Smurfit Westrock (SW) Tax Rate (2023 - 2026)

Smurfit Westrock's (SW) quarterly Tax Rate came in at 25.0% in Q1 2026, up 2295.0% year-on-year from 1.04% in Q1 2025, and down 43.18% quarter-over-quarter from 44.0% in Q4 2025.

Smurfit Westrock (SW) Tax Rate (2023 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Smurfit Westrock has disclosed Tax Rate across 4 years of filings, most recently posting 25.0% for Q1 2026.

  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 came in at 25.0%, up 2295.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 41.81% (up 1648.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 27.11%, down 1592.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate came in at 25.0% for Q1 2026 at Smurfit Westrock, down from 44.0% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 144.83% in Q2 2025 to a low of 28.21% in Q3 2024.
  • The 4-year median for Tax Rate is 28.46% (2024), against an average of 34.89%.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Rate slumped 5238 bps in 2024 and jumped 11542 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Smurfit Westrock's Tax Rate stood at 52.43% in 2023, then tumbled by 34 bps to 34.53% in 2024, then gained by 27 bps to 44.0% in 2025, then tumbled by 43 bps to 25.0% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 25.0% (Q1 2026), 44.0% (Q4 2025), and 27.08% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Smurfit Westrock 21.64 Bn 20.99 Bn 1.27 Bn 25.00%
2 Packaging Corp Of America 20.07 Bn 19.53 Bn 452.90 Mn 22.25%
3 International Paper 18.03 Bn 16.73 Bn 1.73 Bn 18.28%
4 Amcor 17.99 Bn 16.41 Bn 1.19 Bn 10.32%
5 Ball 14.38 Bn 13.50 Bn 646.00 Mn 24.03%
6 Avery Dennison 12.23 Bn 11.97 Bn 664.80 Mn 30.07%
7 Crown Holdings 10.71 Bn 10.62 Bn 644.00 Mn 25.45%
8 Sonoco Products 4.95 Bn 4.75 Bn 345.63 Mn 12.44%
9 Reynolds Consumer Products 4.85 Bn 4.78 Bn 207.00 Mn 23.38%
10 Silgan Holdings 4.09 Bn 3.66 Bn 265.78 Mn 26.51%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 25.00%
Mar 31, 2026 25.00%
Dec 31, 2025 44.00%
Dec 31, 2025 44.00%
Sep 30, 2025 27.08%
Sep 30, 2025 27.08%
Jun 30, 2025 144.83%
Jun 30, 2025 144.83%
Mar 31, 2025 2.05%
Mar 31, 2025 2.05%
Dec 31, 2024 34.53%
Dec 31, 2024 34.53%
Sep 30, 2024 -28.21%
Sep 30, 2024 -28.21%
Jun 30, 2024 29.41%
Jun 30, 2024 29.41%
Mar 31, 2024 28.46%
Mar 31, 2024 28.46%
Dec 31, 2023 52.43%
Dec 31, 2023 52.43%