# Sonoco Products Company (SON)

- Sector: Consumer Discretionary · Industry: Packaging and Containers
- SEC CIK: 0000091767 ([filings on EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000091767))
- Full page: https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/son
- Data as of: price 2026-09-25; newest filing used 2026-04-28; latest fiscal period ended 2026-03-29

## Grade

**D** on the growth-and-cash rubric, 2 of 5 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Revenue growing overall | passed | $7.5B | $5.3B |
| Revenue growing recently | failed | $7.5B | $7.5B |
| Free cash flow positive | passed | $216.5M |  |
| Free cash flow growing overall | failed | $216.5M | $261.3M |
| Free cash flow growing recently | failed | $216.5M | $345.8M |

Business quality (the + / − mark): 4 of 6 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | 13.6% |  |
| Healthy profit margin | passed | 13.6% |  |
| Strong operating margin | failed | 13.6% |  |
| Good return on equity | passed | 28.1% |  |
| Debt under control | passed | 1.30 |  |
| Turns sales into cash | failed | 2.9% |  |

How the grade works: the letter counts failed checks (none → A, one → B, two → C, three → D, four or more → F). It is built from SEC filings only — the share price never enters it — and describes the business, not whether the stock is worth buying.

## Key figures

In US dollars, as filed.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Revenue, trailing twelve months | $7.5B |
| Net income, trailing twelve months | $1B |
| Free cash flow, trailing twelve months | $216.5M |
| Net margin | 13.6% |
| Operating margin | 13.6% |
| Return on equity | 28.1% |
| Debt to equity | 1.30 |
| Diluted EPS, trailing twelve months | $10.20 |
| Share price | $50.06 |
| Market value | $4.9B |
| Price / earnings | 4.9x |
| Price / sales | 0.7x |

## More on this company

- [Overview](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/son)
- [Financial statements](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/son/financials)
- [Competitors](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/son/peers)
- [Earnings](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/son/earnings)

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