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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 equity
Sonoco Products Company's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −7.41%, down 41.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (33.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4.55% (fiscal 2021) to 33.9% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is below the Packaging & Containers industry median of 2.28% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.20%.
Return on equity, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on equity | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 33.9% | 26.95 |
| FY2024 | 6.95% | (14.14) |
| FY2023 | 21.1% | (2.69) |
| FY2022 | 23.8% | 28.33 |
| FY2021 | −4.55% | (15.69) |
| FY2020 | 11.1% | (5.12) |
| FY2019 | 16.3% | (1.65) |
| FY2018 | 17.9% | 7.23 |
| FY2017 | 10.7% | (7.87) |
| FY2016 | 18.6% | 2.08 |
Against its own ten years
Return on equity against peers
| Company | Return on equity |
|---|---|
| AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare | 30.8% |
| CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare | 22.8% |
| GEF Greif, Inc. compare | 17.3% |
| REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare | 14.4% |
| GEF.B Greif Inc. compare | 11.3% |
| GPK Graphic Packaging Holding Company compare | 2.28% |
| SLGN Silgan Holdings Inc. compare | 0.00% |
| SON Sonoco Products Company | −7.41% |
| AMBP Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. compare | −8.78% |
| Packaging & Containers industry median | 2.28% |
| Consumer Cyclical sector median | 3.20% |
| Market median | 0.51% |
What Return on equity is
ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)
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