SON
Sonoco Products Company
SON lost money over the past year, so it has no meaningful PE right now. Analysts expect earnings to hold roughly steady, though they disagree widely on how much.
SON Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Under pressure | |
| Healthy | |
| Weak |
SON's cash flow is currently healthy, and its revenue is stable, but its profitability and balance sheet are under pressure.
SON PE Valuation
SON has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
SON Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect SON's earnings, revenue and profitability to hold roughly steady. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
SON Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $5.61 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$2.30 | -137% |
| Q2 2026 | $6.29 | +13% |
| Q1 2026 | $10.20 | +562% |
| Q4 2025 | $10.07 | +510% |
| Q3 2025 | $6.30 | +116% |
| Q2 2025 | $5.58 | +50% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.54 | -61% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.65 | -66% |
SON has swung to a loss: it lost $2.30 per share over the past year, after a profit the year before.
SON Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2B | -4.2% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.9B | -1.3% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.7B | -1.9% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.8B | +30% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.1B | +27% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.9B | +18% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.7B | +4.4% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.4B | -17% |
SON's revenue has held roughly level: $2B last quarter, down 4.2% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -31% | -40 points |
| Q2 2026 | 10% | +1 points |
| Q1 2026 | 7.6% | +0.2 points |
| Q4 2025 | 29% | +33 points |
| Q3 2025 | 9.2% | +1.5 points |
| Q2 2025 | 9.2% | +0.5 points |
| Q1 2025 | 7.4% | +0.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | -4% | -12 points |
SON's operating margin was −31% last quarter, down 40 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the bottom of its range since 2019.
SON Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $221.9M | -1.6% |
| Q2 2026 | $236.9M | +140% |
| Q1 2026 | -$430M | -$129.3M |
| Q4 2025 | $322.3M | +17% |
| Q3 2025 | $225.6M | +220% |
| Q2 2025 | $98.6M | +516% |
| Q1 2025 | -$300.8M | -477% |
| Q4 2024 | $274.3M | +74% |
SON still generates free cash flow, though less than at its 2025 peak: $351M over the past year.
SON Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.3% | -279K shares |
| 1 year | -0.1% | -146K shares |
| 3 years | +0.6% | +590K shares |
| 5 years | +0.1% | +77K shares |
| Available history | -1.7% | -1.7M shares |
SON has 100M diluted shares, about the same as a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $181,000 |
| Q2 2026 | $57,000 |
| Q1 2026 | $7M |
| Q4 2025 | $350,000 |
| Q3 2025 | $4,000 |
| Q2 2025 | $3,000 |
| Q1 2025 | $10.6M |
| Q4 2024 | $74,000 |
SON spent $8M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 29% from the year before.
SON Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 5.6x | High |
| Q2 2026 | 2.8x | Moderate |
| Q1 2026 | 2.9x | Moderate |
| Q4 2025 | 2.6x | Moderate |
| Q3 2025 | 5.3x | High |
| Q2 2025 | 6.2x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 9.3x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 9.4x | High |
SON's net debt is about 5.6 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 5.3 years a year ago.
SON Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 43.6 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 22.6 | Neutral |
SON's weekly RSI is 44 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 23 (neutral).
SON PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
| Metric | SON | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 7.9x | 18x | 56% below |
| PE % | 15 | 47 | 32 pts below |
SON has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
SON Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $49.5 | 1.6% below |
| 20 week MA | $53.1 | 8.2% below |
| 50 week MA | $51.3 | 5% below |
| 100 week MA | $48.3 | 0.9% above |
| 200 week MA | $52.3 | 6.8% below |
SON's trend is mixed: it's above one of its five weekly moving averages, and 6.8% below its 200-week average.
SON Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $61.3 | $59.4 | -3.1% |
| 2021 | $59.4 | $55.5 | -6.6% |
| 2022 | $55.5 | $60.4 | +8.9% |
| 2023 | $60.4 | $55.9 | -7.5% |
| 2024 | $55.9 | $48.9 | -12% |
| 2025 | $48.9 | $43.5 | -11% |
| 2026 YTD | $43.5 | $48.7 | +12% |
SON has finished three years in a row lower, and it's up 12% so far in 2026.