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) Return on assets
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
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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