Smurfit WestRock plc (NYSE: SW): Retirees Don’t Worry About Volatility

Smurfit WestRock plc (NYSE:SW) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.58M but it saw 2516177 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 27.46B USD, the company’s current market price of $52.95 came rising about 0.04 while comparing to the previous closing price of $52.93. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $56.99 and as low as $35.42. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $52.41 while lowest mark touched by it was $53.97.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) gives us an average price of $53.12, while its current price level is -7.08% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 49.50% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $53.44. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.14% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.28%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 49.59 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Argus which initiated the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on December 05, 2024, recommending a price target of $62 for it. RBC Capital Mkts upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Outperform” from “Sector Perform” on October 31, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $52-$58. Citigroup also issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $57.

Over the week, SW’s stock price is moving 1.61% up while it is -0.94% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -1.69% down and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 49.37%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in February, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0.58 while estimate for next year EPS is 2.08. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $7.46B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $29.14B and seeing the company making $30.34B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $7.4B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Smurfit WestRock plc’s total number of outstanding shares is 520.06M with 0.41% of that held by the insiders while 86.86% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 1.97% and return on equity (ROE) at 14.24%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 16.80 while having a 14.73 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.02. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.53 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.33. Its return on asset (ROA) is 5.82% on average.