Smurfit Westrock Plc's Competitiveness
A competitive positioning analysis and financial ratio benchmarking of Smurfit Westrock Plc (SW) against its publicly traded competitors: sales growth, net income, profitability, valuation and market share, plus each peer's market capitalization, revenue, income and employees. Free below: the top 5 peers. Subscriber access adds the full competitor list and CSV downloads.
Key Findings: Smurfit Westrock Plc vs Its Competitors
- TTM: Trailing 12-month revenue of 31,326M vs -M combined for tracked competitors (100.0% combined share).
- Trending: Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is accelerating (+2.5% annualized vs trailing 12 months).
- Scale: Smurfit Westrock Plc ranks #1 of 11 companies by market capitalization in the Containers & Packaging industry, holding 25.9% of industry market cap.
- Peer revenue share: Smurfit Westrock Plc accounted for 100.0% of combined revenue among its tracked peer group, up from 100.0% a year earlier.
Every figure above is sourced and cited in detail further down this page (Market Structure, Profitability & Cost Structure, Productivity vs Peers).
SW Sales vs. its Competitors, Q2 2026
Smurfit Westrock Plc generated 100.00 % of the combined sales of its peer group, up from 100.00 % a year earlier.
For context: the Containers & Packaging industry grew revenue 4.3% year over year, combined, vs 1.2% for Smurfit Westrock Plc. Smurfit Westrock Plc's share of combined industry revenue moved from 21.54% to 20.89%, a loss of 0.65 percentage points.
Smurfit Westrock Plc's Competitor Quality Breadth
Share of each group, trailing 12 months: profitable (net margin > 0), expanding (revenue growth > 0), growing faster than the industry's own median, and financially distressed (Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below).
| Entity | Profitable | Expanding | Above Industry Growth | Distressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smurfit Westrock Plc | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| High-Confidence Competitors (3) | ||||
| Similar-Size Competitors (5) | ||||
| Similar Growth & Profitability (8) | 75.00 % (6 of 8) | 62.50 % (5 of 8) | 50.00 % (4 of 8) | 37.50 % (3 of 8) |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Altman Z-Score is not shown here: it is not populated in the underlying data for any company. Percentages are of companies in each group that report the relevant metric, not of the full group size.
SW Stock Performance relative to its Competitors
SW Stock Performance relative to High-Confidence Competitors
SW Stock Performance relative to Similar-Size Competitors
SW Stock Performance relative to Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors
Smurfit Westrock Plc's Comment on Competition and Industry Peers
Smurfit Westrock Plc's Competitors Named by the Company
Competitive relationships identified from SEC filings and corroborating sources, each with a basis and confidence.| Competitor | Basis | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ranpak Holdings Corp | Named by the company | 85% |
| Amcor Plc | Named by the company | 85% |
| Graphic Packaging Holding Co | Named by the company | 85% |
Filing basis, confidence, active dates and source counts for Smurfit Westrock Plc's named competitors require a Commercial License.
Methodology: relationships are extracted from SEC filings (named-competitor disclosures) and corroborating sources. Named by the company = explicitly disclosed as a competitor; Inferred = derived from corroborating signals. Confidence reflects evidence strength.
Smurfit Westrock Plc's Business Segment Mix vs Peers
Revenue by operating segment or division, as named and reported by each company. Segment names are the filer's own and are not standardized across companies. Do not assume a same-named or similarly-named segment is defined identically between two companies. Shares are of each company's own total revenue and are not required to sum to 100% (intersegment revenue, unallocated items).| Company | Largest Segment |
|---|---|
| Smurfit Westrock Plc | North America 59.06 % |
Source: operating segment revenue as reported in each company's SEC filings (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API, leaf-level reportable segments only (parent roll-up segments are excluded where sub-segments are separately disclosed).