Sonoco Products (SON) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Sonoco Products Company (NYSE:SON) is a global packaging company headquartered in Hartsville, South Carolina. Founded in 1899 as the Southern Novelty Company, Sonoco has developed into a diversified provider of packaging products and services for consumer and industrial markets.

The company produces consumer packaging such as rigid paper and plastic containers, metal cans, flexible packaging, thermoformed packaging, closures, and packaging displays. Its industrial packaging activities include paper tubes and cores, protective packaging, molded foam products, pallets, and other materials used to protect, store, and transport goods. Sonoco also provides packaging design, supply-chain, and other related services for manufacturers and consumer-product companies.

Sonoco serves customers across a broad range of industries, including food and beverage, household and personal care, healthcare, construction, and industrial products. Through manufacturing and operations in North America and international markets, the company supplies packaging solutions to customers in geographies around the world.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $48.33 to $49.24
• 50-Day Range: $47.82 to $60.45
• 52-Week Range: $38.65 to $60.67
• Volume: 878,545 shs
• Average Volume: 1.16 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.82 billion
• P/E Ratio: 7.76
• Dividend Yield: 4.43%
• Price Target: $60.78
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Sonoco Products Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Sonoco Products scored higher than 91% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 46th out of 231 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Sonoco Products has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Sonoco Products has a consensus price target of $60.78, representing about 24.9% upside from its current price of $48.65.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Sonoco Products has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.34%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Sonoco Products are expected to grow by 9.34% in the coming year, from $5.78 to $6.32 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Sonoco Products is 7.74, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.90.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Sonoco Products is 7.74, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.06.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Sonoco Products has a PEG Ratio of 1.22. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Sonoco Products has a P/B Ratio of 1.32. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

11.15% of the float of Sonoco Products has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Sonoco Products has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.42.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Sonoco Products has recently increased by 8.06%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Sonoco Products is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.42%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Sonoco Products has been increasing its dividend for 43 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Sonoco Products is 34.34%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Sonoco Products will have a dividend payout ratio of 34.18% next year. This indicates that Sonoco Products will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

Search Interest

12 people have searched for SON on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 140% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Sonoco Products to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Sonoco Products insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $15,284.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.98% of the stock of Sonoco Products is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

77.69% of the stock of Sonoco Products is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/22/2026
• Record date for 9/10 Dividend: 8/10/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/10 Dividend: 8/10/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/10/2026
• Today: 10/02/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/21/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Containers & Packaging
• Sub-Industry: Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SON
• CIK: 91767
• Web: www.sonoco.com
• Phone: (843) 383-7000
• Fax: 512-416-9669
• Employees: 22,000
• Year Founded: 1899

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Sonoco Products: $60.78
• High Price Target: $68.00
• Low Price Target: $55.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +24.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.29
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 7.76
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.44
• P/E Growth: 1.22
• Net Income: $1.00 billion
• Net Margins: 8.41%
• Pretax Margin: 10.85%
• Return on Equity: 16.50%
• Return on Assets: 5.19%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.97
• Current Ratio: 0.99
• Quick Ratio: 0.55

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $7.52 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.64
• Cash Flow: $6.85 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.12
• Book Value: $36.82 per share
• Price / Book: 1.33

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 98,880,000
• Free Float: 97,906,000
• Market Cap: $4.82 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.35