Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Packaging & Containers
Sonoco Products Company SON
$48.74 +0.49% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $4.82B
Strong growthInexpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 21, 2026
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Three things to know
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $7.46B, up 31.7% from a year earlier, slowing from 39.2% a quarter earlier.
- The shares trade at 7.5× trailing earnings, lower than 82% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $6.48, up 16.1% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 4%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 35%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 12%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 22%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 6%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 48%
- Gross marginBottom 22%
- Operating marginTop 40%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 15%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 12%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Interest coverBottom 44%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 5%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 33%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 8%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 50%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 26%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 21%
- 6-month returnBottom 32%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 29%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 34%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 47%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 31%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 33%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 27%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 44%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 21%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 17%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 21%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 49%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 39.2% | 31.7% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 574.7% | 16.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 21.3% | 20.8% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 6.6% | 8.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 2.5% | 5.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 31.7% | 39.2% | ↓ | Top 4% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 16.1% | 574.7% | ↓ | Top 35% |
| Gross margin | 20.8% | 21.3% | ↓ | Bottom 22% |
| Operating margin | 8.9% | 6.6% | ↑ | Top 40% |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 9.8% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.4% | 2.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.7% | — | Bottom 48% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 8.7% | — | Top 22% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.99×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -37.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.94×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 4.36%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.01%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.37%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 28, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +1.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $62.00
- Target vs current price
- +27.2%
- Analysts with a rating
- 21
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 38%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | +2.0% | +0.8% | +10.7% | +4.6% | — |
| Apr 21, 2026 | +0.0% | -0.0% | -11.5% | -17.4% | -1.1% |
| Feb 16, 2026 | +4.0% | +9.8% | +10.1% | +3.9% | -2.6% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | +0.5% | +0.8% | -2.5% | -2.7% | +18.3% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | -4.9% | +2.2% | -0.7% | -2.6% | -16.2% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | -2.1% | +0.7% | -3.2% | +0.5% | +4.6% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | -0.8% | +0.8% | -2.5% | -1.2% | -5.6% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | +3.5% | +0.1% | -2.1% | -2.2% | -8.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | $1.51 | $1.48 | +2.0% | $1.89B |
| Apr 21, 2026 | $1.20 | $1.20 | +0.0% | $1.68B |
| Feb 16, 2026 | $1.05 | $1.01 | +4.0% | $1.77B |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $1.92 | $1.91 | +0.5% | $2.13B |
| Jul 23, 2025 | $1.37 | $1.44 | -4.9% | $1.91B |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $1.38 | $1.41 | -2.1% | $1.71B |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $1.17 | $1.18 | -0.8% | $1.36B |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $1.49 | $1.44 | +3.5% | $1.68B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 7.5× | 11.9× | 18th | Top 5% |
| P/E (forward) | 8.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.0× | — | — | Top 8% |
| EV / Sales | 1.25× | — | — | Bottom 50% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 8.38% | — | — | Top 33% |
| Earnings yield | 13.30% | — | — | Top 5% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.8× – 29.0× since Jul 3, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +13.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +16.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +9.4%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -10.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -6.2%
- RSI (14)
- 35.0
- Relative volume
- 0.77×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 30.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 82th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.67
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.35
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -19.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -36.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2021 | Oct 30, 2025 | -43.3% | 1127 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -12.2% | 9 days | 9 days (Nov 10, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $4.82B
- P/E (TTM)
- 7.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $6.48
- Revenue (TTM)
- $7.46B
- Dividend yield
- 4.39%
- 52-week range
- $38.65 – $60.67
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.59B | $5.86B | $5.44B | $5.31B | $7.52B |
| Gross profit | $1.06B | $1.23B | $1.20B | $1.14B | $1.57B |
| Operating income | $486.9M | $563.4M | $589.0M | $326.6M | $712.2M |
| Net income | -$85.5M | $466.4M | $475.0M | $163.9M | $396.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.94 | $4.72 | $4.80 | $1.65 | $3.98 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.68B | $368.5M | $1.71B | $1.91B | $2.13B | $1.77B | $1.68B | $1.89B |
| Net income | $50.9M | -$43.0M | $54.4M | $493.4M | $122.9M | $351.4M | $67.6M | $104.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.51 | -$0.44 | $0.55 | $4.96 | $1.23 | $3.52 | $0.68 | $1.05 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $298.7M | $509.0M | $882.9M | $833.8M | $689.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$256.0M | -$328.8M | -$363.1M | -$393.2M | -$344.0M |
| Free cash flow | $42.7M | $180.3M | $519.8M | $440.6M | $345.8M |
| Dividends paid | -$178.6M | -$187.1M | -$197.4M | -$203.5M | -$208.1M |
| Net share buybacks | -$218.1M | -$4.5M | -$10.6M | -$9.2M | -$10.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $168.6M
- Total assets
- $10.97B
- Total liabilities
- $7.38B
- Total debt
- $4.71B
- Net debt
- $4.54B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $3.60B
As of Jun 28, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | $0.54 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| May 8, 2026 | $0.54 | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $0.53 | Mar 10, 2026 |
| Nov 10, 2025 | $0.53 | Dec 10, 2025 |
| Aug 8, 2025 | $0.53 | Sep 10, 2025 |
| May 9, 2025 | $0.53 | Jun 10, 2025 |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $0.52 | Mar 10, 2025 |
| Nov 8, 2024 | $0.52 | Dec 10, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 10,918,031
- Days to cover
- 8.42
- Change vs previous report
- +8.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- May 13, 1998
- 11-for-10
- May 15, 1995
- 21-for-20
- Jun 11, 1993
- 2-for-1
- Jun 11, 1987
- 2-for-1
- Jun 11, 1985
- 2-for-1