Sonoco Products Company
Sonoco Products Company (NYSE: SON) designs and manufactures engineered packaging for customers across consumer staples, consumer discretionary, and industrial markets. Its products include metal food and household cans, rigid paper containers, paperboard tubes and cores, cones, partitions, and paper-based protective… From the company’s description.
In fiscal 2025, Sonoco Products Company reported revenue of $7.52B, up 41.7% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $1.00B. Its operating margin was 13.5%, and operations generated $689.78M in cash. Over the twelve months to Jun 28, 2026, revenue was $7.46B.
Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.
What Sonoco Products Company does
In the company’s own words
Sonoco Products Company (NYSE: SON) designs and manufactures engineered packaging for customers across consumer staples, consumer discretionary, and industrial markets. Its products include metal food and household cans, rigid paper containers, paperboard tubes and cores, cones, partitions, and paper-based protective materials. The Consumer Packaging segment serves food, beverage, household, personal-care, and pharmaceutical markets and represented approximately 65% of 2025 net sales; the Industrial Paper Packaging segment serves consumer and industrial markets and represented approximately 30%. The remaining All Other businesses, primarily industrial and specialty plastics, contributed approximately 5% and are integrated into Industrial Paper Packaging beginning in 2026. Sonoco operates about 265 locations in 37 countries and employed approximately 22,000 people at year-end 2025. Metal cans and rigid paper containers accounted for approximately 45% and 20% of 2025 consolidated net sales, respectively. Founded in 1899, the company acquired European metal packaging manufacturer Eviosys in 2024 and sold its ThermoSafe business in 2025. Its website is www.sonoco.com.
Company details
- Sector
- Materials
- Industry (SIC)
- Paper & Packaging
- Headquarters
- HARTSVILLE, SC
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 91767
- SIC
- 2650
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2013–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Sonoco Products Company — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · Sonoco Products Company’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
Sonoco Products Company’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 10 issues of Sonoco Products Company’s debt, $555.12M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 4.07%, maturing 2026 to 2040.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
All filings →Each filing opens into its own statements and disclosures here.
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