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SON vs. AIT, AMCR, ATR, GEF, PKG, SEE, GPK, UFPT, AVY, and GEF.B

Should you be buying Sonoco Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sonoco Products include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Amcor (AMCR), AptarGroup (ATR), Greif (GEF), Packaging Corporation of America (PKG), Sealed Air (SEE), Graphic Packaging (GPK), UFP Technologies (UFPT), Avery Dennison (AVY), and Greif Bros. (GEF.B). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Sonoco Products vs. Its Competitors

Sonoco Products (NYSE:SON) and Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

77.7% of Sonoco Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Sonoco Products shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Sonoco Products currently has a consensus price target of $57.63, indicating a potential upside of 23.35%. Applied Industrial Technologies has a consensus price target of $285.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.06%. Given Sonoco Products' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Sonoco Products is more favorable than Applied Industrial Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sonoco Products
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Applied Industrial Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Applied Industrial Technologies has a net margin of 8.61% compared to Sonoco Products' net margin of 8.35%. Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity of 21.78% beat Sonoco Products' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sonoco Products8.35% 20.46% 4.64%
Applied Industrial Technologies 8.61%21.78%12.74%

In the previous week, Applied Industrial Technologies had 16 more articles in the media than Sonoco Products. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies and 6 mentions for Sonoco Products. Sonoco Products' average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Applied Industrial Technologies' score of 0.99 indicating that Sonoco Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sonoco Products
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Applied Industrial Technologies
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Applied Industrial Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sonoco Products. Sonoco Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Industrial Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sonoco Products$5.31B0.87$163.95M$5.588.37
Applied Industrial Technologies$4.56B2.20$392.99M$10.1226.30

Sonoco Products pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Sonoco Products pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Sonoco Products has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Applied Industrial Technologies has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Sonoco Products has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Applied Industrial Technologies beats Sonoco Products on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SON vs. The Competition

MetricSonoco ProductsCONTNRS IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.61B$7.50B$7.72B$21.32B
Dividend Yield4.53%3.46%4.55%3.51%
P/E Ratio8.3716.1126.1329.34
Price / Sales0.871.5498.3152.89
Price / Cash5.799.7928.6723.86
Price / Book1.423.014.135.39
Net Income$163.95M$363.60M$796.90M$996.59M
7 Day Performance0.39%1.23%1.27%3.12%
1 Month Performance-2.13%1.11%0.50%2.97%
1 Year Performance-13.97%-1.94%28.08%12.83%

Sonoco Products Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SON
Sonoco Products
4.8086 of 5 stars
$46.72
-0.1%
$57.63
+23.4%
-13.0%$4.61B$5.31B8.3728,000News Coverage
Positive News
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
3.8731 of 5 stars
$262.56
+3.0%
$287.86
+9.6%
+31.2%$10.00B$4.56B25.946,500Insider Trade
AMCR
Amcor
4.9718 of 5 stars
$8.49
-2.8%
$11.42
+34.6%
-23.8%$12.26B$15.01B23.5741,000Positive News
ATR
AptarGroup
4.9259 of 5 stars
$138.04
-0.5%
$174.60
+26.5%
-7.7%$9.09B$3.61B23.7613,500Positive News
GEF
Greif
3.7013 of 5 stars
$67.04
-0.8%
$74.83
+11.6%
+4.5%$3.18B$5.45B18.8814,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Gap Up
PKG
Packaging Corporation of America
4.4544 of 5 stars
$194.00
+0.3%
$215.40
+11.0%
+2.9%$17.46B$8.38B19.3615,400Positive News
SEE
Sealed Air
4.1595 of 5 stars
$31.18
-1.3%
$38.80
+24.5%
-6.8%$4.59B$5.33B15.7416,400Positive News
GPK
Graphic Packaging
4.655 of 5 stars
$22.36
-0.7%
$26.38
+17.9%
-24.5%$6.63B$8.64B12.6323,000Positive News
Insider Trade
UFPT
UFP Technologies
2.763 of 5 stars
$218.95
-0.3%
$289.00
+32.0%
-36.5%$1.69B$588.56M25.374,335Positive News
AVY
Avery Dennison
4.9221 of 5 stars
$172.47
-1.3%
$197.60
+14.6%
-20.3%$13.45B$8.76B19.3635,000Positive News
GEF.B
Greif Bros.
N/A$69.32
-0.5%
N/A+3.1%$3.29B$5.52B19.1512,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:SON) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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