Sonoco (SON)
Materials · Diversified rigid and flexible packaging manufacturing
Global designer and manufacturer of engineered metal, plastic, and paper packaging solutions serving food, beverage, and industrial customers across 37 countries.
What Sonoco does
Sonoco Products Company is a multi-billion dollar global designer, developer, and manufacturer of highly engineered and sustainable packaging solutions serving multiple end markets. The company operates through two core segments: Consumer Packaging (including metal food cans, beverage cans, plastic bottles, tubes, and protective packaging) and Industrial Paper Packaging (including paper tubes, cores, and composite cans). With approximately 265 locations in 37 countries as of December 31, 2025, Sonoco serves some of the world's best-known brands globally, recently completing its largest acquisition in history with Eviosys to expand its metal packaging leadership.
Themes: ["Metal food and beverage packaging","Sustainable packaging solutions","Industrial paper packaging","Protective and specialty packaging","Global consumer packaging"]
Fundamentals
- Price$55.06 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$5.5B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+17.6% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E5.41 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+13.6% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+20.9% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+29.6% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity1.31 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+17.5% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+8.7% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.37 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +3.9%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Exposure to commodity raw material price volatility and supply chain disruptions affecting cost of sales and profitability","Foreign currency translation exposure across 37 countries, with significant currency losses recorded in Q1 2026 comprehensive income","Integration execution risk from the largest acquisition in company history (Eviosys for $3.8 billion completed December 2024), including synergy realization and operational complexity"]
Competitors & peers
- Ball Corporation (BALL)
- Crown Holdings (CCK)
- Huhtamaki
- Sealed Air (SEE)
- Greif (GEF)
- Ardagh Metal Packaging
- Westrock (WRK)
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.