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SON · Sonoco Products Company

Packaging & ContainersUnited StatesAnalyst view: Buy

$58.23

+2.54% last session

End-of-day data · updated 2026-07-28

Bullish5 bullish · 0 bearish technical signals
Consensus: Buy (1.91 from 9 analysts)
To mean target: +9.5%

Market cap

$6B

Enterprise value

$10B

Trailing P/E

9.1

Forward P/E

9.3

Dividend yield

4.0%

Beta

0.35

Avg volume

1M

Employees

22K

2D change

0.77%

5D change

4.19%

10D change

3.73%

30D change

6.48%

60D change

20.54%

MTD change

4.51%

YTD change

37.16%

Analyst Outlook

Consensus ratingBuy
Recommendation mean (1–5)1.91
Covering analysts9
Mean price target$63.78
Low price target$56.00
Upside to mean target+9.5%

Analyst estimates change daily — follow the shifts on the Estimate Trends page.

Technical Analysis

RSI (14)69.4
50-day MA$52.13
200-day MA$48.20
Price vs 50-day MA+15.4%
Price vs 200-day MA+24.8%
MACD histogram0.27
Volume vs 3-month avg0.2×
52w low $38.0052w high $60.17

Analyst sentiment over time — SON

Rec Mean (blue, left — higher = more bullish) vs. price targets (right).

Investment Bank Ratings as of 2026-07-24

Latest call per bank · past 12 months

Bank of America

Buy

$69.00

+18.5% vs price
▲ raised from $65.00Maintains · 2026-07-14

Citigroup

Buy

$66.00

+13.3% vs price
▲ raised from $63.00Maintains · 2026-07-09

UBS

Neutral

$59.00

+1.3% vs price
▼ cut from $62.00Maintains · 2026-04-10

Deutsche Bank

Buy

$63.00

+8.2% vs price
▲ raised from $0.00Initiates · 2026-04-01

Wells Fargo

Equal-Weight

$56.00

-3.8% vs price
▼ cut from $60.00Maintains · 2026-03-20

Jefferies

Buy

$60.00

+3.0% vs price
▼ cut from $61.00Maintains · 2025-10-24

Recent rating actions

DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
2026-07-24Truist SecuritiesMaintainsBuy$64.00 $68.00
2026-07-15Truist SecuritiesMaintainsBuy$65.00 $64.00
2026-07-14Bank of AmericaMaintainsBuy$65.00 $69.00
2026-07-09CitigroupMaintainsBuy$63.00 $66.00
2026-04-28Truist SecuritiesReiteratesBuy$68.00 $65.00
2026-04-23CitigroupMaintainsBuy$70.00 $63.00
2026-04-23BairdMaintainsNeutral$60.00 $55.00
2026-04-15Truist SecuritiesMaintainsBuy$69.00 $68.00

Ratings and price targets are the published opinions of the issuing banks, compiled from Yahoo Finance rating actions — not investment advice.

Signal Summary as of 2026-07-28

  • RSI (14): RSI is 69 — neutral momentum, neither overbought nor oversold.
  • Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 15.4% above the 50-day MA ($52.13).
  • Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 24.8% above the 200-day MA ($48.20).
  • MA cross: The 50-day MA sits above the 200-day MA (golden-cross regime) — the longer-term trend points up.
  • MACD (12,26,9): MACD histogram is positive (+0.27) — short-term momentum is improving.
  • 52-week range: Price is within 5% of the 52-week high ($60.17).

SON Price Chart

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Fundamentals

Revenue (TTM)$7.0B
EBITDA$1.0B
Free cash flow$1.0B
Operating cash flow$1.0B
Book value / share$36.06
Net debt / EBITDA3.6
WACC6.0%
Revenue growth-1.00%
Earnings growth-79.00%

About Sonoco Products Company

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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