Sonoco Products Company is a packaging & containers business based in the US. Sonoco Products Company shares (SON) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $44.96 – a decrease of 3.85% over the previous week. Sonoco Products Company employs 28,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $5.3 billion.
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| Latest market close | $44.96 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $39.46 - $59.79 |
| 50-day moving average | $45.95 |
| 200-day moving average | $49.95 |
| Wall St. target price | $55.44 |
| PE ratio | 68.3088 |
| Dividend yield | $2.07 (4.59%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.68 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $44.71 from 2025-05-02
| 1 week (2025-04-29) | -4.38% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2025-04-04) | 2.12% |
| 3 months (2025-02-06) | -6.23% |
| 6 months (2024-11-06) | -12.96% |
| 1 year (2024-05-06) | -21.71% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2023-05-05) | -19.74% |
| 3 years (2022-05-06) | 54.6136 |
| 5 years (2020-05-06) | 13.77% |
Valuing Sonoco Products Company stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Sonoco Products Company's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Sonoco Products Company's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 68x. In other words, Sonoco Products Company shares trade at around 68x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Sonoco Products Company's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.2609. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Sonoco Products Company's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Sonoco Products Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $895.5 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Sonoco Products Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $5.3 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 4.33% |
| Gross profit TTM | $1.1 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 3.3% |
| Return on equity TTM | 2.86% |
| Profit margin | 3.09% |
| Book value | $23.12 |
| Market Capitalization | $4.6 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Sonoco Products Company.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 24.08
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Sonoco Products Company's overall score of 24.08 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 24th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Sonoco Products Company is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 20.4/100
Sonoco Products Company's environmental score of 20.4 puts it squarely in the 9th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Sonoco Products Company is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 6.59/100
Sonoco Products Company's social score of 6.59 puts it squarely in the 9th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Sonoco Products Company is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 8.09/100
Sonoco Products Company's governance score puts it squarely in the 9th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Sonoco Products Company is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Sonoco Products Company was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 24.08 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 24.48 |
| Environmental score | 20.4 |
| Environmental score percentile | 9 |
| Social score | 6.59 |
| Social score percentile | 9 |
| Governance score | 8.09 |
| Governance score percentile | 9 |
Dividend payout ratio: 42.74% of net profits
Recently Sonoco Products Company has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Sonoco Products Company shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Sonoco Products Company's case, that would currently equate to about $2.07 per share.
While Sonoco Products Company's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Sonoco Products Company may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Sonoco Products Company's most recent dividend payout was on 9 June 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 8 May 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Sonoco Products Company's shares were split on a 11:10 basis on 12 May 1998 . So if you had owned 10 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 11 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Sonoco Products Company shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 9.1% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Sonoco Products Company shares which in turn could have impacted Sonoco Products Company's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Sonoco Products Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $39.46 up to $59.7921. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Sonoco Products Company's is 0.623. This would suggest that Sonoco Products Company's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Sonoco Products Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells various engineered and sustainable packaging products in the United States, Europe, Canada, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Consumer Packaging and Industrial Paper Packaging. The Consumer Packaging segment provides round and shaped rigid paper products and steel and plastic containers; and metal and peelable membrane ends, closures, and components. The Industrial Paper Packaging segment offers paperboard tubes, cones, and cores; paper-based protective packaging products; and uncoated recycled paperboards. The company also offers various packaging materials, including plastic, paper, foam, and various other specialty materials. The company sells its products in various markets, which include paper, textile, film, food, packaging, construction, and wire and cable. Sonoco Products Company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Hartsville, South Carolina.
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