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 announced 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.88%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 7th. View Sonoco Products' Dividend History.

Sonoco Products Co (NYSE:SON) released its earnings results on Thursday, October, 17th. The industrial products company reported $0.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.06. The industrial products company had revenue of $1.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.39 billion. Sonoco Products had a return on equity of 20.08% and a net margin of 5.99%. The business's revenue was down .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.86 earnings per share. 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 updated 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 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Sonoco Products' shares. Their forecasts range from $56.00 to $68.00. On average, they expect Sonoco Products' stock price to reach $61.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.5% 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.

Media stories about SON stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Sonoco Products earned a news impact score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. 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 short-interest ratio is presently 7.5 days. Currently, 3.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Sonoco Products' Current Options Chain.

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Sonoco Products' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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., Clean Yield Group, First Hawaiian Bank, IFP Advisors Inc and Arbor Investment Advisors LLC. 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, 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 $59.73.

Sonoco Products has a market capitalization of $5.98 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]