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SON Financials Sonoco Products Co

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 7.5% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Net income has grown faster than revenue (37.0% vs 7.5% per year).
  • Operating margin has expanded, at 13.5% in the latest year.
  • Free cash flow has declined 7.5% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • Total debt ($3.8B) exceeds cash ($378M); net debt is $3.4B.
  • Total debt has grown faster than revenue (24.9% vs 7.5% per year).
  • Operating income covered interest expense 4.4× in the latest year.
  • Total debt is 2.5× EBITDA.

Shareholder returns

  • Dividends have been paid for 9 consecutive years, consuming 20.7% of earnings and 60.2% of free cash flow.
  • The dividend has grown 3.8% per year over the past 5 years.
Revenue & net income
-$85M $4B $8B $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-2% 11% 23% 0% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
$0 $260M $520M 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $2B $5B 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$4B -$219M $4B $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $7.5B $1.0B 20.9% 13.5% $346M $3.8B $378M
2024 $5.3B $164M 21.5% 6.2% $441M $5.0B $431M
2023 $5.4B $475M 22.1% 10.8% $520M $3.0B $139M
2022 $5.4B $466M 22.8% 10.5% $180M $2.7B $227M
2021 $5.6B -$85M 19.0% 8.7% $43M $1.2B $171M
2020 $5.2B $207M 20.0% 6.8% $511M $1.2B $565M
2019 $5.4B $292M 19.7% 8.7% $230M $1.2B $145M
2018 $5.4B $314M 19.3% 8.1% $397M $1.4B $120M
2017 $5.0B $175M 19.0% 8.2% $159M $1.4B $255M
2016 $4.8B $286M 19.8% 10.6% $212M $1.1B $257M
2015 $250M $261M $1.1B $182M
2014 $226M $241M $1.3B $161M
2013 $210M $366M $981M $218M
2012 $195M $189M $1.4B $373M
2011 $218M $72M $1.3B $176M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced SON against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 14.7 29.4 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 0.6 1.1 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
0.0 2.5 5.1 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is SON growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Sonoco Products Co's revenue has grown 7.5% per year, and net income grown 37.0% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does SON have?

As of FY2025, Sonoco Products Co reported $3.8B of total debt against $378M of cash; operating income covered interest expense 4.4×.

What is SON's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was 20.9%, operating margin 13.5%, and net margin 13.3%.

What is SON's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, Sonoco Products Co traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 5.4× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.