NYSE:SON - Sonoco Products Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Sonoco Products trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SON."

Sonoco Products announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 10th will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share on Monday, September 10th. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 9th. View Sonoco Products' Dividend History.

Sonoco Products Co (NYSE:SON) announced its earnings results on Thursday, July, 19th. The industrial products company reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.86 by $0.07. The industrial products company earned $1.37 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.34 billion. Sonoco Products had a net margin of 4.57% and a return on equity of 18.01%. Sonoco Products's revenue was up 10.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.71 earnings per share. View Sonoco Products' Earnings History.

Sonoco Products is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 18th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Sonoco Products.

Sonoco Products issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 19th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.27-3.37 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.28. Sonoco Products also updated its Q3 guidance to $0.82-0.88 EPS.

7 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Sonoco Products' shares. Their forecasts range from $48.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect Sonoco Products' share price to reach $56.1667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Sonoco Products.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sonoco Products in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Sonoco Products.

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News coverage about SON stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Sonoco Products earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the industrial products company an impact score of 45.89 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Sonoco Products.

Sonoco Products' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (10.89%), American Century Companies Inc. (3.19%), Bank of America Corp DE (2.19%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.44%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.37%) and FMR LLC (0.92%). Company insiders that own Sonoco Products stock include Allan H Mcleland, Barry L Saunders, James A Harrell III, John E Linville, Kevin P Mahoney, Mancil J Sanders, Marcy J Thompson, R Howard Coker, Rodger D Fuller, Roger P Schrum and Vicki B Arthur. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Sonoco Products.

SON stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, Citadel Advisors LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, FMR LLC and Standard Life Aberdeen plc. Company insiders that have sold Sonoco Products company stock in the last year include Allan H Mcleland, Barry L Saunders, Kevin P Mahoney, Marcy J Thompson, R Howard Coker, Rodger D Fuller, Roger P Schrum and Vicki B Arthur. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sonoco Products.

SON stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., BlackRock Inc., WBI Investments Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Bank of America Corp DE, BB&T Corp and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sonoco Products.

Shares of SON can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SON stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.57.

Sonoco Products has a market capitalization of $5.51 billion and generates $5.04 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $175.34 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.79 on an earnings per share basis. Sonoco Products employs 21,000 workers across the globe.

Sonoco Products' mailing address is 1 NORTH SECOND STREET, HARTSVILLE SC, 29550. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 843-383-7000 or via email at [email protected]