Dublin, Ireland-based Smurfit Westrock Plc (SW) provides paper and packaging solutions for consumer and corrugated packaging markets. Valued at $27.5 billion by market cap, Smurfit operates as one of the largest integrated producers of containerboard and high-graphics preprinted linerboard.
The paper and packaging giant is expected to announce its fourth-quarter results on Thursday, Feb. 6. Ahead of the event, analysts expect Smurfit to report a non-GAAP profit of $0.71 per share, up a massive 255% from $0.20 per share reported in the year-ago quarter. The company has a mixed earnings surprise history. It surpassed Wall Street’s bottom-line estimates once over the past four quarters while missing on three other occasions. Its adjusted EPS for the last reported quarter declined 40.7% year-over-year to $0.48, missing analysts’ estimates by 32.4%.
