secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WestRock Co (—)
CIK:        0001732845
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-128078
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01, 7.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1732845/000119312524128078/0001193125-24-128078-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1732845/000119312524128078/d675011d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-128078

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