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

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Signals for this name

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

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 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 1.55 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How SW has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 1.55 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Smurfit WestRock plc moved 1.55% on average · correlation 0.33 · higher than 97% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.91 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.85% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −1.05% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

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 Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Smurfit WestRock plc

SW in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet tracks it
It is a constituent of the S&P 500 but has no Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet’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.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: downgrade by Goldman Sachs, 2026-09-07

The Street on this name

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

  • Downgrade Goldman Sachs — Buy → Sell Downgraded to Sell from Buy 2026-09-07

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 downgrade. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.85%, 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 3.85% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • 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.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)?

Smurfit WestRock plc trades as SW on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is SW in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Smurfit WestRock plc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does SW trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -0.4% vs the 50-day and +8.6% vs the 200-day average, 10.7% below the 52-week high and +44.7% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 72 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Smurfit WestRock plc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Smurfit WestRock plc had a beta of 1.55 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 97% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.85% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

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 Closelooknet 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 3.85% on the 2026-09-25 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 Closelooknet wire is a downgrade by Goldman Sachs on 2026-09-07 (Buy → Sell). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 downgrade. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Packaging & Containers. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet 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.