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) Return on assets

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Sonoco Products Company's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −2.08%, down 10.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.47%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.65% (fiscal 2021) to 8.47% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is below the Packaging & Containers industry median of 1.04% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 1.47%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 8.47% 6.81
FY2024 1.66% (5.01)
FY2023 6.67% (1.02)
FY2022 7.69% 9.34
FY2021 −1.65% (5.64)
FY2020 3.99% (2.02)
FY2019 6.01% (0.85)
FY2018 6.86% 2.72
FY2017 4.14% (3.08)
FY2016 7.22% 1.12

Against its own ten years

Low −1.65% High 8.47%
Ten-year median 6.10%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 7.85%
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 6.48%
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 5.45%
GEF.B Greif Inc. compare 4.78%
GEF Greif, Inc. compare 4.53%
SLGN Silgan Holdings Inc. compare 2.77%
AMBP Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. compare 0.88%
GPK Graphic Packaging Holding Company compare 0.63%
SON Sonoco Products Company −2.08%
Packaging & Containers industry median 1.04%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 1.47%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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