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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

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

Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Sonoco Products pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sonoco Products pays out 137.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Applied Industrial Technologies has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Sonoco Products has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Applied Industrial Technologies$4.48B2.19$385.76M$9.9625.83
Sonoco Products$5.71B0.82$163.95M$1.5430.74

Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sonoco Products has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Applied Industrial Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $285.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.76%. Sonoco Products has a consensus target price of $56.25, suggesting a potential upside of 18.83%. Given Sonoco Products' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sonoco Products is more favorable than Applied Industrial Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Applied Industrial Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Sonoco Products
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Applied Industrial Technologies has a net margin of 8.64% compared to Sonoco Products' net margin of 2.40%. Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity of 22.01% beat Sonoco Products' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Applied Industrial Technologies8.64% 22.01% 12.83%
Sonoco Products 2.40%21.78%5.09%

93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Sonoco Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Sonoco Products shares are owned 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.

In the previous week, Applied Industrial Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Sonoco Products. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies and 4 mentions for Sonoco Products. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Sonoco Products' score of 1.15 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Applied Industrial Technologies
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sonoco Products
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Applied Industrial Technologies beats Sonoco Products on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SON vs. The Competition

MetricSonoco ProductsCONTNRS IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.67B$7.65B$7.78B$20.55B
Dividend Yield4.57%3.30%4.54%3.74%
P/E Ratio30.7518.3125.0928.00
Price / Sales0.821.51115.7140.51
Price / Cash5.7610.0027.3522.25
Price / Book2.033.614.454.60
Net Income$163.95M$370.95M$791.63M$982.91M
7 Day Performance1.77%0.86%0.82%0.78%
1 Month Performance2.94%3.52%5.18%4.24%
1 Year Performance-3.28%2.83%33.83%14.43%

Sonoco Products Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SON
Sonoco Products
4.7734 of 5 stars
$47.34
+1.1%
$56.25
+18.8%
-3.0%$4.67B$5.71B30.7528,000Positive News
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.5593 of 5 stars
$232.65
+0.4%
$285.00
+22.5%
+36.7%$8.86B$4.48B23.366,500Positive News
AMCR
Amcor
4.3572 of 5 stars
$9.20
+0.1%
$11.20
+21.7%
+2.6%$13.30B$13.64B16.4341,000
ATR
AptarGroup
4.7551 of 5 stars
$156.34
+0.3%
$178.60
+14.2%
+14.0%$10.32B$3.58B28.5313,500
GEF
Greif
3.8625 of 5 stars
$65.06
+0.2%
$74.17
+14.0%
+21.2%$3.09B$5.45B18.3314,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
PKG
Packaging Corporation of America
4.0602 of 5 stars
$188.43
-0.5%
$211.80
+12.4%
+15.8%$16.95B$8.38B19.7115,400Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SEE
Sealed Air
3.9695 of 5 stars
$31.07
-0.6%
$38.00
+22.3%
-4.6%$4.57B$5.39B15.3816,400News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
GPK
Graphic Packaging
4.4581 of 5 stars
$21.09
+0.3%
$28.40
+34.7%
-11.4%$6.36B$8.81B10.2923,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
UFPT
UFP Technologies
0.6123 of 5 stars
$244.16
-0.2%
$252.00
+3.2%
-17.5%$1.88B$504.42M29.884,335
AVY
Avery Dennison
4.5755 of 5 stars
$175.52
-0.1%
$206.60
+17.7%
-13.9%$13.72B$8.76B20.2235,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GEF.B
Greif Bros.
N/A$69.04
-1.8%
N/A+17.9%$3.28B$5.45B19.0712,000

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This page (NYSE:SON) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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