Sonoco Products Company

SON Consumer Cyclical Packaging & Containers

Sonoco Products Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $7.5 billion, up 41.7% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−4.20%
EPS
−698.4%
Free cash flow
+1.80%
Total debt
−0.16%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

51.42 0.21 −0.41%
Market cap
$5.1B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−9.8×
Dividend yield
4.16%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.76
Beneish M
−2.38
Dividend safety
75/100

Sonoco Products Company (SON) Gross margin

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Sonoco Products Company's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 20.2%, down 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (20.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 18.7% (fiscal 2015) to 22.1% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is in line with the Packaging & Containers industry median of 20.1% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 34.3%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 20.9% (0.53)
FY2024 21.5% (0.63)
FY2023 22.1% 1.19
FY2022 20.9% 1.91
FY2021 19.0% (0.98)
FY2020 20.0% 0.30
FY2019 19.7% 0.37
FY2018 19.3% 0.28
FY2017 19.0% (0.75)
FY2016 19.8% 1.06

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 19.9% (0.96)
Jun 2026 20.8% 0.19
Mar 2026 20.6% 0.99
Dec 2025 19.6% (2.30)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 18.7% High 22.1%
Ten-year median 19.8%
Current reading's percentile 65

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 28.8%
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 25.1%
GEF.B Greif Inc. compare 22.4%
GEF Greif, Inc. compare 22.3%
SON Sonoco Products Company 20.2%
SLGN Silgan Holdings Inc. compare 17.0%
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 16.8%
GPK Graphic Packaging Holding Company compare 14.0%
AMBP Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. compare 12.2%
Packaging & Containers industry median 20.1%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 34.3%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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