Compare Stocks: GEF, PKG, and SON

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
GEF Greif	$84.93 -0.7%	$81.15	$55.75 ▼ $90.57	$3.92B	0.74	234,726 shs	318,202 shs
PKG Packaging Corporation of America	$234.91 +0.6%	$242.45	$191.50 ▼ $259.98	$20.93B	0.78	840,388 shs	529,360 shs
SON Sonoco Products	$52.77 -3.6%	$56.67	$38.65 ▼ $60.67	$5.22B	0.36	1.15 million shs	1.64 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
GEF Greif	+3.17%	+0.27%	-1.21%	+34.89%	+37.48%
PKG Packaging Corporation of America	+2.18%	-5.39%	-6.84%	+3.86%	+7.87%
SON Sonoco Products	+1.01%	-4.86%	-3.00%	+14.06%	+17.08%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
GEF Greif	$84.93 -0.7%	$81.15	$55.75 ▼ $90.57	$3.92B	0.74	234,726 shs	318,202 shs
PKG Packaging Corporation of America	$234.91 +0.6%	$242.45	$191.50 ▼ $259.98	$20.93B	0.78	840,388 shs	529,360 shs
SON Sonoco Products	$52.77 -3.6%	$56.67	$38.65 ▼ $60.67	$5.22B	0.36	1.15 million shs	1.64 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
GEF Greif	+3.17%	+0.27%	-1.21%	+34.89%	+37.48%
PKG Packaging Corporation of America	+2.18%	-5.39%	-6.84%	+3.86%	+7.87%
SON Sonoco Products	+1.01%	-4.86%	-3.00%	+14.06%	+17.08%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
GEF Greif	2.00	Hold	$83.00	-2.27% Downside
PKG Packaging Corporation of America	2.80	Moderate Buy	$264.57	12.63% Upside
SON Sonoco Products	2.42	Hold	$60.78	15.17% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest GEF, PKG, and SON Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/3/2026	SON Sonoco Products	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$69.00 ➝ $60.00
8/26/2026	SON Sonoco Products	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/25/2026	PKG Packaging Corporation of America	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/13/2026	PKG Packaging Corporation of America	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$271.00 ➝ $292.00
8/11/2026	PKG Packaging Corporation of America	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/4/2026	GEF Greif	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$78.00 ➝ $97.00
8/3/2026	GEF Greif	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/3/2026	SON Sonoco Products	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
7/30/2026	GEF Greif	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$74.00 ➝ $90.00
7/28/2026	PKG Packaging Corporation of America	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$241.00 ➝ $254.00
7/24/2026	PKG Packaging Corporation of America	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$272.00 ➝ $271.00

(Data available from 9/3/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
GEF Greif	$5.43B	0.72	$6.53 per share	13.01	$65.80 per share	1.29
PKG Packaging Corporation of America	$8.99B	2.33	$17.62 per share	13.33	$52.32 per share	4.49
SON Sonoco Products	$7.52B	0.69	$6.69 per share	7.89	$36.40 per share	1.45

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
GEF Greif	$268.80M	$3.19	26.62	18.26	0.74	7.53%	8.09%	3.86%	N/A
PKG Packaging Corporation of America	$774.10M	$7.70	30.51	17.84	2.33	7.25%	18.94%	8.10%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
SON Sonoco Products	$1.00B	$6.29	8.39	8.31	1.25	8.41%	16.50%	5.19%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)

Latest GEF, PKG, and SON Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/28/2026	Q3 2026	GEF Greif	$1.11	$1.61	+$0.50	$1.35	$1.12 billion	$1.17 billion
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	PKG Packaging Corporation of America	$2.31	$2.35	+$0.04	$2.15	$2.49 billion	$2.49 billion
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	SON Sonoco Products	$1.47	$1.51	+$0.04	$1.05	$1.88 billion	$1.89 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
GEF Greif	$2.48	2.92%	+3.60%	77.74%	4 Years
PKG Packaging Corporation of America	$6.00	2.58%	+8.21%	77.92%	N/A
SON Sonoco Products	$2.16	4.21%	+4.17%	34.34%	43 Years

Latest GEF, PKG, and SON Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
9/2/2026	PKG Packaging Corporation of America	quarterly	$1.50	2.57%	9/15/2026	9/15/2026	10/15/2026
8/25/2026	GEF Greif	quarterly	$0.62	2.93%	9/17/2026	9/17/2026	10/1/2026
7/15/2026	SON Sonoco Products	quarterly	$0.54	3.74%	8/10/2026	8/10/2026	9/10/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
GEF Greif	0.23	1.29	0.99
PKG Packaging Corporation of America	0.85	2.94	1.86
SON Sonoco Products	0.97	0.99	0.55

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Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
GEF Greif	45.74%
PKG Packaging Corporation of America	89.78%
SON Sonoco Products	77.69%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
GEF Greif	7.70%
PKG Packaging Corporation of America	1.60%
SON Sonoco Products	0.98%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
GEF Greif	14,000	46.17 million	42.61 million	Optionable
PKG Packaging Corporation of America	16,800	89.10 million	87.67 million	Optionable
SON Sonoco Products	22,000	98.88 million	97.91 million	Optionable

GEF, PKG, and SON Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Sonoco Products (NYSE:SON) Shares Down 6.4% Following Analyst Downgrade

September 3 at 10:19 AM | marketbeat.com

This Sonoco Analyst Is No Longer Bullish; Here Are Top 4 Downgrades For Thursday

September 3 at 8:40 AM | benzinga.com

Sonoco Products (NYSE:SON) Cut to Neutral at Bank of America

September 3 at 8:05 AM | marketbeat.com

106,546 Shares in Sonoco Products Company $SON Bought by Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio

September 3 at 4:48 AM | marketbeat.com

Jupiter Topco LLC Purchases New Shares in Sonoco Products Company $SON

September 3 at 3:59 AM | marketbeat.com

147,802 Shares in Sonoco Products Company $SON Purchased by Legal & General Group Plc

September 2 at 4:40 AM | marketbeat.com

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Acquires Shares of 70,830 Sonoco Products Company $SON

September 2 at 4:39 AM | marketbeat.com

Benjamin Edwards Inc. Buys Shares of 18,600 Sonoco Products Company $SON

September 2 at 4:16 AM | marketbeat.com

Ancora Advisors LLC Acquires 188,604 Shares of Sonoco Products Company $SON

September 2 at 3:04 AM | marketbeat.com

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Acquires Shares of 111,200 Sonoco Products Company $SON

August 31 at 3:43 AM | marketbeat.com

Deutsche Bank AG Purchases New Shares in Sonoco Products Company $SON

August 31 at 3:36 AM | marketbeat.com

Greenwood Capital Associates LLC Purchases Shares of 24,551 Sonoco Products Company $SON

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

68,642 Shares in Sonoco Products Company $SON Bought by Freestone Grove Partners LP

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. Buys New Shares in Sonoco Products Company $SON

August 28, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Sanctuary Advisors LLC Purchases Shares of 25,503 Sonoco Products Company $SON

August 27, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Bank of New York Mellon Corp Invests $60.79 Million in Sonoco Products Company $SON

August 27, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Ieq Capital LLC Invests $1.95 Million in Sonoco Products Company $SON

August 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Ancora Advisors LLC Acquires Shares of 212,955 Sonoco Products Company $SON

August 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Sonoco to Increase Paperboard Prices in EMEA Region

August 25, 2026 | globenewswire.com

Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. Acquires New Position in Sonoco Products Company $SON

August 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. Makes New Investment in Sonoco Products Company $SON

August 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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GEF, PKG, and SON Company Descriptions

Greif NYSE:GEF

$84.93 -0.64 (-0.75%)

As of 03:58 PM Eastern

Greif, Inc. engages in the production and sale of industrial packaging products and services worldwide. The company operates through Global Industrial Packaging; Paper Packaging & Services; and Land Management segments. The Global Industrial Packaging segment produces and sells industrial packaging products, including steel, fiber, and plastic drums; rigid and flexible intermediate bulk containers; closure systems for industrial packaging products; transit protection products; water bottles, and remanufactured and reconditioned industrial containers; and various services, such as container life cycle management, filling, logistics, warehousing, and other packaging services to chemicals, paints and pigments, food and beverage, petroleum, industrial coatings, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, mineral product, and other industries. The Paper Packaging & Services segment produces and sells containerboards, corrugated sheets and containers, and other corrugated and specialty products to customers in the packaging, automotive, food, and building products markets; and produces and sells coated and uncoated recycled paperboard, and recycled fiber. This segment's corrugated container products are used to ship various products, such as home appliances, small machinery, grocery products, automotive components, books, and furniture, as well as various other applications. The Land Management segment engages in harvesting and regeneration of timber properties; and sale of timberland and special use properties. As of October 31, 2023, this segment owned approximately 175,000 acres of timber properties in the southeastern United States. The company was formerly known as Greif Bros. Corporation and changed its name to Greif, Inc. in 2001. Greif, Inc. was founded in 1877 and is headquartered in Delaware, Ohio.

Packaging Corporation of America NYSE:PKG

$234.91 +1.37 (+0.59%)

As of 03:58 PM Eastern

Packaging Corporation of America engages in the production of container products. It operates through the following segments: Packaging, Paper, and Corporate and Other. The Packaging segment offers a variety of corrugated packaging products, such as conventional shipping containers. The Paper segment manufactures and sells a range of papers, including communication-based papers, and pressure sensitive papers. The Corporate and Other segment focuses on transportation assets, such as rail cars, and trucks. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, IL.

Sonoco Products NYSE:SON

$52.77 -1.97 (-3.60%)

As of 03:58 PM Eastern

Sonoco Products Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells various engineered and sustainable packaging products in North and South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company operates Consumer Packaging and Industrial Paper Packaging segments. The Consumer Packaging segment offers round and shaped rigid paper, steel, and plastic containers; metal and peelable membrane ends, closures, and components; thermoformed plastic trays and enclosures; and high-barrier flexible packaging products. The Industrial Paper Packaging segment provides paperboard tubes, cones, and cores; paper-based protective packaging products; and uncoated recycled paperboard products. It also offers various packaging materials, including plastic, paper, foam, and other specialty materials. Sonoco Products Company sells its products in various markets, which include paper, textile, film, food, packaging, construction, and wire and cable. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Hartsville, South Carolina.

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