Research Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes for Smurfit Westrock (SW)

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of Smurfit Westrock (NYSE: SW) in the last few weeks:

• 5/21/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target lowered by Barclays PLC from $54.00 to $52.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 5/9/2026 – Smurfit Westrock was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “sell”.
• 5/6/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Morgan Stanley. They now have a $57.00 price target on the stock.
• 5/6/2026 – Smurfit Westrock was upgraded by Zacks Research from “strong sell” to “hold”.
• 5/4/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target lowered by Citigroup Inc. from $53.00 to $51.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/1/2026 – Smurfit Westrock was given a new $50.00 price target by Truist Financial Corporation.
• 5/1/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target lowered by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $64.00 to $62.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 5/1/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target lowered by Royal Bank Of Canada from $54.00 to $53.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 4/16/2026 – Smurfit Westrock was given a new $54.00 price target by Royal Bank Of Canada. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 4/15/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target lowered by Truist Financial Corporation from $60.00 to $53.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/14/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target lowered by Citigroup Inc. from $59.00 to $53.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/13/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target lowered by UBS Group AG from $60.00 to $56.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/7/2026 – Smurfit Westrock was downgraded by Zacks Research from “hold” to “strong sell”.
• 4/1/2026 – Smurfit Westrock had its price target lowered by Barclays PLC from $56.00 to $54.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 3/24/2026 – Smurfit Westrock is now covered by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.. They set a “buy” rating and a $49.00 price target on the stock.

Smurfit Westrock Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, June 10th. Investors of record on Friday, May 15th will be paid a $0.4523 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 15th. This represents a $1.81 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.8%. Smurfit Westrock’s dividend payout ratio is 250.00%.

Smurfit Westrock Plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells containerboard, corrugated containers, and other paper-based packaging products in Ireland and internationally. The company produces containerboard that it converts into corrugated containers or sells to third parties, as well as produces other types of paper, such as consumer packaging board, sack paper, graphic paper, solid board and graphic board, and other paper-based packaging products, such as consumer packaging, solid board packaging, paper sacks, and other packaging products, including bag-in-box.