secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Smurfit Westrock plc (SW)
CIK:        0002005951
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-052046
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Smurfit Westrock Q1 Net Income $63M down from $382M YoY; Adjusted EBITDA $1,076M
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- Net Sales $7,712M flat vs $7,656M YoY; Net Income fell 83% to $63M (0.8% margin).
- Adjusted EBITDA $1,076M (14.0% margin) vs $1,252M (16.4%) YoY, hit by $65M weather events.
- Quarterly dividend $0.4523 per share; containerboard prices up $20/ton in Q1, $30/ton in April.
- North America added 600+ corrugated customers; EMEA & APAC outperformed on improving demand.
- Asset optimization: consultations at UK mill (~200k tonnes) and four converting facilities.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2005951/000110465926052046/0001104659-26-052046-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2005951/000110465926052046/tm2613071d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-052046

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