Smurfit WestRock Plc (SW) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 179 Consumer Discretionary companies.
Smurfit WestRock Plc (SW) scores 4.2 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as mixed quality. The reading rests on efficiency, and profitability is what holds it back.
2 pillars, growth and predictability, are unscored because the filings behind them carry too little to judge. Each is shown as a dash rather than a zero, and the overall score is the weighted average of what could be scored.
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Smurfit WestRock Plc (SW) has a Lemma Quality Score of 4.2 out of 10 as of October 17, 2026, which reads as mixed quality. A mixed reading means the strengths and weaknesses roughly cancel out, and the case for the business depends on which pillars you care about most. Five pillars feed it, and every one of them is computed from what the company reported rather than from its share price.
Ranked with the 179 Consumer Discretionary companies Lemma publishes, the score sits at the 30th percentile, in the lower half of the group, above the bottom quarter. For reference, the middle of the group scores 5.0 and a company needs 6.1 to reach its top quarter, which leaves Smurfit WestRock Plc below the median.
Smurfit WestRock Plc’s profitability score is 2.1 out of 10 (weak). Against a median of 5.1 among 176 Consumer Discretionary companies, that is well below the group and the 17th percentile. A low reading here is the first thing to explain: it is the pillar most closely tied to whether the business creates value at all.
On solvency, Smurfit WestRock Plc scores 5.0, an average reading. Its peers have a median of 5.9 across 141 Consumer Discretionary companies, which places it below them, at the 36th percentile. Middling solvency says the balance sheet is neither a strength nor a constraint today.
There is no growth score for Smurfit WestRock Plc: too little of the pillar could be measured from the filings to give an honest reading. The overall is therefore the weighted average of the other pillars. Across 149 Consumer Discretionary companies the median for this pillar is 4.0. Growth needs at least three years of comparable annual statements, so a short or interrupted history leaves it blank.
On efficiency, Smurfit WestRock Plc scores 6.8, an average reading. Its peers have a median of 6.2 across 170 Consumer Discretionary companies, which places it above them, at the 65th percentile. Efficiency near the median says the operation is neither unusually lean nor unusually capital hungry.
There is no predictability score for Smurfit WestRock Plc: too little of the pillar could be measured from the filings to give an honest reading. The overall is therefore the weighted average of the other pillars. Across 178 Consumer Discretionary companies the median for this pillar is 5.0. Predictability needs several years of history, so a short or changing record leaves it blank.
This is a lopsided profile. Efficiency scores 6.8 but profitability only 2.1, a gap of 4.7 points, so the overall hides a business that is excellent in one respect and weak in another. An efficiency lead means the operation turns what it has into cash better than it does anything else. A profitability shortfall is the one most worth understanding, since it bears directly on whether the business creates value.
Closing the gap on profitability would do the most for the overall. At the median of Consumer Discretionary companies, 5.1, Smurfit WestRock Plc would score about 5.5 instead of 4.2. Only three of the five pillars could be scored. Together they carry 60 of the 100 weight points (the full set is profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20), and the overall is the weighted average of those alone.
These are the Consumer Discretionary companies closest to Smurfit WestRock Plc in market value. Each has its own page scored on the same five pillars, so the comparison is like for like.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading Smurfit WestRock Plc scores 4.2 out of 10, which reads as mixed quality. Its strongest pillar is efficiency, its weakest is profitability. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
Smurfit WestRock Plc ranks at the 30th percentile of the 179 Consumer Discretionary companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 5.0 and the top quarter starts at 6.1, against Smurfit WestRock Plc’s 4.2.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 17, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for SW are in the app.
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