secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Smurfit Westrock plc (SW)
CIK:        0002005951
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-24-083991
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Smurfit Westrock Q2 2024 legacy results: net income $132M, adj EBITDA $480M, vol +3.1%
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- Net sales $2.97B vs $3.08B YoY; net income $132M vs $267M; adjusted EBITDA $480M vs $556M.
- Adjusted EBITDA margin 16.2% (down from 18.1%); net leverage 1.6x vs 1.3x year-end 2023.
- Corrugated volume growth 3.1% (Europe +3.5%, Americas +1.5%); higher recovered fiber costs expected to be recovered via pricing.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.3025 per ordinary share; post-quarter completed WestRock combination, NYSE listing, S&P 500 inclusion.
- Credit ratings: BBB/BBB/Baa2 from S&P, Fitch, Moody's respectively.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2005951/000110465924083991/0001104659-24-083991-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2005951/000110465924083991/tm2420404d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-083991

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