• Smurfit Westrock posted Q2 results with net sales of $8.03 billion; net income totaled $88 million, a 1.1% margin.
• Non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA came in at $1.14 billion, a 14.2% margin; operating cash flow was $765 million.
• Management flagged significantly higher input costs, particularly freight, while citing strong paper demand and mills running generally full.
• Guided for non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA of about $1.3 billion in Q3; sees full-year non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA of $4.9 billion to $5.1 billion.
• Declared a quarterly dividend of $0.4523 per ordinary share, payable Sept. 10 to holders of record Aug. 14.

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