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How Smurfit Westrock Plc stacks up
SW · against 109 other Consumer Cyclical companies of similar size
Profitability
29/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #96 of 110 · scores higher than 13% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score7 peers with a profitability score of 20–29, including SW · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 29?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.Mainly because of its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are weaker than most Consumer Cyclical peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 73% of peers. Return on assets: 1.1% vs peer median 3.3%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 66% of peers. Return on invested capital: 3.7% vs peer median 7.3%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 61% of peers. Operating margin: 4.7% vs peer median 6.4%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SW, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SW | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 106 reported | 3.7% | 15.2% | 14% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 112 reported | 4.7% | 11.7% | 17% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 104 reported | 1.1% | 7.1% | 12% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 101 reported | 2.7% | 18.3% | 10% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 112 reported | 18.2% | 37.1% | 14% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SW| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 880.5B TWD (≈$27.3B) | 99 | 75 | |
| 1 | 184.4B HKD (≈$23.6B) | 99 | 91 | |
| 1 | 11.5B USD | 99 | 78 | |
| 1 | 24.9B USD | 99 | 49 | |
| 1 | 11.8B USD | 99 | 73 | |
| 92 | 17.1B USD | 40 | 32 | |
| 93 | 15.2B USD | 39 | 57 | |
| 94 | 1.72T JPY (≈$11.7B) | 38 | 51 | |
| 95 | 34.6B EUR (≈$38.1B) | 36 | 42 | |
| 96 | 22.8B USD | 29 | 50 | |
| 97 | 123.8B CNY (≈$17.3B) | 28 | 57 | |
| 97 | 1.82T JPY (≈$12.4B) | 28 | 57 | |
| 99 | 3.33T JPY (≈$22.7B) | 27 | 47 | |
| 99 | 34.3B EUR (≈$37.7B) | 27 | 36 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score