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

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

Sonoco Products declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Tuesday, December 10th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.89%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 7th. View Sonoco Products' Dividend History.

Sonoco Products Co (NYSE:SON) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 17th. The industrial products company reported $0.97 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.06. The industrial products company had revenue of $1.35 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.39 billion. Sonoco Products had a net margin of 5.99% and a return on equity of 20.08%. The firm's revenue was down .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.86 EPS. View Sonoco Products' Earnings History.

Sonoco Products is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Sonoco Products.

Sonoco Products will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 13th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Sonoco Products issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, December, 6th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.65-3.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.64.

9 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Sonoco Products' shares. Their forecasts range from $56.00 to $68.00. On average, they expect Sonoco Products' share price to reach $61.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Sonoco Products.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sonoco Products in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Sonoco Products.

News articles about SON stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Sonoco Products earned a media sentiment score of 0.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Sonoco Products.

Sonoco Products saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 2,970,000 shares, an increase of 5.3% from the November 28th total of 2,820,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 394,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.5 days. Currently, 3.0% of the company's stock are short sold. View Sonoco Products' Current Options Chain.

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Sonoco Products' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.15%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.13%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.08%), First National Bank of Omaha (0.07%), Fruth Investment Management (0.04%) and Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.04%). Company insiders that own Sonoco Products stock include Allan H Mcleland, Barry L Saunders, Harold G Cummings III, James A Harrell III, Kevin P Mahoney, 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 Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Clean Yield Group, First Hawaiian Bank and IFP Advisors Inc. Company insiders that have sold Sonoco Products company stock in the last year include Barry L Saunders, Harold G Cummings III, James A Harrell III, Kevin P Mahoney, Marcy J Thompson, R Howard Coker, Rodger D Fuller and Roger P Schrum. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sonoco Products.

SON stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First National Bank of Omaha, NEXT Financial Group Inc, Sciencast Management LP, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Fruth Investment Management, Gradient Investments LLC and 6 Meridian. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SON stock can currently be purchased for approximately $59.43.

Sonoco Products has a market capitalization of $5.95 billion and generates $5.39 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $313.56 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.37 on an earnings per share basis. Sonoco Products employs 23,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Sonoco Products.

The official website for Sonoco Products is http://www.sonoco.com/.

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]