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SONOCO PRODUCTS CO
SON
$5.8B
Mkt Cap
$58.23
+3.39%
SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON) has a current P/E ratio of 5.8, compared to its historical median P/E of 13.9. The stock is currently considered Cheap based on its historical valuation range.
SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 8.3%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON) has a market capitalization of $5.8B. It is classified as a mid-cap stock.
Yes, SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 3.63%. The company also returns capital through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 0.13%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON) appears cheap. The current P/E of 5.8 is 58% below its historical median of 13.9. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is 14.9%.
SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON) operates in the Paperboard Containers & Boxes industry, within the Materials sector.
SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON) reported annual revenue of $7.5 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
Sonoco Products Company is a global designer, developer, and manufacturer of highly engineered and sustainable packaging serving multiple end markets, with approximately 265 locations in 37 countries as of December 31, 2025. The company operates through two core reportable segments: Consumer Packaging (approximately 65% of consolidated net sales in 2025), which includes metal food cans, aerosol cans, and paper-based packaging products, and Industrial Paper Packaging, which produces uncoated recycled board (URB), converted products, and specialty tubes and cores. The Consumer Packaging segment was expanded significantly through the December 2024 acquisition of Eviosys, Europe's leading food cans, ends and closures manufacturer, which operates as Sonoco Metal Packaging EMEA and positions the company as a global leader in metal food can and aerosol packaging. Sonoco's business model centers on providing integrated packaging solutions tailored to customer needs, leveraging advanced material science and technology expertise to drive competitive advantage through continuous process improvements and productivity initiatives. The company serves major global brands across food, beverage, personal care, and industrial end markets, with a focus on businesses where it can drive differentiation through high-functionality products and operational excellence. Following strategic portfolio transformation—including the April 2025 sale of Thermoform and Flexible Packaging (TFP) to Toppan Holdings for approximately $1.8 billion and the November 2025 sale of ThermoSafe to Arsenal Capital Partners for $656 million—Sonoco has streamlined its operations into two core global business segments focused on metal and fiber packaging where it holds leading market positions.
【Portfolio transformation complete】 Management has substantially concluded its strategic goal of streamlining operations from a diversified portfolio into two core global business segments focused on metal and fiber packaging, with the November 2025 sale of ThermoSafe marking the final major divestiture. The company is focused on executing long-term financial targets shared at Investor Day, with particular emphasis on achieving $150 million to $200 million in structural transformation and productivity savings over three years, with $8 million delivered in the first quarter of 2026 and progress expected to accelerate as the year progresses. Management remains committed to driving synergies from the Eviosys acquisition, with expectations for significant procurement synergies in 2026 after delays in 2025 due to the late closing, and the company is targeting several new customer opportunities that should lead to further volume growth in 2026 and beyond. Despite macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty creating a dynamic operating environment, management expects continued strength in Consumer Packaging and North American Industrial businesses, with particular optimism around tuna pack performance, increasing salted snack volumes, and growth in the wire and cable industry driven by power infrastructure demand for AI center expansion.
| Metric | Target | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Net Sales | $7.25 billion–$7.75 billion | FY2026 |
| Adjusted EBITDA | $1.25 billion–$1.35 billion | FY2026 |
| Adjusted EPS | $5.80–$6.20 | FY2026 |
Net Sales (FY2026): “For the full year, we expect sales of $7.25 billion-$7.75 billion”
Adjusted EBITDA (FY2026): “Adjusted EBITDA of $1.25 billion-$1.35 billion”
Adjusted EPS (FY2026): “Adjusted EBITDA of $5.80-$6.20”
Generated solely from the company's own reports listed below — not from third-party data. Hallucination risk is low. · Sources: 10-K, Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call, Q1 FY2025 Earnings Call, Q4 FY2024 Earnings Call, Q3 FY2024 Earnings Call
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 7.5B | 7.5B | 5.3B | 5.4B | 5.9B | 5.7B |
| Net Income | 1.0B | 1.0B | 164M | 475M | 466M | -85M |
| EPS | $10.30 | $10.07 | $1.65 | $4.80 | $4.72 | $-0.86 |
| Free Cash Flow | 217M | 346M | 441M | 520M | 180M | 43M |
| ROIC | 10.4% | 7.8% | 4.4% | 6.9% | 8.5% | 14.1% |
| Gross Margin | 20.9% | 20.9% | 21.5% | 22.1% | 20.9% | 18.6% |
| Debt/Equity | 1.41 | 1.36 | 3.24 | 1.35 | 1.39 | 1.07 |
| Dividends/Share | $2.12 | $2.11 | $2.07 | $2.02 | $1.92 | $1.80 |
| Operating Income | 1.0B | 1.0B | 327M | 589M | 563M | 487M |
| Operating Margin | 13.6% | 13.5% | 6.2% | 10.8% | 9.6% | 8.5% |
| ROE | 28.5% | 34.1% | 7.0% | 21.2% | 23.9% | -4.6% |
| Shares Outstanding | 99M | 100M | 99M | 99M | 99M | 99M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 5.1B | 5.1B | 4.9B | 5.2B | 5.5B | 5.5B | 5.3B | 5.7B | 5.9B | 5.4B | 5.3B | 7.5B | 7.5B |
| Gross Margin | 17.7% | 18.3% | 19.3% | 18.5% | 18.8% | 19.2% | 19.6% | 18.6% | 20.9% | 22.1% | 21.5% | 20.9% | 20.9% |
| R&D | 24M | 22M | 23M | 21M | 23M | 23M | 22M | 24M | 23M | 24M | 23M | 22M | 22M |
| SG&A | 507M | 496M | 503M | 508M | 563M | 531M | 528M | 558M | 610M | 645M | 724M | 862M | 855M |
| EBIT | 378M | 383M | 505M | 412M | 438M | 467M | 358M | 487M | 563M | 589M | 327M | 1.0B | 1.0B |
| Op. Margin | 7.4% | 7.5% | 10.3% | 7.9% | 7.9% | 8.5% | 6.7% | 8.5% | 9.6% | 10.8% | 6.2% | 13.5% | 13.6% |
| Net Income | 226M | 250M | 286M | 175M | 314M | 292M | 207M | -85M | 466M | 475M | 164M | 1.0B | 1.0B |
| Net Margin | 4.4% | 4.9% | 5.9% | 3.4% | 5.7% | 5.3% | 3.9% | -1.5% | 8.0% | 8.7% | 3.1% | 13.3% | 13.6% |
| Non-Recurring | 31M | 55M | 154M | 38M | 40M | 60M | 131M | 11M | 68M | 114M | 42M | 1.0B | 68M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 7.9% | 8.8% | 11.0% | 8.1% | 8.8% | 8.2% | 8.3% | 14.1% | 8.5% | 6.9% | 4.4% | 7.8% | 10.4% |
| ROE | 14.2% | 16.7% | 18.8% | 10.8% | 18.1% | 16.4% | 11.2% | -4.6% | 23.9% | 21.2% | 7.0% | 34.1% | 28.5% |
| ROA | 5.5% | 6.1% | 7.2% | 4.1% | 6.9% | 6.0% | 4.0% | -1.7% | 7.7% | 6.7% | 1.7% | 8.5% | 9.2% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 418M | 453M | 399M | 348M | 590M | 426M | 706M | 299M | 509M | 883M | 834M | 690M | 530M |
| Free Cash Flow | 241M | 261M | 212M | 159M | 397M | 230M | 511M | 43M | 180M | 520M | 441M | 346M | 217M |
| Owner Earnings | 202M | 231M | 174M | 117M | 343M | 172M | 434M | 31M | 169M | 514M | 429M | 152M | -11M |
| CapEx | 177M | 192M | 187M | 189M | 193M | 196M | 194M | 256M | 329M | 363M | 393M | 344M | 313M |
| Maint. CapEx | 199M | 213M | 205M | 218M | 236M | 239M | 261M | 245M | 309M | 341M | 375M | 519M | 523M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11M | 20M | 22M | 18M | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 199M | 213M | 205M | 218M | 236M | 239M | 261M | 245M | 309M | 341M | 375M | 519M | 523M |
| CapEx/OCF | 42.4% | 42.5% | 46.8% | 54.2% | 32.6% | 46.0% | 27.5% | 85.7% | 64.6% | 41.1% | 47.2% | 49.9% | 59.1% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 129M | 138M | 146M | 153M | 161M | 170M | 173M | 179M | 187M | 197M | 203M | 208M | 209M |
| Dividend Yield | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.1% | 4.0% | 3.9% | 3.6% | 4.0% | 3.4% | 3.7% | 3.9% | 4.0% | 4.8% | 3.6% |
| Share Buybacks | 88M | 7.9M | 107M | 6.3M | 15M | 9.6M | 8.5M | 218M | 4.5M | 11M | 9.2M | 11M | 7.3M |
| Buyback Yield | 2.8% | 0.3% | 2.7% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4.5% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 17M | 9.3M | 19M | 13M | 11M | 14M | 11M | 23M | 31M | 28M | 30M | 18M | 18M |
| Debt Repayment | 50M | 183M | 306M | 217M | 281M | 140M | 886M | 628M | 286M | 1.1B | 152M | 2.8B | 2.8B |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.1B | 1.7B | 1.5B | 1.8B | 1.4B | 1.8B | 2.6B | 3.1B | 6.9B | 4.6B | 4.8B |
| Cash & Equiv. | 161M | 182M | 257M | 255M | 120M | 145M | 565M | 171M | 227M | 139M | 431M | 378M | 224M |
| Long-Term Debt | 1.2B | 1.0B | 1.0B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 2.7B | 3.0B | 5.0B | 3.8B | 3.5B |
| Debt/Equity | 1.08 | 0.98 | 0.92 | 1.14 | 0.92 | 1.06 | 1.03 | 1.07 | 1.39 | 1.35 | 3.24 | 1.36 | 1.41 |
| Interest Coverage | 6.9 | 6.7 | 9.3 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 4.8 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 4.4 | 338.0 |
| Equity | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.7B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 1.8B | 2.1B | 2.4B | 2.3B | 3.6B | 3.6B |
| Total Assets | 4.2B | 4.0B | 3.9B | 4.6B | 4.6B | 5.1B | 5.3B | 5.1B | 7.1B | 7.2B | 12.5B | 11.2B | 11.1B |
| Total Liabilities | 2.7B | 2.5B | 2.4B | 2.8B | 2.8B | 3.3B | 3.4B | 3.2B | 5.0B | 4.8B | 10.2B | 7.5B | 7.5B |
| Intangibles | 281M | 245M | 225M | 331M | 352M | 388M | 322M | 278M | 742M | 727M | 2.6B | 2.7B | 2.6B |
| Retained Earnings | 1.7B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 2.0B | 2.2B | 2.3B | 2.3B | 2.1B | 2.3B | 2.6B | 2.6B | 3.4B | 3.4B |
| Working Capital | 462M | 385M | 546M | 564M | 436M | 117M | 319M | 133M | 617M | 885M | -860M | 118M | -104M |
| Current Assets | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.8B | 1.7B | 2.4B | 2.1B | 3.2B | 2.6B | 2.7B |
| Current Liabilities | 912M | 923M | 803M | 1000M | 1.1B | 1.4B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.7B | 1.2B | 4.0B | 2.5B | 2.8B |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 2.19 | 2.44 | 2.81 | 1.74 | 3.10 | 2.88 | 2.05 | -0.86 | 4.72 | 4.80 | 1.65 | 10.07 | 10.30 |
| Owner EPS | 1.96 | 2.25 | 1.71 | 1.16 | 3.39 | 1.70 | 4.29 | 0.31 | 1.71 | 5.20 | 4.32 | 1.53 | -0.11 |
| Book Value | 14.43 | 14.76 | 15.03 | 16.94 | 17.39 | 17.79 | 18.77 | 18.49 | 20.90 | 24.50 | 22.86 | 36.28 | 36.09 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 4.05 | 4.42 | 3.91 | 3.46 | 5.83 | 4.20 | 6.97 | 3.00 | 5.15 | 8.92 | 8.39 | 6.93 | 15.57 |
| Dividends/Share | 1.27 | 1.37 | 1.46 | 1.54 | 1.62 | 1.70 | 1.72 | 1.80 | 1.92 | 2.02 | 2.07 | 2.11 | 2.12 |
| Shares Out. | 103.2M | 102.5M | 101.9M | 100.8M | 101.1M | 101.3M | 101.2M | 99.4M | 98.8M | 98.9M | 99.4M | 99.6M | 98.9M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 13.9 | 12.1 | 13.9 | 23.2 | 13.2 | 17.0 | 24.0 | N/A | 11.1 | 10.7 | 28.0 | 4.3 | 5.7 |
| P/FCF | 13.0 | 11.6 | 18.7 | 25.5 | 10.4 | 21.6 | 9.7 | 114.4 | 28.8 | 9.7 | 10.4 | 12.4 | 26.6 |
| EV/EBIT | 10.9 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 14.6 | 16.8 | 13.5 | 12.5 | 13.4 | 39.3 | 8.3 | 10.4 |
| Price/Book | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Price/Sales | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| FCF Yield | 7.7% | 8.6% | 5.3% | 3.9% | 9.6% | 4.6% | 10.3% | 0.9% | 3.5% | 10.3% | 9.6% | 8.1% | 3.8% |
| Market Cap | 3.1B | 3.0B | 4.0B | 4.1B | 4.1B | 5.0B | 5.0B | 4.9B | 5.2B | 5.1B | 4.6B | 4.3B | 5.8B |
| Avg. Price | 28.02 | 30.07 | 34.85 | 38.36 | 40.71 | 47.08 | 43.06 | 52.60 | 51.56 | 51.41 | 50.64 | 43.40 | 58.23 |
| Year-End Price | 30.46 | 29.45 | 38.97 | 40.29 | 40.84 | 48.98 | 49.10 | 49.11 | 52.62 | 51.21 | 46.18 | 43.10 | 58.23 |
SONOCO PRODUCTS CO passes 5 of 9 quality checks, suggesting mixed fundamentals.
SONOCO PRODUCTS CO trades at 5.8x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 13.9x, suggesting it is currently Cheap relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 16.6x vs a median of 12.4x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 8.3% with a gross margin of 20.8%. Total shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) is 3.8%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -1.5%.
SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON) has a net profit margin of 13.3%. This is a healthy margin.
SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON) generated $346 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.36. This indicates moderate leverage.
SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $10.07 in its most recent fiscal year.
SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON) has a return on equity (ROE) of 34.1%. This indicates the company generates strong returns for shareholders.
SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON) has a 5-year average gross margin of 20.8%. This lower margin is typical of capital-intensive or commodity businesses.
The Ledger Terminal provides 16 years of financial data for SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON) has a book value per share of $36.28, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.
Based on recent SEC filings and earnings disclosures, Management has substantially concluded its strategic goal of streamlining operations from a diversified portfolio into two core global business segments focused on metal and fiber packaging, with the November 2025 sale of ThermoSafe marking the final major divestiture. The company is focused on executing long-term financial targets shared at Investor Day, with particular emphasis on achieving $150 million to $200 million in structural transformation and productivity savings over three years, with $8 million delivered in the first quarter of 2026 and progress expected to accelerate as the year progresses. Management remains committed to driving synergies from the Eviosys acquisition, with expectations for significant procurement synergies in 2026 after delays in 2025 due to the late closing, and the company is targeting several new customer opportunities that should lead to further volume growth in 2026 and beyond. Despite macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty creating a dynamic operating environment, management expects continued strength in Consumer Packaging and North American Industrial businesses, with particular optimism around tuna pack performance, increasing salted snack volumes, and growth in the wire and cable industry driven by power infrastructure demand for AI center expansion.
Based on recent SEC filings and earnings calls, SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON) has provided the following forward guidance: Net Sales: $7.25 billion–$7.75 billion (FY2026); Adjusted EBITDA: $1.25 billion–$1.35 billion (FY2026); Adjusted EPS: $5.80–$6.20 (FY2026).
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