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
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Sonoco Products Company (SON) Operating margin
Sonoco Products Company's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 2.74%, down 10.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (13.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.16% (fiscal 2024) to 13.5% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is below the Packaging & Containers industry median of 6.42% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.88%.
Operating margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 13.5% | 7.38 |
| FY2024 | 6.16% | (4.67) |
| FY2023 | 10.8% | 1.22 |
| FY2022 | 9.61% | 0.90 |
| FY2021 | 8.71% | 1.88 |
| FY2020 | 6.83% | (1.86) |
| FY2019 | 8.69% | 0.57 |
| FY2018 | 8.12% | (0.07) |
| FY2017 | 8.19% | (0.18) |
| FY2016 | 8.37% | 0.66 |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | −31.3% | (41.48) |
| Jun 2026 | 10.2% | 2.65 |
| Mar 2026 | 7.58% | (21.85) |
| Dec 2025 | 29.4% | 20.28 |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare | 13.4% |
| CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare | 12.0% |
| AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare | 11.7% |
| GEF.B Greif Inc. compare | 10.8% |
| GEF Greif, Inc. compare | 9.97% |
| SLGN Silgan Holdings Inc. compare | 8.50% |
| AMBP Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. compare | 5.10% |
| GPK Graphic Packaging Holding Company compare | 4.29% |
| SON Sonoco Products Company | 2.74% |
| Packaging & Containers industry median | 6.42% |
| Consumer Cyclical sector median | 3.88% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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