Analysis of Sonoco Products Co (SON)’s performance, earnings and valuation

Abby Carey

Sonoco Products Co [SON] stock is trading at $40.31, down -1.51%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The SON shares have lost -0.57% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 0.70%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Sonoco Products Co [NYSE: SON] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 17, 2025, when Raymond James downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform. Previously, BofA Securities downgraded its rating to Neutral on October 09, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $56. On June 04, 2025, UBS initiated with a Neutral rating and assigned a price target of $48 on the stock. Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to an Overweight but stick to its price target of $55 on May 23, 2025. Jefferies initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $62 as its price target on April 22, 2025. Truist started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on November 26, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $63. In a note dated August 21, 2024, Wells Fargo downgraded an Underweight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $54 to $52.

Sonoco Products Co [SON] stock has fluctuated between $38.65 and $52.77 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $52.2 within the next 12 months. Sonoco Products Co [NYSE: SON] shares were valued at $40.31 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 29.5% based on the average SON price forecast.

Analyzing the SON fundamentals

Sonoco Products Co [NYSE:SON] reported sales of 7.11B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 27.17%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.21% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.07%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.02%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.1%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.22 and Total Capital is 0.05. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.49.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 39.95 points at the first support level, and at 39.59 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 40.83, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 41.36.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Sonoco Products Co’s Current Ratio is 0.92. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.58, while the Cash Ratio is 0.07. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.56, the price to book ratio is 1.20 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 4155.67.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Haley John R, Director, that happened on Oct 28 ’25 when 2506.0 shares were purchased. CFO, Joachimczyk Paul completed a deal on Oct 29 ’25 to buy 20500.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Haley John R bought 2246.0 shares on May 02 ’25.

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