Sonoco Products Company (SON) Stock

Sonoco Products Company (SON) is a Materials stock trading at $59.49 (as of 2026-08-21), with a market capitalization of $5.88B and a trailing P/E of 8.0. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Sonoco Products Company, through subsidiaries, produces and sells packaging products for industrial and consumer uses, operating across North and South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. It reports two segments: Consumer Packaging and Industrial Paper Packaging, serving customers requiring rigid containers, flexible packaging, fiber-based tubes and cores, protective packaging, and related recycling and material services.

Understand Sonoco Products Company: how it makes money

Sonoco Products Company manufactures and sells industrial and consumer packaging products (such as rigid paper containers, flexible packaging, metal and peelable ends, plastic trays, and fiber-based tubes and cores), generating revenue from selling these packaging products to customers.

Segment operating results are structurally driven by packaging volume and mix, and in industrial operations by capacity utilization in the Urban Recycling Business system.

Revenue by segment (latest quarter)
Consumer	$1.1B
Industrial Paper	$0.6B

Business quality (Mixed): Clear two-segment structure tied to packaging demand, with operating metrics focused on volume and mix, and industrial efficiency through capacity utilization, but performance can be pressured by volume and mix declines.

Valuation: At 5× earnings, SON trades 69% below the Shipping Containers average (17×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

Consumer and Industrial Paper segments provide defined revenue streams: The company reports through Consumer Packaging and Industrial Paper Packaging, with Consumer Packaging including rigid paper containers, metal and peelable membrane ends and closures, thermoformed plastic trays and containers, printed flexible packaging, and global brand artwork management.
Industrial operations have an explicit efficiency lever: Operational monitoring includes Industrial capacity utilization (Urban Recycling Business system), indicating management focus on using capacity effectively to support operating performance.

Bear case

Operating results can be affected by volume and mix: An identified operating metric is Volume and mix decline, which implies that worsening demand mix can directly pressure results.
Industrial performance may be sensitive to utilization and downtime conditions: Operational monitoring includes Industrial capacity utilization (Urban Recycling Business system) and lack of business downtime measures, suggesting performance can be impacted by operating interruptions or underutilization.

Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price	$59.49
Market Cap	$5.88B
P/E Ratio	8.0
EV / EBITDA	6.9
Price / Book	1.64
Price / Sales	0.79
FCF Yield	-15.5%
DCF Value (model)	$85.82
DCF Upside vs Price	44.3%

Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)	$7.52B
Net Margin	13.3%
Revenue Growth (YoY)	41.7%
EPS Growth (YoY)	509.6%
FCF Growth (YoY)	-21.5%

Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score	1.88 (grey)
Piotroski F-Score	6/9 (moderate)

Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E	8.0
Sector P/E (Materials)	25.9
Industry P/E (Shipping Containers)	38.4
vs Sector	-69.2%
vs Industry	-79.3%

Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional Holder	BlackRock, Inc. ($616.18M)
Institutional Holders Tracked	10
Congressional Trades (recent)	2

Company
Sector	Materials
Industry	Shipping Containers
CEO	Robert Howard Coker
Employees	23,400
Country	US
IPO Date	1980-03-17

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Data as of 2026-08-21.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.