Seasonality
SW seasonality — Smurfit Westrock
Over the last 11 years, SW's strongest month on average has been November (+4.8%) and its weakest March (-5.1%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +4.64% | +5.16% | 70% | +15.0% | -3.0% | 10 |
| Feb | -0.78% | -1.53% | 40% | +12.9% | -12.3% | 10 |
| Mar | -5.09% | -5.93% | 20% | +18.0% | -16.4% | 10 |
| Apr | +0.82% | -0.21% | 50% | +9.5% | -6.8% | 10 |
| May | +4.33% | +4.44% | 70% | +16.9% | -10.2% | 10 |
| Jun | -0.80% | -0.82% | 40% | +12.4% | -16.7% | 10 |
| Jul | +4.45% | +1.43% | 70% | +24.6% | -2.7% | 10 |
| Aug | +0.89% | +2.53% | 70% | +9.6% | -12.7% | 10 |
| Sep | -3.37% | -5.05% | 40% | +10.6% | -19.2% | 10 |
| Oct | -2.75% | -1.96% | 40% | +11.0% | -21.9% | 10 |
| Nov | +4.81% | +6.83% | 78% | +14.6% | -13.4% | 9 |
| Dec | +4.63% | +5.02% | 80% | +17.5% | -4.7% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — SW
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7.7 | 12.9 | -15.2 | -3.7 | 7.2 | 12.4 | -0.6 | 2.0 | -6.0 | -2.3 | 2.3 | +14.0% | |
| 2025 | -1.4 | -1.9 | -13.5 | -6.8 | 3.1 | -0.4 | 2.9 | 6.7 | -10.1 | -13.3 | -3.3 | 8.3 | -28.2% |
| 2024 | -1.3 | 1.8 | 9.4 | -4.5 | 16.9 | -7.9 | -2.7 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 6.8 | -2.1 | +32.0% |
| 2023 | 9.8 | -6.7 | -6.1 | -1.3 | 4.3 | -11.9 | 24.6 | 0.4 | -19.2 | -3.3 | 9.1 | 17.5 | +9.3% |
| 2022 | 0.8 | -4.2 | -15.6 | -4.5 | -4.7 | -16.7 | 11.4 | -12.7 | -7.8 | 7.3 | 14.6 | 1.9 | -30.6% |
| 2021 | 4.2 | -1.8 | -4.8 | 7.1 | 13.3 | -3.7 | 0.8 | 5.2 | -10.0 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.1 | +14.2% |
| 2020 | -3.0 | -12.3 | -16.4 | 7.7 | 12.4 | 4.0 | -2.7 | 9.6 | 7.6 | -1.6 | 14.3 | 6.8 | +23.3% |
| 2019 | 8.6 | 3.4 | -5.8 | 9.5 | -10.2 | 10.4 | 8.5 | -10.0 | 1.1 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 6.5 | +44.9% |
| 2018 | 6.2 | -1.3 | 18.0 | 3.8 | -3.5 | -1.2 | 2.0 | 3.0 | -4.1 | -21.9 | -13.4 | -4.7 | -20.6% |
| 2017 | 15.0 | 2.2 | -1.0 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 7.0 | 0.4 | -1.2 | 10.6 | -8.8 | 5.5 | 5.1 | +45.6% |
| 2016 | 4.9 |