WestRock Company
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
15.2612.6710.809.93
Price/Sales ratio
0.660.650.630.62
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$3.39$4.08$4.79$5.21

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
16.6823.51-30.7020.387.1810.83-13.1215.768.48-5.5572.007.18
Price/Sales ratio
0.801.040.850.970.840.510.510.700.370.450.690.51
Price/Book Value ratio
1.851.021.251.391.190.800.841.130.700.901.351.19
Price/Cash Flow ratio
6.949.907.207.597.094.044.345.793.965.0110.157.09
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
12.9519.2913.6412.8614.709.938.249.026.9213.3581.0214.70
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-0.52-0.550.17-0.070.04-0.190.07-0.070.550.02-1.28-0.19
Dividend Yield
1.26%1.79%3.12%2.79%3.21%5.00%3.82%1.76%3.23%3.07%1.17%5.00%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
19.54%19.42%19.46%18.44%20.64%20.49%18.18%18.29%18.91%17.64%16.62%20.49%
Operating Profit Margin
8.63%7.72%3.03%5.61%7.29%8.17%7.40%6.83%9.20%-7.44%2.61%8.17%
Pretax Profit Margin
7.78%6.69%1.72%5.77%6.35%6.25%-2.97%5.79%5.73%-8.39%1.06%6.25%
Net Profit Margin
4.84%4.45%-2.79%4.76%11.70%4.71%-3.90%4.47%4.44%-8.11%0.96%4.71%
Effective Tax Rate
37.19%32.86%36.71%18.54%-84.50%24.18%-31.28%22.41%22.12%3.54%9.37%-84.50%
Return on Assets
4.34%1.99%-1.72%2.82%7.51%2.86%-2.38%2.86%3.32%-6.00%0.70%2.86%
Return On Equity
11.13%4.35%-4.07%6.84%16.61%7.39%-6.45%7.18%8.28%-16.35%1.84%7.39%
Return on Capital Employed
8.82%3.79%2.06%3.78%5.38%5.59%5.03%5.00%7.98%-6.71%2.31%5.59%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/A1.921.791.491.431.441.68N/AN/AN/A1.271.44
Quick Ratio
1.031.011.040.890.880.830.990.950.930.940.790.83
Cash ratio
0.020.100.150.090.190.040.080.070.060.070.090.09
Days of Sales Outstanding
41.2654.1941.0046.3445.0643.7744.4950.3646.0846.5848.7045.06
Days of Inventory outstanding
47.1878.1452.3954.1251.6752.9051.3551.7949.0650.8852.0851.67
Operating Cycle
88.44132.3493.39100.4796.7496.6795.84102.1695.1597.46100.7896.74
Days of Payables Outstanding
37.2649.0133.7244.9348.4845.9842.4950.6147.6946.3450.9548.48
Cash Conversion Cycle
51.1883.3359.6755.5348.2550.6953.3551.5547.4651.1149.8248.25
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.270.220.250.250.250.330.320.280.270.310.330.25
Debt Equity Ratio
0.690.480.590.610.550.860.880.700.680.850.890.55
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.390.320.360.350.330.440.460.400.390.440.430.33
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.400.320.370.380.350.460.470.410.400.450.470.35
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/A7.733.103.884.833.802.98N/AN/AN/A1.313.80
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.380.210.290.290.300.220.210.270.250.210.140.22
Company Equity Multiplier
2.562.172.362.422.212.582.702.502.492.722.692.21
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.110.100.110.120.110.120.110.120.090.090.060.12
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.530.510.520.590.480.400.520.640.570.370.120.40
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.380.210.290.290.300.220.210.270.250.210.140.22
Short Term Coverage Ratio
8.6816.245.763.122.604.119.2813.509.523.421.104.11
Dividend Payout Ratio
21.07%42.29%-96.06%56.93%23.13%54.22%-50.21%27.88%27.47%-17.05%164.43%23.13%