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SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for SONOCO PRODUCTS CO. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q1 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About SONOCO PRODUCTS CO

Sonoco Products Company designs, develops, and manufactures engineered and sustainable packaging products for various markets worldwide. Its main products include rigid paper containers, metal cans, paperboard tubes, cores, cones, and protective packaging materials, serving consumer staples, industrial, and other sectors. The company operates through two segments: Consumer Packaging, which focuses on food, beverage, household, personal, and pharmaceutical products, and Industrial Paper Packaging, which produces fiber-based packaging and paper products.

Snapshot

Revenue
$7.52B
Revenue growth (YoY)
41.7%
Net income
$1.00B
Diluted EPS
$10.07
Gross margin
20.9%
Operating margin
13.5%
Net margin
13.3%
FCF margin
4.6%
ROE
27.6%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
7.5×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$4.78B
Long-term debt / equity
1.04×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Sonoco Products

  • Revenue grew 41.7% to $7.5B in FY2025, after a 2.5% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is 13.5% in FY2025, +4.8 pp against 8.7% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q1 FY2026: revenue $1.7B, down 1.9% from Q1 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $346M in FY2025, 4.6% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 511.8% to $1.0B in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Sonoco Products’s fundamentals sit among the 241 Materials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin20.9%
33rd percentile of 191
Operating margin13.5%
79th percentile of 189
Net margin13.3%
86th percentile of 221
FCF margin4.6%
53rd percentile of 205
Revenue growth (YoY)+41.7%
91st percentile of 236
ROE27.6%
95th percentile of 216
P/E7.5×
5th percentile of 134
Long-term debt / equity1.04×
73rd percentile of 165
Short interest12.60d
97th percentile of 238

Sonoco Products’s return on equity of 27.6% ranks in the 95th percentile of the 216 Materials companies reporting it. Sonoco Products’s P/E of 7.5 ranks in the 5th percentile of the 134 peers with a meaningful P/E. Sonoco Products’s revenue growth of +41.7% ranks in the 91st percentile of the 236 Materials companies reporting it.

1 reported insider purchase (code P) totaling $249,446 in the last 90 days, against 1 sale totaling $15,284. For context, about 14% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 2 of the superinvestors we track (plus 3 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
2
+3 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
2
0 new, 2 added
Reduced / exited
5
3 trimmed, 2 exited
Combined position
$127.8M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$69.8M1.3MReduced
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$32.5M576.1KReduced
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$12.1M214.1KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$7.7M136.0KAdded
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$5.8M103.4KReduced

No longer held by: Millennium Management (as of Q2 2026), Two Sigma Investments (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
1
1 insider
Bought (90d)
$249K
code P value
Sells (90d)
1
$15K
Reported activity
Net buying
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-07
filed 2026-08-10
Coker R. HowardPresident & CEOBuy4.3K$57.41$249K
2026-07-29
filed 2026-07-31
Florence John MGnl Council, Secy, VPSell261$58.56$15K
2026-04-27
filed 2026-04-29
Harrell James A. IIIPres. Global Ind. Paper Pkg.Buy6.8K$50.37$340K
2026-04-24
Joachimczyk PaulCFOBuy8.1K$49.64$400K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
10.7M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-7.0%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
12.60
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
851.2K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-1410.7M-7.0%12.60
2026-07-3111.5M+9.3%8.50
2026-07-1510.6M+1.5%9.49
2026-06-3010.4M+6.9%7.36
2026-06-159.7M+14.3%7.73
2026-05-298.5M+13.5%7.06
2026-05-157.5M+24.7%6.02
2026-04-306.0M+8.4%2.84

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$7.52B$5.31B$5.44B$5.38B$5.59B
Gross profit$1.57B$1.14B$1.20B$750.6M$1.06B
Operating income$1.02B$326.6M$589.0M$563.4M$486.9M
Net income$1.00B$163.9M$475.0M$466.4M$-85.5M
Diluted EPS$10.07$1.65$4.80$4.72$-0.86

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$378.4M$431.0M$138.9M$227.4M$171.0M
Current assets$2.65B$3.18B$2.05B$2.36B$1.66B
Total assets$11.16B$12.51B$7.19B$7.05B$5.07B
Current liabilities$2.53B$4.04B$1.17B$1.74B$1.53B
Long-term debt$3.79B$4.99B$3.00B$2.72B$1.20B
Total liabilities$7.53B$10.22B$4.76B$4.98B$3.22B
Total equity$3.63B$2.29B$2.43B$2.07B$1.85B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$689.8M$833.8M$882.9M$509.0M$298.7M
Capital expenditure$344.0M$393.2M$363.1M$328.8M$256.0M
Free cash flow$345.8M$440.6M$519.8M$180.3M$42.7M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q1 FY2026$1.68B-1.9%$67.6M$0.68
Q4 FY2025$1.77B29.7%$332.2M$3.33
Q3 FY2025$2.13B57.3%$122.9M$1.23
Q2 FY2025$1.91B49.4%$493.4M$4.96
Q1 FY2025$1.71B30.6%$54.4M$0.55
Q4 FY2024$1.36B360.7%$-43.0M$-0.43
Q3 FY2024$1.35B-20.8%$50.9M$0.51
Q2 FY2024$1.28B-25.0%$90.8M$0.92

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorMaterials
SIC industryPaperboard Containers & Boxes
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ1 FY2026 (ended March 29, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2022
SEC CIK91767

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-07-28
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10-Q2026-04-28
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8-K2026-08-05
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8-K2026-07-22
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8-K2026-05-11
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8-K2026-04-21
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.