---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-128078"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001732845"
company_name: "WestRock Co"
filed_at: "2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T00:41:46.031279+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WestRock Q2 net sales $4.73B, adj. EPS $0.39; Smurfit Kappa deal on track for early July 2024

## Summary
- Net sales $4.73B vs $5.28B YoY; net income $16M vs loss $2.01B; adj. EPS $0.39.
- Consolidated adj. EBITDA $618M vs $789M YoY; Consumer Packaging margin +70 bps to 18.0%.
- Already achieved $160M+ cost savings; expect to exceed fiscal 2024 target of $300-400M.
- No conference call or guidance due to pending Smurfit Kappa combination; close expected early July 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-128078
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001732845
- company_name: WestRock Co
- filed_at: 2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01, 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1732845/000119312524128078/0001193125-24-128078-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1732845/000119312524128078/d675011d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-128078
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-128078.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  WestRock Co reported second quarter of fiscal 2024 results: revenue Net sales of $4.73 billion, net income Net income of $16 million, EPS Earnings of $0.06 per diluted share.
  - Period: second quarter of fiscal 2024
  - Revenue: Net sales of $4.73 billion
  - Net income: Net income of $16 million
  - EPS: Earnings of $0.06 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: paper and packaging solutions, today announced results for its fiscal second quarter ended March 31, 2024. Second Quarter Highlights and other notable items: • Net sales of $4.73 billion • Net income of $16 million, Adjusted Net Income of $101 million; net income included $81 million of restructuring and other costs, net • Earnings of $0.06 per diluted share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1732845/000119312524128078/0001193125-24-128078-index.htm

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