerboard and paper-based packaging: corrugated boxes, cartons, labels, displays and related products such as bag-in-box and paper sacks. It sells to food and beverage, healthcare, beauty, consumer goods and industrial customers across several continents. It is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and was formed by combining two long-established packaging producers.
Where it sits in the stack
Smurfit WestRock carries no seat in our Rubin index and sits outside the AI build-out stack; it belongs to the packaging and containers sleeve of our wider equity universe, grouped under the consumer-cyclical sector.
Who it is priced against
The diary has no formal peer group listed for it; the comparison the market draws is with other large containerboard and packaging producers such as International Paper.
Why Closelook tracks it
It is a constituent of the S&P 500 but has no Closelook score yet, no Rubin or Halo seat, and no recorded mentions or quotes in the diary's editions to date.
What the diary watches
The diary watches how its price behaves against its own moving averages and whether analyst opinion, recently marked down, shifts again.

Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for SW, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 4 analyst actions on the wire · latest: downgrade by UBS, 2026-09-17

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for SW from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Downgrade UBS — Buy → Sell Downgraded to Sell from Buy 2026-09-17
  • Initiation Deutsche Bank — at Hold Initiated to Hold from Buy 2026-09-15
  • Upgrade Goldman Sachs — Conviction Buy → Buy Upgraded to Buy from Conviction Buy 2026-09-14

4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 upgrade, 2 downgrades, 1 initiation. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Packaging & Containers · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Packaging & Containers · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against SW on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.93%, quarterly · last 0.45 USD on 2026-08-14

Dividends and capital return

What SW pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.79 USD per share · a 3.93% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +12.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.60 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.45 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-14
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.35 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.88 USD · 2025: 1.72 USD · 2026: 1.36 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-09-28

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)?

Smurfit WestRock plc trades as SW on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is SW in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Smurfit WestRock plc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does SW trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -1.9% vs the 50-day and +7.2% vs the 200-day average, 12.5% below the 52-week high and +41.8% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 66 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Smurfit WestRock plc do?

Smurfit WestRock makes containerboard and paper-based packaging: corrugated boxes, cartons, labels, displays and related products such as bag-in-box and paper sacks. It sells to food and beverage, healthcare, beauty, consumer goods and industrial customers across several continents. It is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and was formed by combining two long-established packaging producers. The diary has no formal peer group listed for it; the comparison the market draws is with other large containerboard and packaging producers such as International Paper.

Where does Smurfit WestRock plc sit in the AI build-out?

Smurfit WestRock carries no seat in our Rubin index and sits outside the AI build-out stack; it belongs to the packaging and containers sleeve of our wider equity universe, grouped under the consumer-cyclical sector. It is a constituent of the S&P 500 but has no Closelook score yet, no Rubin or Halo seat, and no recorded mentions or quotes in the diary's editions to date.

Does Smurfit WestRock plc pay a dividend?

Smurfit WestRock plc has paid 1.79 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.93% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.45 USD on 2026-08-14. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Smurfit WestRock plc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Smurfit WestRock plc on the Closelook wire is a downgrade by UBS on 2026-09-17 (Buy → Sell). 4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 upgrade, 2 downgrades, 1 initiation. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for SW, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Packaging & Containers. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.