Sonoco Products (SON) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Sonoco Products Company is a diversified packaging company headquartered in Hartsville, South Carolina. Founded in 1899 as the Southern Novelty Company, it adopted the Sonoco name in 1923. The company serves customers in the food, beverage, household, consumer, industrial and other markets.

Sonoco manufactures a broad range of packaging and related products, including paperboard cans and tubes, rigid plastic containers, flexible packaging, metal containers, closures, and protective packaging. Its portfolio also includes industrial paper cores and tubes, molded and formed components, temperature-assurance packaging, retail displays, and packaging-related services.

Through manufacturing and sales operations in multiple regions, Sonoco serves customers throughout North America, Europe, Latin America and other international markets. The company is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Howard Coker.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $49.71 to $50.31
• 50-Day Range: $47.82 to $60.45
• 52-Week Range: $38.65 to $60.67
• Volume: 174,087 shs
• Average Volume: 1.16 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.92 billion
• P/E Ratio: 7.89
• Dividend Yield: 4.34%
• Price Target: $60.78
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Sonoco Products Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Sonoco Products scored higher than 95% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 27th out of 229 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: 3.7 / 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 21.9% upside from its current price of $49.88.

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 7.93, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.93.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Sonoco Products is 7.93, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.82.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Sonoco Products has a PEG Ratio of 1.27. 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 1.35. 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 4.26%, 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: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Sonoco Products has a news sentiment score of 0.90. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.48 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Sonoco Products this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

12 people have searched for SON on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 71% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 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: 9/25/2026
• 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: +21.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.29
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 7.94
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.64
• P/E Growth: 1.27
• 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: 0.66
• Cash Flow: $6.75 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.40
• Book Value: $36.82 per share
• Price / Book: 1.36

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 98,880,000
• Free Float: 97,906,000
• Market Cap: $4.94 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.36