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Sonoco Products Company

SON Consumer Cyclical Packaging & Containers

In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 1.31%, EPS fell 78.8%, free cash flow grew 138.9% and total debt fell 30.1%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

49.77 0.11 +0.22%
Market cap
$4.9B
P/E
7.9×
Fwd P/E
11.9×
Dividend yield
4.30%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.76
Beneish M
−2.38
Dividend safety
75/100
Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.99
Total sells 0.11
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — 2 — — — 1 — —
Sell — — — 2 — — — — 1 — — —
Insider Ownership 1.90%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 4,910.00
Revenue 7,461.01
Net Income 628.35
Free Cash Flow 402.59
Net Debt 3,315.82
Current Ratio 0.99 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 0.97
P/E ratio 7.91
Fwd P/E 11.90
P/S ratio 0.66
P/B ratio 1.38
Past 5Y EPS Growth 37.48% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 0.59%
Next Y EPS Growth 8.03%
Next Y revenue growth (1.02%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 6.58%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 1.1×, against a ten-year median of 1.3×; over the ten years it ranged from 1.0× in 2016 to 1.8× in 2024.
P/E against its own 10 years 8.70%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 5.05%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 5.20%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 8.51%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 46.02%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.34
Annual Dividend Rate 2.14
Annual Dividend Yield 4.30%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 2.14
0.53
0.54
0.54
2025 2.11
0.52
0.53
0.53
0.53
2024 2.07
0.51
0.52
0.52
0.52
2023 2.02
0.49
0.51
0.51
0.51
2022 1.92
0.45
0.49
0.49
0.49
2021 1.80
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
2020 1.72
0.43
0.43
0.43
0.43
2019 1.70
0.41
0.43
0.43
0.43
2018 1.62
0.39
0.41
0.41
0.41
2017 1.54
0.37
0.39
0.39
0.39
2016 1.83
0.35
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.37
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 139 431 378 169
Receivables 744 1,083 1,022 1,196
Inventory 604 1,016 1,121 1,255
Other — — — —
2,050 3,179 2,646 2,787
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 538 1,131 1,084 1,097
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
1,165 4,038 2,529 2,802

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 4.24% 7.50% 8.67%
Cash Flow 4.30% (0.45%) 10.66%
Earnings 14.90% 37.05% 29.07%
Book Value 9.01% 13.71% 20.56%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,676 1,885 — — —
’25 1,709 1,910 2,131 1,768 7,519
’24 1,309 1,279 1,355 1,363 5,305
’23 1,730 1,705 1,710 296 5,441
’22 1,771 1,913 1,890 285 5,859
’21 1,353 1,383 1,415 1,439 5,590
’20 1,303 1,245 1,312 1,376 5,237
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (368) 301 — — —
’25 (208) 193 292 413 690
’24 166 109 162 396 834
’23 98 251 268 266 883
’22 1 183 138 187 509
’21 139 (37) 118 79 299
’20 88 194 208 216 706
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (428) 237 — — —
’25 (300) 99 230 364 393
’24 80 16 75 285 456
’23 86 173 176 165 600
’22 (66) 107 51 99 190
’21 99 (90) 65 (18) 56
’20 57 153 171 143 524
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.68 1.05 — — —
’25 0.55 4.96 1.23 3.33 10.07
’24 0.66 0.92 0.51 (0.44) 1.65
’23 1.50 1.16 1.32 0.82 4.80
’22 1.17 1.33 1.24 0.98 4.72
’21 0.71 (3.34) 1.12 0.66 (0.86)
’20 0.80 0.55 0.82 (0.12) 2.05
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 36.56 47.10 46.55 51.29 37.30 54.82 51.52 49.98 48.22 38.65

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 55.47 55.77 58.69 66.57 62.47 69.83 67.06 63.74 61.73 50.09
People
People Employees 20,000 21,000 23,000 23,000 0 — 22,000 23,000 28,000 22,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.24 0.24 0.23 0.23 0.00 0.00 0.27 0.24 0.19 0.34
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 4,783 5,037 5,391 5,374 5,237 5,590 5,859 5,441 5,305 7,519
Gross margin, % 19.78 19.03 19.31 19.68 19.98 19.00 20.91 22.10 21.47 20.94
EBT 441 315 379 381 256 (161) 460 489 63 765
EBT margin, % 9.23 6.25 7.02 7.09 4.88 (2.88) 7.85 8.99 1.20 10.18
Net income 288 177 315 293 207 (83) 467 476 164 1,003
Depreciation 205 218 236 239 261 245 309 341 375 519
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 47.31 50.25 53.62 53.35 51.89 56.12 59.79 55.36 53.79 75.85
Earnings 2.81 1.74 3.10 2.88 2.05 (0.86) 4.72 4.80 1.65 10.07
Cash flow 3.94 3.47 5.87 4.23 6.99 3.00 5.19 8.98 8.45 6.96
Capex 0.93 (1.83) (1.67) (1.80) (1.79) (2.44) (3.26) (2.88) (3.83) (3.00)
Free cash flow 4.87 1.64 4.19 2.43 5.20 0.56 1.94 6.11 4.63 3.96
Book value 15.38 17.26 17.63 18.02 18.93 18.57 21.15 24.74 23.18 36.64
Shares, m 101 100 101 101 101 100 98 98 99 99
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 18.91 30.97 17.14 21.43 28.90 0.00 12.78 11.87 29.61 4.33
P/S 1.13 1.07 0.99 1.16 1.14 1.03 1.01 1.03 0.91 0.58
P/B 3.47 3.12 3.01 3.42 3.13 3.12 2.85 2.30 2.11 1.19
EV/Sales 1.29 1.28 1.19 1.35 1.27 1.22 1.43 1.55 1.77 1.03
EV/FCF 12.50 39.09 15.21 29.71 12.70 121.72 44.26 14.10 20.54 19.70
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 399 348 590 426 706 299 509 883 834 690
Capex 94 (184) (168) (181) (181) (243) (319) (283) (378) (297)
Free cash flow 492 165 422 245 524 56 190 600 456 393
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 546 564 436 117 319 133 617 885 (860) 118
Total debt 1,021 1,288 1,190 1,193 1,244 1,199 2,720 2,998 4,985 3,789
Net debt 763 1,033 1,069 1,048 680 1,028 2,492 2,859 4,554 3,411
Shareholders’ equity 1,555 1,730 1,772 1,816 1,911 1,850 2,073 2,432 2,286 3,632
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 7.22 4.14 6.86 6.01 3.99 (1.65) 7.69 6.67 1.66 8.47
ROIC 10.79 9.33 9.63 10.19 8.63 10.57 7.71 6.96 2.98 9.03
ROE 18.55 10.68 17.91 16.26 11.14 (4.55) 23.78 21.09 6.95 33.90
Negative figures in brackets.

All 10 years →

Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Sonoco Products Company vs peers in Packaging & Containers (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation $13.3B 19.2× 16.3× +10.92% (above 0%: growing) +10.79% (above 0%: growing) +94.11% (above 0%: growing) 29.62% 12.73% Compare
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. $12.4B 16.3× 12.9× +16.48% (above 0%: growing) +42.68% (above 0%: growing) +52.62% (above 0%: growing) 17.23% 12.65% Compare
SON Sonoco Products Company $4.9B 7.9× 11.9× −1.31% (below 0%: shrinking) −78.83% (below 0%: shrinking) +138.94% (above 0%: growing) 20.81% 10.23%
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. $4.8B 13.9× 14.0× +0.64% (above 0%: growing) +20.00% (above 0%: growing) −11.76% (below 0%: shrinking) 25.95% 14.62% Compare
GEF Greif, Inc. $4.3B 13.5× 23.5× +3.53% (above 0%: growing) +24.55% (above 0%: growing) −82.57% (below 0%: shrinking) 23.39% 9.26% Compare
SLGN Silgan Holdings Inc. $4.0B 14.8× 11.0× +6.76% (above 0%: growing) −13.25% (below 0%: shrinking) +12.13% (above 0%: growing) 17.94% 9.19% Compare
GEF.B Greif Inc. $3.7B 14.6× — +3.53% (above 0%: growing) +86.36% (above 0%: growing) −82.57% (below 0%: shrinking) 23.39% 9.26% Compare
AMBP Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. $2.8B 78.0× 60.0× +17.73% (above 0%: growing) n/m +52.38% (above 0%: growing) 13.89% 6.71% Compare
GPK Graphic Packaging Holding Company $2.6B 13.0× 19.0× −0.73% (below 0%: shrinking) −77.14% (below 0%: shrinking) +92.31% (above 0%: growing) 13.35% 4.34% Compare
Median of peers $4.2B 14.7× 16.3× +5.14% +20.00% +32.26% 20.67% 9.26%

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Sonoco Products Company (SON) key facts

  • Strength: Net income was $1.0 billion, or $10.07 per share (basic), a net margin of 13.3%.
  • Sonoco Products Company (SON) is a Packaging & Containers company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, SON traded at $49.77, a market capitalization of $4.9 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 7.9× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 0.7× sales; its P/E is higher than 9% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Sonoco Products Company pays an annual dividend of $2.14 per share, a yield of 4.30%, with a payout ratio of 34.0%.
  • Return on equity was 33.9% and debt-to-equity 0.97.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.76 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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