SW - Smurfit Westrock plc
Smurfit Westrock Plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells containerboard, corrugated containers, and other paper-based packaging products in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and internationally. The company produces containerboard and paperboard; packaging of corrugated containers; consumer packaging; and offers solid board, kraft paper, and graphic board, as well as other packaging products, such as solidboard packaging, paper sacks and bag-in-box. It produces linerboard and corrugated medium and paperboard; and other paper-based packaging, such as folding cartons, inserts, labels and displays.
As of Aug 14, 2026: spot at $49.31, ATM IV 36.5%, max pain $45.00, net GEX $742.8K.
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Packaging & Containers
- Market Cap
- $25.83B
- P/E Ratio
- 49.42
- Beta
- 0.97
- 52-Week Range
- 32.729-52.65
- Dividend Yield
- $1.77
- CEO
- Anthony Paul J. Smurfit
- Employees
- 97,000
- IPO Date
- Jun 17, 2008
- Exchange
- NYSE
What SW Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 19.3% is subdued relative to the 1-year history, conditions that typically favor premium-buying or long-volatility structures (debit spreads, calendar spreads, long straddles); positive net gamma exposure ($742.8K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.026) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The SW overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked SW overview questions
- What is SW?
- SW is the ticker symbol for Smurfit Westrock plc, a listed security. Smurfit Westrock Plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells containerboard, corrugated containers, and other paper-based packaging products in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and internationally. The company produces containerboard and paperboard; packaging of corrugated containers; consumer packaging; and offers solid board, kraft paper, and graphic board, as well as other packaging products, such as solidboard packaging, paper sacks and bag-in-box. Listed on NYSE. SW is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the SW options snapshot look like today?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, the SW options snapshot shows spot at $49.31, ATM IV 36.5%, IV rank 19.3%, max pain $45.00, net GEX $742.8K, expected move 10.46%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are SW's key statistics?
- Smurfit Westrock plc (SW) carries a market capitalization of $25.83B, trailing P/E ratio of 49.42, beta of 0.97 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 32.729-52.65. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does SW belong to?
- Smurfit Westrock plc operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, in the Packaging & Containers industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare SW's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the SW data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated Aug 14, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).