Is Sonoco Products Company (SON) Overvalued?
We dive into why Sonoco Products Company (SON) could be considered overvalued on 2026-07-28, based on AAII’s Value Score and Grade.Jenna Brashear
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COMPANY SUMMARY
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 offers round and shaped rigid paper, steel, and plastic containers, as well as metal and peelable membrane ends, closures, and components. Its Industrial Paper Packaging segment provides paperboard tubes, cones, and cores; paper-based protective packaging; and uncoated recycled paperboards. The company also offers packaging materials, such as plastic, paper, foam, and various other specialty materials. It sells its products in various markets, including the paper, textile, film, food, packaging, construction, and wire and cable markets. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Hartsville, South Carolina.
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Financial Summary
| Share Statistics | SON | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Market Cap (Mil) | $5,572.6 | $4,438.1 | 69% |
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| Shares Out (Mil) | 99.8 | 102.8 | 62% |
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| Institutional Ownership | 98.8% | 98.1% | 82% |
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| Float (Mil) | 97.7 | 93.1 | 61% |
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| Beta | 0.35 | 0.72 | 20% |
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| Avg Daily Volume (000s) | 1,401 | 821 | 76% |
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| Price Change (52-week) |
23.0% | 86.1% | 64% |
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| Growth | SON | Industry Median |
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| Sales (5yr) | 7.5% | 5.6% | 48% |
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| Net Income (5yr) | 37.0% | 4.4% | 89% |
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| EPS (5yr) | 37.5% | (0.5%) | 87 |
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| Dividends (5yr) | 4.2% | 0.0% | 91% |
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| Cash Flow (5yr) | (16.6%) | 5.4% | 43% |
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| Estimates | Qtrly | Current Fiscal Year |
Next Fiscal Year |
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| # of Estimates | 10 | 11 | 11 | |
| Current EPS | $1.947 | $5.820 | $6.344 | |
| Month Ago EPS | $1.953 | $5.823 | $6.413 | |
| # Rev Up | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| # Rev Down | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Three Months Ago EPS | $1.966 | $5.830 | $6.445 | |
| Year/Year Chg | 85.4% | (1.9%) | 17.9% | |
| Financials | SON | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (TTM) (Mil) | $7,461 | $5,127 | 80% |
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| Net Income (TTM) (Mil) | $628 | $279 | 82% |
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| EPS (TTM) | $6.321 | $0.900 | 90% |
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| Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | $637 | $610 | 75% |
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| Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | ($161) | $3 | 11% |
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| Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) | $3,744 | $3,429 | 82% |
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| Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) | $10,446 | $8,530 | 75% |
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| Valuation | SON | Industry Median |
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| P/B | 1.56 | 1.74 | 41% |
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| P/E | 8.7 | 25.5 | 12% |
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| Dividend Yield | 3.8% | 2.0% | 89% |
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| PEG (5yr hist) | 0.4 | 1.6 | 17% |
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| Ratios | SON | Industry Median |
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| Gross Margin | 20.8% | 21.0% | 22% |
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| Net Margin | 8.4% | 3.6% | 59% |
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| ROA | 5.5% | 2.5% | 74% |
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| ROE | 18.4% | 8.6% | 77% |
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| Liabilities to Assets | 67.2% | 59.9% | 62% |
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| F-Score | 3 | 5 | 19% |
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Passing Stock Screens
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| Performance Since Inception: | 14.6% |
| +/- S&P 500: | +7.1 |
